Tour Overview
Day 1
Gondar-Sankaber ( Stop At: Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia)
Pick you at Gondar Airport or your hotel, drive along a good paved road from Gondar to the park headquarters in Debark. The 100 km journey will take around two hours. At the headquarters we will arrange our permits to the park and pick up our scout. After that we will drive for another hour before we start our first day introductory walk. This first hike is an easy one along the northern edge of the escarpment with a nice view points over the foothills and plains of northern Ethiopia. You will encounter Gelada baboon along this hike.
Duration: 4 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Sankaber

Day 2
Sankaber – Gich (3600 m) ( Stop At: Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia)
Stop At: Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
We follow the northern escarpment eastward, before we descend a little into the Kaba Valley. After that we climb up before we reach Gich Abyss and continue over a narrow ridge to a cliff where we have a spectacular view of the abyss towards the Simien foothills. We also find a large waterfall here, where the Jinbar River plunges 500 m into the abyss. We proceed for about two hours and have lunch at the Jinbar River. After lunch we walk through fields of barley before we arrive at the idyllic village of Gich. Here we can enjoy a traditional coffee ceremony in one of the huts and learn more about local farm life. From Gich village it is a short walk to Gich camp which is a good area to look for lammergeyer and thick billed raven. After a relaxing afternoon, we will take a short hike up to Kedadit to enjoy sunset plus the gorgeous shaded landscapes down to the cliff side towards to the eastern direction and return to the camp for dinner.
Duration: 6 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Camping Overnight


Day 3
Gich – Chennek (3600 m)
rom Gich camp we stroll through endless fields of Giant Lobelia before we reach the towering cliffs of Imet-Gogo (3926 m). Here we will spend some time to absorb the superb views over the mountain valleys below and strange shaped domes in the distance, which we will see from up close at the end of the trip. After that we descend into the Jinbahir River Valley. In this way we get a very different perspective of Imet-Gogo and the volcanic landscape, where it looks like big chunks of mountains have been blown away. The trail follows the edge of the escarpment, which is completely vertical here for several hundred meters. We climb to a summit of 4070 m where we will have lunch. After lunch we descend to Chennek for about two hours along a steep trail. From Chennek camp there are spectacular views in all directions. Sit down on a bench at the escarpment and try to spot Walia Ibex in late afternoon or early morning. Sometimes Walia Ibex visit the edges of the campsite.
Duration: 8 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Camping Overnight


Day 4
Chennek – Buwahit
Climb the second highest peak in the Simien mountains Buwahit (4430 m) rewarding with one of the endemic wild animals in Ethiopia particularly in the Simien mountains called Walia Ibex (a goat family), in addition to the scenic views of surroundings including the chance to see the highest mountain peak in Ethiopia Ras-Dejen (4543 m) and back down to chennek camp where the car waiting us to pick and drive back to Gondar for about 4 hrs.
Duration: 5 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day




Inclusions
Accommodation as per the program
All in transfers and transfer out services
Ground transportation by 4WD
Professional Guide
Local Guides and scouts where needed
All entrance fees
Exclusion
Any alcoholic drinks
Any Videography or camera fees if needed
Any expense of personal items like, internet, fax, telephone
Laundry service