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Jinbar waterfall in the Simien Mountains

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After centuries of erosion, the landscape of the Simien Mountains has developed into a truly spectacular, unique hikers paradise.
When we reached an outcrop of rocks, we had a superb view over a very tall waterfall below: Jinbar falls are over 500 metres high. As the sun came through, a narrow rainbow showed just over the water. The place was truly magical, as we had a free view all around, and big birds like eagles, lammergeyers and large-billed ravens were circling around, above and below us in great numbers. We had an easy walk through the valley of a stream to Geech village, through countryside covered by wheat and barley, and camped at the camp just beyond the village. After a freezing cold night and a lot of trouble with the cook, we set off for Imet Gogo in the morning. After some scrambling up rocks, we reached this almost 4,000 metre high spot from where we could see spectacular limestone mountains standing in the landscape below us like enormous pieces of chess (it has been said the ancient gods used to play chess here, sitting on the giant clouds over the Simien Mountains), but also towards Ras Dashen, the highest peak of the Simien Mountains and Ethiopia. Clouds started moving in to the valleys below us.
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