Epic Hikes of the World ( PDFDrive )

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in a region famed for its traditional tattoo artists, a Northern Luzon woman takes time out
SIMIEN MOUNTAINS, ETHIOPIA
Trails opened in 2016 by the African Wildlife Foundation and Ethiopian Wildlife
Conservation Authority lead hikers on multiday jaunts through remote areas of the
World Heritage-listed Simien Mountains. This community-based tourism venture
sets groups up with a guide, a cook and donkeys to carry luggage, through villages
set on nearly treeless, steep mountains with spectacular views at every turn. Expect
to meet goat herders and lots of children and to sleep in rustic, round thatched
huts called tukuls. Coffee is served via a ceremony of roasting and grinding the
beans then boiling the brew three times. Dine on injera (spongy sour bread) and
chickpea sauce before huffing and puffing to views of Ras Dashen (14,872ft,
4533m), Ethiopia’s highest mountain.
Start // Gondar
End // Limalimo
Duration // Three to seven days
More info // www.tesfatours.com
XELA TO LAKE ATITLÁN, GUATEMALA