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The Roof Of Africa: Also Home To A Number of Endangered Species.
Simien Mountains National park was established in 1969. Some one hundred kilometers to, the Northern of Gondar, there is a rich volcanic plateau, the Simien Mountains.
There, massive erosion has created a spectacular Landscape with jagged peaks, rocky and green gorges and sharp precipices. Three peaks exceed Four thousand meters: The Ras Dashen, Mount Biuat and Mount Abba Yared. the Ras Dashan is also the 10 highest peak in Africa.
Some cliffs reach 1,500 meters in highest. The northern cliff wall extends for over thirty kilometres. The Simien Mountains are considered to rival Colorado’s Grand Canyon. They are not only known for the beauty of the landscape but also for their wildlife.
Simien Mountains National Park was one of the first sites in Ethiopia to be added to the World Heritage Site list by UNESCO in 1978,
however, the park has witnessed an unprecedented decline of some of its characteristic native species that in 1996, the park was added to the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger.
ENDANGERED SPECIES
Simien Mountains National Park is known as the home to a number of endangered species that include the Ethiopian Wolf and Walia ibex.
The Ethiopian Wolf is native to the Ethiopian Highlands and is very similar to the coyote in terms of build and size. However, the Ethiopian wolf is easily identifiable by its long and white fur.
Today, the Ethiopian wolf is the world’s rarest canid and is Africa’s most endangered carnivore. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has Listed the Ethiopian wolf an endangered species based on its dwindling numbers. There are currently less than 500 Ethiopian wolves in the wild today.
The Walia ibex, also known as the Abyssinian ibex, is a wild goat found nowhere else in the world other than Ethiopia. The walia ibex is regarded an endangered species and is considered sub-species of the Alpine ibex. Currently, there are less than 600 individuals living in the Simien Mountains. They live in groups of five to twenty animals in rocky homes and can be observed in more forest-like areas. These grazing animals look for herbs, lichens, shrubs, grasses and creepers.
The gelada baboon is by far one of the most famous occupant of the Simien Mountains National Park. Also known as the bleeding-heart baboon, because of its bright pink colouration on its chest, the gelada baboon is species of what is called the Old World monkey and is only in the Ethiopian highlands, but a majority of the gelada baboon population is to be seen in the park.
It mostly lives on the ground and searches for edible grasses and seeds in the higher moorlands. The animal was discovered in 1835 Males and females are about the same height, half to three-quarters of a meter, but differ considerably in weight, the male being much heavier than the female.
Old World monkeys is a group of primates that are native to Africa and Asia mainly inhabiting a range of environments that range from tropical rain forests, to open savanna, shrublands and mountainous terrain.
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Jinka,Ethiopia
+251 96 857 4834
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