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Simien Mountains National Park. Source: The Independent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I<\/span>n the busy market town of Wossen, an entourage of around 100 curious children followed us past small roadside shacks selling everything from garish blankets to vegetables and jelly sandals. Jostling to be at the front of the throng, some wanted to stroke my arms, puzzled by my freckles; one little boy burst into tears when he saw me. \u201cI think you might be the first blonde woman they\u2019ve seen,\u201d my guide explained.<\/p>\n

There were plenty of \u201cfirsts\u201d on this new trek in northern Ethiopia\u2019s Simien Mountains. Aptly described by Homer as \u201cchess pieces of the gods,\u201d the Simiens are majestic: a vast cauldron of deep ravines and gorges, towering pinnacles and rock spires, and fascinating wildlife found nowhere else on Earth. (…)<\/p>\n

But the Simiens is struggling. Granted World Heritage Site status in 1978, by 1996 it had joined the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger. Poor infrastructure, human encroachment and habitat destruction are increasing the fragility of this magical landscape.<\/p>\n

This is an excerpt from an article originally published on\u00a0The Independent<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Simien Mountains are on Unesco\u2019s Danger List \u2013 The Independent checked out a new tourist venture that claims to be trying to save the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,130,534],"tags":[1488,11,621],"yoast_head":"\nTrekking the Simien Mountains: Inside Ethiopia\u2019s dying World Heritage Site<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Simien Mountains are on Unesco\u2019s Danger List \u2013 The Independent checked out a new tourist venture that claims to be trying to save the area.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/01\/trekking-simien-mountains-inside-ethiopias-dying-world-heritage-site\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" 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