Simien Mountains National Park

I recently visited Simien Mountains National Park, and it was an unforgettable experience! The dramatic peaks, deep valleys, and breathtaking views were stunning. Trekking through the park, I saw rare wildlife like gelada baboons. The adventure, fresh air, and natural beauty made it truly special!

Beautiful place, definitely a highlight of our Ethiopia trip - make sure to hike to Geech camp and spend the night so you can see the monkeys congregate at sunset at the cliff, once in a lifetime experience!

It’s a beautiful national park. But DO NOT go there during the rainy season as the chances that you will see anything except for fog are slim. Our tour operator obviously knew that but didn’t tell us that we most probably won’t see anything of the landscape. Be advised, everything is very basic there (unlike other African national parks). Our community camp was a hut with some beds and one table (no toilet, no light, no nothing). It was raining almost all the time. During the summer camping is supposed to be very nice (much cleaner than the community camp). The monkeys are a real highlight! We paid 210€ for three days, which is heavily overpriced considering the basic transportation, accommodations etc. All the tour operators will try to rip you off as much of possible.

Simien mountains national park is One of the most dramatic national park in Ethiopia that recognized by UNESCO as a natural world heritage sites.

Very beautiful and untouched nature. You can easily see monkey families and possibly bezoar goat (we were lucky to see them in the canyon and even have one visiting our camp!). Be prepared to camp with virtually no facilities .

Incredible landscape and wildlife! The gelada baboons are so peaceful and wonderful. Lots of great hikes across mountains. Only minus is that it's almost impossible to go for hike without seeing rubbish due to lack of education of guides and scouts. The two camps I stayed at is also flooded with rubbish unfortunately. I really hope it's a problem they will do something about. There's plenty of signs saying don't litter in the park to protect the wildlife but during my three days trek in Simien out scout littered twice. Sad!

No crowds of Gelada monkeys, occasional Ethiopian wolves or splendid views can make up for a pathetic extortion and lying executed by guide association in Debark with a silent approval of fixers, drivers and regretfully employees of the national park. Campsites at Sankaber and Gich are poorly maintained and littered. Access to water during the dry season (February) is limited. In short, the destination is not near a TOP 1000 list for independent trekking. Sadly, but nature cannot compensate for poor management.

Absolutely unbelievable place - trying physically due to bad sleep because actual trekking is somewhat easy if you are reasonably fit. 230 dollars for 4 days / 3 nights although I’m sure you can get a better price if you negotiate directly at the park office in Debark vs booking to a dodgy hustler somewhere in another town. Board with real daily prices in pics. Views and wildlife are great - can’t miss experience in Ethiopia.