Africa Safari Travel- East Africa Attractions

East Africa is endowed with a variety of historical and cultural sites. Each country features a rich history dating back many centuries. In Kenya sites like Gedi, Fort Jesus and Kobi fora have been declared as world heritage . Here is a description of a few of these sites for those looking for ideas when planning to go on an African safari.

Fort Jesus
Fort Jesus was built by Portuguese in 1593 and was basically a guarding fort.

The fort has now been converted to a monument and it has a history of being conquered several times by Portuguese, Arabs and the British empire.

Olduvai Gorge
Generally referred to as the cradle of mankind, this vertical sided ravine is located in the Great Rift Valley East of Serengeti plains and measures 30miles long and 295ft deep. It is one of the most significant prehistoric sites in the world especially due to the aid in furthering the understanding the theory of human evolution.

The Gorge was found by a German entomologist named (Wilhelm) Kattwinkel who accidentally came across upon the gorge during one of his expeditions. The gorge comprises of an erosion-created rift with layer after layer of fossils, bones and ancient artifacts.

Louis and Mary Leakey started excavation work at this place and that work continues to this day by anthropologists.

Gedi Ruins
Once a Swahili town between the 13th and 17th century placed at a village known as Gedi near the coastal town of Malindi, the ruins comprise of a palace, mosques, tomb stones and large stone houses.

The area was however, reoccupied by the nomadic Oromo tribe of Somalia in the late 16th century and later abandoned it in the 18th century. The name Gedi or Gede is a Galla word meaning “precious” which is thought to be either the name of the town or the name of the final Galla leader to camp there.

Koobi fora
Superbly situated on the Eastern shores of the largest lake in the region i.e. Lake Turkana the ridge derives its name from the Gabbra people of the region meaning a place of commiphora and the source of myrrh.

It consists of an outcrop of mainly Pleistocene sediments comprising clay stones, silt stones, and sandstones that conserve numerous fossils of terrestrial mammals, including early hominid genus and as such has been of great importance in the excavations of fossils important to the human evolution theory.

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