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Trekking in Ethiopia |
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Massive erosion over the years on the Ethiopian plateau has created one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world, with jagged mountain peaks, deep valleys and sharp precipices dropping some 1,500 m. The park is home to some extremely rare animals such as the Gelada baboon, the Simien fox and the Walia ibex, a goat found nowhere else in the world.
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Semien Mountain National park |
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Size:- 179 square kilometer
Region:- Gonder
Geographical location:- 760 kilometer north of Addis Ababa, via Bahir Dar, Gonder
Altitude:- 1,900-4,430 meter
Physical features:- Spectacular scenery, gorges and escarpments. The region includes many summits above 4,000 meters (13,000 feet), and culminates in the highest point in Ethiopia, Ras Dashen, which at 4,543 meters (14,901 feet), is also the fourth highest mountain in Africa.
Temperature
The temperature regularly falls below freezing at night.
Daytime temperature range from 11.50C to 180C (53 to 640F)
Rain fall
The rainfall averages 1,550 millimeter a year.
Rainy Season:- June – mid September
Heavy rainy registered: July & August
Vegetation:- Afro-alpine, montane savannah, heather.
Animal life:- Walia ibex (Endemic), semien fox(Endemic), gelada baboon(endemic), grey duiker and klipspringer are among the twenty-one species (three endemics) to be found in the park.
Bird life:- Lammergeyers and choughs are present among the sixty-three species of birds here, which include seven endemics, thick-billed raven, black-headed siskin, white-collared pigeon, wattled ibis, white-billed starling, spot-breasted plover, and white-backed black tit. |
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Ethiopians
are: " THE MOST JUST MEN"
Herodotus (Greek historian, 485-425 B.C.)
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Bale Mountain National park |
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Size:- 2,470 square kilometer
Region:- Bale
Geographical location:- South-east Ethiopia, southern end of eastern edge of Rift Valley mountain chain, 400 kilometer from Addis Ababa
Altitude:- 1,500-4,377 meter
Physical features:- This extensive Afro-alpine area contains alpine lakes and the highest peak in southern Ethiopia, Tullu Dimtu.
Temperatures
Range from –7 degree centigrade to 26 degree centigrade, depending on the season.
Rainfall
High, averaging 1,150 millimeter and usually falls between March and October
Vegetation:- St. John's wort. Wild flowers from carpets of color. Fringing the hills are stands of hagenia and juniper and above them are montane grasslands. Higher up the mountains heather appears. The high Sanetti Plateau is characterized by Afro-alpine plants
Animal life:- the mountain nyala and the Semien fox (Both Endemic). There are sixty-four species of mammal in the park (eleven of them endemic), including Menelik's bushbuck. Bohor reedbuck, grey duiker, warthog, serval cat, colobus monkey, giant molerant, African wild dog, bushpig, giant forest hog, lion, and anubis baboon.
Bird life:- The 220 bird species of Bale include sixteen endemic species, These include wattled ibis, black-winged lovebird, blue-winged goose, rouget's rail and thick-billed raven. Wattled cranes |
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