Villages gathering Teff - Erar Farms on the Erar to Shimbrety trek Erar to Shimbrety trek Erar to Shimbrety trek- our mule with our rucksack… Erar to Shimbrety trek - gathering hay Erar to Shimbrety trek - one of our muleteers Erar to Shimbrety trek - farms Erar to Shimbrety trek - haystacks Gelada near Erar Gelada - near Erar Rock tunnel on wat to Mariam Buzzuhan Church Gelada - near Erar Mariam Buzzuhan Church interior Rock Hyrax near the Erar Community Guesthouse Gelada - near the Erar Community Guesthouse Mariam Buzzuhan Church interior Entrance to the Mariam Buzzuhan Church Entrance to the Mariam Buzzuhan Church Erar to Shimbrety trek - farms Erar to Shimbrety trek - farms Erar to Shimbrety trek Erar to Shimbrety trek - track up the escarpment Erar to Shimbrety trek - climbing the escarpment Erar to Shimbrety trek - climbing the escarpment Erar to Shimbrety trek - view from the top Fan-tailed Raven - from Shimbrety Guesthouse Rock Hyrax - near Gheralta Fan-tailed Raven - near the Erar Community Guestho… Young locusts Erar to Shimbrety trek Erar to Shimbrety trek Grivet Monkey - Wukro area Our Muleteer - Erar to Shimbrety trek Erar to Shimbrety trek - view from the top Erar to Shimbrety trek - cliff track Erar to Shimbrety trek - meeting cattle on the cli… Erar to Shimbrety trek - view from the top Shimbrety Guesthouse - view from Shimbrety Guesthouse at sunset Ethiopian Boubou view from Shimbrety Guesthouse at dusk Sunset from the Shimbrety Guesthouse Sunset seen from the Shimbrety Guesthouse Purple tassel-flowers On a cliff edge track from Shimbrety to Idega Arbi Female Sunbird - Wukro Lodge Descending from Shimbrety towards Idega Arbi Grass - Shimbetry to Idega Arbi Descending to Idega Abri from Shambrety Descending to Idega Abri from Shambrety Descending to Idega Abri from Shambrety Flower Descending to Idega Abri from Shambrety Gray-backed Camaroptera - Wukro Lodge Gheralta area Yellow-throated Bulbul Church interior in the Gheralta area of Tigray Church interior in the Gheralta area of Tigray On the way to the rock churches near Gheralta Church interior in the Gheralta area of Tigray Blue-breasted Bee-eater - Wukro Lodge Inside the rock church near Gheralta, Tigray Greater Blue-eared Starling - Wukro Lodge Outside the rock church near Gheralta, Tigray Striped Ground Squirrel - Axum Erar Community Guesthouse View from the Erar Community Guesthouse Sunset seen from the Erar Community Guesthouse View from the Erar Community Guesthouse View from the Erar Community Guesthouse View from escarpment at Erar View from escarpment at Erar Resting on a trek at Waro Mikael. Belinda on the escarpment at Waro Mikael Waro Mikael View from Waro Mikael Tacazze Sunbird amongst Aloe flowers Sunset in Ethiopian mountains Tacazze Sunbird feeding on Aloe flower - Aina Amba… Village by Chenek campsite - Simien Mountains A very spiny thistle, Carduus ellenbeckii Agama lizard Giant Lobelia flower - Simien Mountains Aloes and other flowers in the mountains Swainson's Sparrow Simien Mountain escarpment Local girl met on the Wollo Trek Common Fiscal Shrike Ruppell's Black Chat Ruppell's Black Chat Giant Lobelia (L. rhynchopetalum) Wild scabious in the Simien Mountains White-billed Starling Morning view from our second campsite in the Simie… Mountain flowers, Simien Mountains Morning cloud over the Simien Mountains A species of Moraea (Iris family) A pair of White-collared Pigeons Slender-billed Starling A white Knapweed (Centaurea sp) Aloe flowers near Geech, Ethiopia Sunset on Lake Tana Streaky Seedeeater in the Simien Mountains Sunset on Lake Tana Sunset on Lake Tana Sunset on Lake Tana Lammergeier in the Simien Mountains Lichens on trees in the Simien Mountains Steve on the escarpment edge in the Simien Mountai… Looking north from the Geech area of the Simien Mo… Ura Kidane Merit monastery Ura Kidane Merit monastery, bamboo screens Ura Kidane Merit monastery artwork Lake Tana on a calm evening Boat journey on Lake Tana Lake Tana Blue Nile Falls Groundscraper Thrush Blue Nile Falls Blue Nile Falls Gelada, in the Simien Mountains Common Bulbul Hemprich's Hornbill African Wood Owl in grounds of Goha Hotel, Gondar Abyssinian Oriole Half-collared Kingfisher