Oldupai Gorge

Oldupai (a Maasai word for a wild sisal plant that grows in the area) Gorge is located in the Great Rift Valley, between the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti National Park. It is 30 miles from Laetoli, another fossil-rich area. The gorge was formed about 30,000 years ago, the result of aggressive geological activity and streams.

On the edge of the gorge, there is the Oldupai Gorge Museum, which was founded by Mary Leakey to collect the exhibits and artefacts found in the Gorge and at Laetoli, an area located about 50 km away.
Visit one of the rooms devoted precisely to the Leakeys, with photographs of the excavation work and maps and documents reporting the process of excavation of fossils.
Many of the items exhibited in the museum are original findings, other are casts, namely those of hominid skulls.
See a whole room devoted to Laetoli fossil footprints and papers explaining the process of formation of these footprints, as well as maps and photographs of the finds.