Semenawi Bahri National Park

Semenawi Bahri National Park is in the Northern Red Sea Region in Coastal Eritrea.

Understand

The 1 Semenawi Bahri National Park is located close to Hidele, in the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea.

Landscape

It consists of a beautiful mountain and valley landscape.

Flora and fauna

The park also has a diverse range of wildlife present in it, including duiker, klipspringer, warthog, leopard and bushbuck and birds such as the Blue Breasted Bee Eaters.

Get in

By air

• 1 Asmara International Airport (ASM ^IATA) (57.1 km east of the park). The nearest airport to the park. Airlines like EgyptAir, Eritrean Airlines, Nova Airways, Qatar Airways, Sudanese Airways, Turkish Airlines, Yemenia and flydubai fly to the airport.  

By car

From Asmara, take the Asmara—Keren Road. Turn right at the village of Serejaka (21 km). The tarred road takes you through the village of Woki (29 km) then to the highest of the Semenawi Bahri evergreen forests. After 31 km you reach Vivaio; take the road to your left, which will pass through Ambeloko, Fishey, Daukur and then to Mirana (58 km).

Continuing on the tarred road 43 km, you will reach Meg'o where you can enjoy the view of Semenawi Bahri in every direction. In Sabur (50 km), there is a viewpoint that overlooks the forests of the Filfil Valley.

From Sabur descend towards Medhanit (58 km), and continue to 2 Filfil (68 km), and to Solomuna (77 km) which is part of Semenawi Bahri. It has an abundance of large trees that are home to a vast variety of bird life.