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Simien Mountains: Africa's Roof — Beautiful Broken Access — Worth It?
The Simien Mountains are Africa's most undervisited UNESCO World Heritage Site — and in 2026/27, flights from London start at $580 roundtrip while mandatory park fees, armed scouts, and domestic-only routing create a logistics puzzle most travellers get wrong.
🌍 What This Episode Covers
We cover how to actually reach the Simiens when bus routes are suspended and domestic flights are your only real option, what the mandatory $30–$50 per day park cost structure means for your budget, why the Gelada baboon herds in their hundreds are unlike anything else in Africa, three named logistics traps…
The skinny
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