Oldupai Gorge

Located between Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Oldupai Gorge is a fairly famous archaeological site which has given a lot of information as to our origins. During my safari we made a stop here at the museum and we learned a bit about the Leakeys (Mary and Louis) who spent decades there, uncovering many fossils that are millions of years old and may be from our ancestors.

Most people call it Olduvai Gorge, but we were told by the guides at the museum that it is actually spelled with a "p" and not a "v" and that we should clear this up when we got back home. Not surprisingly, we also learned that many of the names given to places (and animals) in East Africa have errors in them due to mispronunciations by early Europeans.

Here are some pictures of the gorge: