{"id":894,"date":"2017-11-22T05:34:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T02:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/?page_id=894"},"modified":"2019-10-20T16:03:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T13:03:43","slug":"testimonials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/?page_id=894","title":{"rendered":"Testimonials"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/--><!--themify_builder_static--><ul data-id=\"tb_haee006\" data-visible=\"1\" data-mob-visible=\"0\" data-scroll=\"1\" data-auto-scroll=\"off\" data-speed=\"1\" data-wrap=\"yes\" data-arrow=\"yes\" data-pagination=\"yes\" data-effect=\"scroll\" data-height=\"variable\" data-pause-on-hover=\"resume\" data-horizontal=\"\" > <li> \n <h3>A wonderful 5 days trek in these amazing high Ethiopian lands with a young guide, Sahlie<\/h3> <p style=\"text-align: left;\">As independant travellers, good trekkers,\u00a0 and seniors (late sixties) in Ethiopia for a month, we wanted to see Tigray, Danakil, Lalibela, above all go to the Simian mountains. On some websites (particularly the Bradt Guide to Ethiopia) I had read good critics of a young professional guide Company (sahlie.simien@gmail.com) and exchanged some emails before reaching Addis Abeba. We met Sahlie and his brother in Gondar , after a long but nice ride on a Sky bus (around a cheap 400 birrs). We bargained a five days trek, an all included journey, park entrance fees, meals, tents, sleeping bags, cooks, mule men, scouts, a drive to Debark and the park, and a transfer to Axoum at the end for 400$ each. It was a six person group, walking at a steady pace (with regular stops) in a technically secured trek, with a very fluent English guide, with a passionate knowledge of the Simien, the endemic animals and plants. This trek, with a 4000 meters summit (every one was able to take his time to reach the summit) in these amazing landscapes was a success, but we recommend to be well escorted. This guide Sahlie was part of such a wonderful trek.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">See Full Review: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g317059-d324964-r474104154-Simien_Mountains_National_Park-Gonder_Amhara_Region.html#REVIEWS?iframe=true&#038;width=75%&#038;height=75%\" class=\"shortcode button    large purple themify_lightbox\">Trip Advisor<\/a><\/p> <figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hiking-picture.jpg\" alt=\"A wonderful 5 days trek in these amazing high Ethiopian lands with a young guide, Sahlie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hiking-picture.jpg 720w, https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hiking-picture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hiking-picture-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure> furettejl 50-60 year old man France <\/li> <li> \n <h3>Great hike with Sahlie Beza<\/h3> <p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is so much I could say about the Simiens, but I would not be able to find the words to describe just how stunning they are. The views are incredible and the massive 500 mt drops are terrifying&#8230;\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">We were really lucky and saw Walia Ibex and the rare Ethiopian wolves.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">I would love to recommend my friend and guide\u00a0Sahlie\u00a0Beza as a guide.\u00a0Sahlie\u00a0is from the area, so as well as knowing a lot about the plants, animals and geology he will also give you an &#8216;insider&#8217; perspective of what it is like to grow up in the mountains. He is also very lovely and great company! Very very interesting young guy, we are extremely glad we met him.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">See Full Review: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g317059-d324964-r474104154-Simien_Mountains_National_Park-Gonder_Amhara_Region.html#REVIEWS?iframe=true&#038;width=75%&#038;height=75%\" class=\"shortcode button    large purple themify_lightbox\">Trip Advisor<\/a><\/p> <figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/megsthepegs.jpg\" alt=\"Great hike with Sahlie Beza\" \/><\/figure> megsthepegs 20-30 year old woman United Kingdom <\/li> <li> \n <h3>Trek in Simien<\/h3> <p style=\"text-align: left;\">Simien Mountains are a great place to visit, my favourite in Ethiopia (I traveled one month, and I absolutely fell in love in this landscape!). Better if you take a longer trek, on the third day you reach the best view points. At night is quite cold, during the day really hot, and the altitude makes you feel so weak&#8230; Be well prepared, ask many questions before you buy the trek (I know many examples of people who paid for some service who wasn&#8217;t available, some tour agents are really cheating with the price and services! ) I can recommend my guide,\u00a0Sahlie. He is a nice Ethiopian gentleman, great companion and good tour guide.<\/p><p>See Full Review: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g317059-d324964-r474104154-Simien_Mountains_National_Park-Gonder_Amhara_Region.html#REVIEWS?iframe=true&#038;width=75%&#038;height=75%\" class=\"shortcode button    large purple themify_lightbox\">Trip Advisor<\/a><\/p> <figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/marta-m.jpg\" alt=\"Trek in Simien\" \/><\/figure> Marta M 30-40 year old woman France <\/li> <\/ul><!--\/themify_builder_static-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wonderful 5 days trek in these amazing high Ethiopian lands with a young guide, Sahlie As independant travellers, good trekkers,\u00a0 and seniors (late sixties) in Ethiopia for a month, we wanted to see Tigray, Danakil, Lalibela, above all go to the Simian mountains. On some websites (particularly the Bradt Guide to Ethiopia) I had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-894","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"amp_enabled":true,"builder_content":"<h3>A wonderful 5 days trek in these amazing high Ethiopian lands with a young guide, Sahlie<\/h3> <p style=\"text-align: left;\">As independant travellers, good trekkers,\u00a0 and seniors (late sixties) in Ethiopia for a month, we wanted to see Tigray, Danakil, Lalibela, above all go to the Simian mountains. On some websites (particularly the Bradt Guide to Ethiopia) I had read good critics of a young professional guide Company (sahlie.simien@gmail.com) and exchanged some emails before reaching Addis Abeba. We met Sahlie and his brother in Gondar , after a long but nice ride on a Sky bus (around a cheap 400 birrs). We bargained a five days trek, an all included journey, park entrance fees, meals, tents, sleeping bags, cooks, mule men, scouts, a drive to Debark and the park, and a transfer to Axoum at the end for 400$ each. It was a six person group, walking at a steady pace (with regular stops) in a technically secured trek, with a very fluent English guide, with a passionate knowledge of the Simien, the endemic animals and plants. This trek, with a 4000 meters summit (every one was able to take his time to reach the summit) in these amazing landscapes was a success, but we recommend to be well escorted. This guide Sahlie was part of such a wonderful trek.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">See Full Review: [themify_button style=\"large purple themify_lightbox\" \u00a0link=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g317059-d324964-r474104154-Simien_Mountains_National_Park-Gonder_Amhara_Region.html#REVIEWS?iframe=true&amp;width=75%&amp;height=75%\"]Trip Advisor[\/themify_button]<\/p> <figure> <img src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20width='720'%20height='540'%20viewBox=%270%200%20720%20540%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" loading=\"lazy\" data-lazy=\"1\" data-tf-not-load=\"1\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(to right,#b6a996 25%,#9dd0fd 25% 50%,#9dd2fe 50% 75%,#9eccfd 75%),linear-gradient(to right,#0f0a10 25%,#343620 25% 50%,#c8b9a6 50% 75%,#bfae9c 75%),linear-gradient(to right,#b6aa80 25%,#abaa74 25% 50%,#8f9766 50% 75%,#a5b2c5 75%),linear-gradient(to right,#b3ad6f 25%,#6b6e35 25% 50%,#909555 50% 75%,#bfc98d 75%)\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" data-tf-src=\"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hiking-picture.jpg\" title=\"hiking-picture\" alt=\"A wonderful 5 days trek in these amazing high Ethiopian lands with a young guide, Sahlie\" data-tf-srcset=\"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hiking-picture.jpg 720w, https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hiking-picture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hiking-picture-200x150.jpg 200w\" data-tf-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><noscript><img data-tf-not-load src=\"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hiking-picture.jpg\" title=\"hiking-picture\" alt=\"A wonderful 5 days trek in these amazing high Ethiopian lands with a young guide, Sahlie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hiking-picture.jpg 720w, https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hiking-picture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hiking-picture-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/noscript> <\/figure> furettejl 50-60 year old man France <h3>Great hike with Sahlie Beza<\/h3> <p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is so much I could say about the Simiens, but I would not be able to find the words to describe just how stunning they are. The views are incredible and the massive 500 mt drops are terrifying...\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">We were really lucky and saw Walia Ibex and the rare Ethiopian wolves.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">I would love to recommend my friend and guide\u00a0Sahlie\u00a0Beza as a guide.\u00a0Sahlie\u00a0is from the area, so as well as knowing a lot about the plants, animals and geology he will also give you an 'insider' perspective of what it is like to grow up in the mountains. He is also very lovely and great company! Very very interesting young guy, we are extremely glad we met him.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">See Full Review: [themify_button style=\"large purple themify_lightbox\" \u00a0link=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g317059-d324964-r474104154-Simien_Mountains_National_Park-Gonder_Amhara_Region.html#REVIEWS?iframe=true&amp;width=75%&amp;height=75%\"]Trip Advisor[\/themify_button]<\/p> <figure> <img src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20width='150'%20height='150'%20viewBox=%270%200%20150%20150%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" loading=\"lazy\" data-lazy=\"1\" data-tf-not-load=\"1\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(to right,#caeefa 25%,#1c2333 25% 50%,#45454d 50% 75%,#b4daff 75%),linear-gradient(to right,#2b132d 25%,#0e0c0f 25% 50%,#6f7b87 50% 75%,#7a6973 75%),linear-gradient(to right,#10141d 25%,#8187a9 25% 50%,#8d616e 50% 75%,#294134 75%),linear-gradient(to right,#606054 25%,#582a6a 25% 50%,#3e364d 50% 75%,#747273 75%)\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-tf-src=\"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/megsthepegs.jpg\" title=\"megsthepegs\" alt=\"Great hike with Sahlie Beza\"><noscript><img data-tf-not-load src=\"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/megsthepegs.jpg\" title=\"megsthepegs\" alt=\"Great hike with Sahlie Beza\"><\/noscript> <\/figure> megsthepegs 20-30 year old woman United Kingdom <h3>Trek in Simien<\/h3> <p style=\"text-align: left;\">Simien Mountains are a great place to visit, my favourite in Ethiopia (I traveled one month, and I absolutely fell in love in this landscape!). Better if you take a longer trek, on the third day you reach the best view points. At night is quite cold, during the day really hot, and the altitude makes you feel so weak... Be well prepared, ask many questions before you buy the trek (I know many examples of people who paid for some service who wasn't available, some tour agents are really cheating with the price and services! ) I can recommend my guide,\u00a0Sahlie. He is a nice Ethiopian gentleman, great companion and good tour guide.<\/p><p>See Full Review: [themify_button style=\"large purple themify_lightbox\" \u00a0link=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/ShowUserReviews-g317059-d324964-r474104154-Simien_Mountains_National_Park-Gonder_Amhara_Region.html#REVIEWS?iframe=true&amp;width=75%&amp;height=75%\"]Trip Advisor[\/themify_button]<\/p> <figure> <img src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%27http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20width='146'%20height='205'%20viewBox=%270%200%20146%20205%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" loading=\"lazy\" data-lazy=\"1\" data-tf-not-load=\"1\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(to right,#05080f 25%,#434a38 25% 50%,#181911 50% 75%,#090907 75%),linear-gradient(to right,#0b120b 25%,#050001 25% 50%,#d19847 50% 75%,#0a0a08 75%),linear-gradient(to right,#000009 25%,#e8755a 25% 50%,#a3411c 50% 75%,#03020a 75%),linear-gradient(to right,#630b00 25%,#580500 25% 50%,#d8a48e 50% 75%,#d0b49e 75%)\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"146\" height=\"205\" data-tf-src=\"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/marta-m.jpg\" title=\"marta-m\" alt=\"Trek in Simien\"><noscript><img data-tf-not-load src=\"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/marta-m.jpg\" title=\"marta-m\" alt=\"Trek in Simien\"><\/noscript> <\/figure> Marta M 30-40 year old woman France","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1140,"href":"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/894\/revisions\/1140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/discoversimientour.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}