ETV Special
The Simien Mountains National Park is found North West of Ethiopia, at about 885 km from Addis Ababa.
The dramatic landscapes of the Semen Mountains (i.e. the extreme escarpments and their thousands of meters of sheer cliffs) are the result of massive seismic activity in the area about 40 million years ago (Miocene and Oligocene, geological period).
Ever since, this massive complex (a 3000m-thick molten lava outpour) has been going through tectonic activities (faulting, folding … during tertiary period), glaciations/ice cover and uplifting. Subsequently, erosion over the millennia has resulted in the rugged landscapes of the Simen Mountains.