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| The Simien Mountains in northern Ethiopia are famous for being the home to the Gelada baboon. It's also called the bleeding heart baboon for the red patch of skin on the chest, which is especially noticeable on the large males. They are herbivorous animals (and are therefore not aggressive like the Chacma baboon) and quite used to humans wandering amongst the troop, providing you don't get too close. Canon EOS 5D MkIII, 70-200mm + 1.4 EF Extender |
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| Sunrise over the Simiens. What you see here are the remnants of the high plateau, harder rock standing 1000 feet above the valley floor. It's a spectacular sight in daylight - even better just before sunrise. Canon EF 70-200mm + 2X Extender @ 400mm, tripod, Cloudy White Balance (to make the colour come out stronger). |
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| At some points this is very reminiscent of Monument Valley in the US, but it is much larger! |
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| Hazy ridges shot on the way back down from 3200 metres to the junction turning for Axum . Canon EF 70-200m lens + 2X Extender |
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| National Parks guide hooning about, leaning on a large rock overlooking the valley below |
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| I think the two guards were amused at so many cameras clicking away |
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| View from the ridge down into the valleys below the Simien Mountains |
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| Our second guard sporting an ancient kalashnikov assault rifle, a relic from the 17-year civil war that eventually gave Ethiopia freedom from its communist Derg. |
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| Gelada baboons preening each other |
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| A mother gelada baboon putting up with the antics of her tiny baby |
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| Macro shot of the Abyssinian rose |
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