SEMIEN MOUNTAINS
It is one of Africa's largest mountain ranges many of its peaks rise above 4000 m. Mount Ras Dashen (4,6200 m) is the highest point in Ethiopia and the Fourth highest peak in Africa is part of the Simen mountain ranges that offer a unique experience for trekkers. The mountain range's impressive scenery, for series of dramatic cliffs and escarpments, the beautiful alpine meadows and rugged wilderness of the high peak areas make the semen a remarkable area for trekking. The unique geological feature of semen is described by Rosita Forbes, who traveled there in 1920s.

The most marvelous of all Abyssinian landscape opened before us; as we looked across the gorge clouded amethyst... A thousand years ago, when the old gods reigned in Ethiopia, they must have played chess with these stupendous crags, for we saw bishops miters cut in lapis lazuli, castles with the ruby of approaching sunset on their turrets, an emerald night where the forest crept upon the rock, and far away a king, crowned with sapphire, and guarded by a row of pains. When the gods exchanged their gets, they turned the pieces of their chess board in to mountains. In Semen they stand enchanted till once again the world is paagan and the titans and the earth gods lean down from the monstrous could banks ot wager a star or two on their sport. Rosita Forbes, from Red Sea to Blue Nile of thousand miles of Ethiopia, 1925. The Semen Mountain registered by UNESCO as one of the eight world heritages inhabits three of Ethiopia’s endemic large mammals. The Gelada Baboon is the most commonly seen in troops of up to 400. The Walia Ibex and Semen Fox. Although Semen Mountains has low recorded bird species, it is noted for cliff-resting birds of prey including the giant and powerful lammergeyer also called bone breaker.