🇪🇹 Ethiopia Northern Ethiopia 2 tours

Simien Mountains National Park

UNESCO alpine wilderness — gelada baboons and the Ras Dashen summit.

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Country

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Region

Northern Ethiopia

Best time

October–March

Coordinates

13.183, 38.067

About Simien Mountains National Park

Simien is the 'Roof of Africa' — jagged escarpments, resident gelada baboons, endemic Walia ibex, and the 4,550m Ras Dashen, Ethiopia's highest peak.

Highlights

  • Gelada baboon troops
  • Walia ibex
  • Ras Dashen trek
  • Jaw-dropping escarpment views
Live forecast · Simien Mountains National Park
17°C Partly cloudy · 1 km/h wind
Updated 2026-06-10T02:45
  1. 🌦 26° 16° 💧 0.1mm
  2. 🌦 27° 17° 💧 0.1mm
  3. 🌦 27° 15° 💧 0.1mm
  4. ☁ 26° 15°
  5. 🌦 28° 16° 💧 0.6mm
  6. 🌦 23° 15° 💧 2.1mm
  7. 🌦 21° 15° 💧 6.6mm
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Live wildlife observations
Recently spotted near Simien Mountains National Park

Real observations published to GBIF by researchers, lodges, and citizen scientists — refreshed daily.

Theropithecus gelada
2026-01-11 · Ethiopia
Necrosyrtes monachus
2026-01-22 · Ethiopia
Streptopelia semitorquata
2026-01-22 · Ethiopia
Bubulcus ibis
2026-01-22 · Ethiopia
Corvus albus
2026-01-22 · Ethiopia
Milvus migrans
2026-01-23 · Ethiopia
Source: GBIF.org — Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Best time to visit

October–March

Itineraries

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