OLDUVAI GORGE
Located within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is the Olduvai Gorge, 180 kilometres from Arusha. It was here that Dr Louis Leakey discovered the remains of Homo hablis or “Handy man” regarded as mankind’s first step on the ladder of human evolution. But many more fossils have been discovered here including those of prehistoric elephants, giant horned sheep and enormous ostriches. Guides operate lecture tours of the sites.

Getting there: A four hour drive,
or one hour flight, from Arusha. A
two hour drive from Manyara or
Tarangire.