Location

130 km Northwest of Nairobi and 30 km Southeast of Nakuru

 

Directions

From Nairobi: Take the main highway to Nakuru. Upon passing Gilgil continue for another 5 km. Turn right into Diatomite Junction. Drive for 1.5 km to the Kariandusi Prehistoric Site Complex.

From Nakuru: ???

 

Main attractions

• Early Stone Age (1.2 million to 700'000 years ago) tools associated with Homo erectus
• Obsidian volcanic glass for stone tool production
• Fossilized wood forest
• Diatomite mining

 

Historical Background

• First artifacts discovered in 1928 by Kenyan paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey