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	<title>ANRS Parks Development and Protection Authority</title>
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	<description>Dedicated to the Development and Protection of Parks in the Region!</description>
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		<title>Notes of Experience: what visitors say&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rosita Forbes. (1925) (Britain): &#8220;From Red Sea to Blue Nile: A Thousand Miles of Ethiopia&#8221; (1925).
&#8220;The most marvelous of all Abyssinian landscapes opened before us as we looked across a gorge that was like a clouded amethyst to the peaks of Simien. A thousand years ago, when the old gods reigned in Ethiopia, they must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things to Do: trecking, wildlife viewing, biking, filming, photographing</title>
		<link>http://www.padpa.org/?p=60</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trekking the trails and Viewing the unique landscapes of Simen
Trekking along the edge of the escarpments from Sankaber Camp to Chenek Camp and Ras Dejen via Gich Camp offers very impressive views both on the lowlands and highlands of Simen. Trekking the trails that follow the foot slopes of the escarpments, passing through the villages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotels and Lodges: Bahirdar,Gondar, Simen&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.padpa.org/?p=59</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Hotels in Bahir Dar Town
Papyrus Hotel
Tel. +251-58-2205100; Fax. +251-58-2204057; P.O.Box. 222; Kebele 17
Goods and Services: Laundry, Swimming pool, Satellite Dish, Hall, Souvenir Shop, Internet
Dib Anbessa Hotel
Tel. +251-58-2201436 ; Fax. +251-58-2201818; P.O.Box. 982; Kebele 5
Goods and Services: Satellite Dish, Hall, Souvenir Shop, Beauty Salon, Internet
Giyon Hotel
Tel. +251-58-2200100; Fax. +251-58-2200303; P.O.Box. 5; Kebele 3
Goods and Services: Laundry, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tourism Services: visitor centor, museum, camping&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.padpa.org/?p=56</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visitor Center
The visitor center is found in the park office, on the left side of the main road while entering the town. When you arrive at Debark town (2 hrs drive from Gondar), go to the park’s visitor center and obtain information, maps, brochures, local guides, mules for rent, escort gun-men and all available services. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Outreach: participation, livelihood, awareness&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.padpa.org/?p=55</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Community Outreach
Community  Participation
 The Simien Mountains National Park has recognized the participation of the surrounding communities in many activities such as boundary re-demarcation, establishment of park liaising committee at wereda level and zonal level. It also works jointly with religious leaders, influential peoples, and community elders as well as involves volunteers i.e. community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Park operation: history, organization, office</title>
		<link>http://www.padpa.org/?p=53</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Park Operation

Park History
The Simien Mountains National Park (SMNP) is found North West of the country, in Amhara Regional State, at about 885 km from Addis Ababa. It is located at geographical coordinates of 13o9’North and 38o15’East. The SMNP, after being recommended by the UNESCO mission in 1965, was formally established by 1966 and gazetted in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature: geology, climate, flora, fauna, culture</title>
		<link>http://www.padpa.org/?p=51</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Geology
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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tourism Guides: activities, attractions, services&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.padpa.org/?p=48</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tourism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the SMNP visitors guide. Here you will find general information on tourism activities, attractions of SMNP, tourism infrastructural services and fees.
Getting to the national park
 The Ethiopian Airlines offer daily services from Addis to Gondar; while commercial buses serve from Gondar to Debark town. There is no public transportation to the park. Most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Background information on SMNP and PaDPA</title>
		<link>http://www.padpa.org/?p=47</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[About Us]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Background
The Simen Mountains National Park/ SMNP is an exciting place with unique wildlife and breathtaking views on a landscape shaped by nature and traditional agriculture. The natural beauties of this region have always attracted visitors from Ethiopia and abroad to file in. Gentle highland ridges at altitude of above 3600masl ending abruptly at 1000-2000m deep [...]]]></description>
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