Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains cut a jagged, high-altitude escarpment home to wildlife found nowhere else on earth. This trip treks its ridgelines in search of gelada monkeys and rare ibex.

A guided trek along the escarpment’s edge brings guests within close range of gelada monkey troops grazing on the high plateau, while a private tracker leads a search for the elusive Walia ibex on steep cliff faces. Guests visit a highland village for a traditional coffee ceremony — one of Ethiopia’s oldest customs — and a scenic flight over the Simien range caps the trip with an aerial view of the escarpment. The stay is at a lodge perched on the plateau’s edge with panoramic canyon views.