A trek 325 mi/525 km northwest of Addis Ababa in the Simien Mountains is likely to be the high point of a visitor's time in Ethiopia. (The highest peaks top 13,100 ft/4,000 m.) The breathtaking m ...

Commends the State Party for organizing a major event to mark the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger and the 50th anniversary of Simien Mountains National Park, thereby ...

Other sites that have been picked include the Simien National Park in Ethiopia, two nature reserves in Madagascar, one in Seychelles and Kilimanjaro National Park in Tanzania. The two sites in ...