Lucy's replica is here, first human 👣 are here... Ask for a guide and tip well. Museum and view out of the terrace will not disappoint

The place itself is somewhat underwhelming because it's really a wide valley of land dug out in some places. Some of the features are quite cool to see, and on the whole, knowing the significance of the place with regards to history is what will add to visiting the place.

I recommend to visit the site if you are traveling between Serengeti and Ngorogoro Park. The museum is well done and explains in detail the evolution of human beings and the geological evolution of this very special area.

This is a world-class museum display. All the PhD‘s and funding at this site have created something very impressive.

interesting topology and interesting history of the artifacts. worth a quick walk around of the museum and 10 minute briefing from the guide

I remember learning about the Olduvai / Oldupai Gorge and the Leakys in college. I was fascinated. When I realized we'd be driving right by on our way to the Serengeti, I thought we should stop in. Luckily our safari guide was able to arrange this by calling back to the main office. It was ABSOLUTELY worth the extra time and cost. You'll spend an hour or two here, but come away with a better understanding of what it is to be human. I'm not sure about you but that's one of the primary reasons I travel.

This facility is very, very well done. The displays are sequenced logically to effectively demonstrate human development over the millennia at this and other rift locals. Displays are well written and easily understandable to non-archeologists. The progressive displays show not only skeletal development but also tool and cultural changes over time. They also include well done presentations demonstrating the effects of geological events on the development of humans in the area. Even if you do not believe in human development/evolution there is a lot of info to be gleaned from the facility. The staff is very knowledgeable and well trained. You are permitted to hike into the gorge for a closer look but the view from the amphitheater is amazing if you choose not to hike.

Amazon museum that's well worth a visit. The views of the Olduvai Gorge are stunning and very rare to see such a high vantage point with the canyon valley below. The museum itself is very informative and setup well with lots of artifacts, English descriptions and quick wi-fi as well. It's a great spot to finish lunch as well.

Perfect place for archeology and palaeontology. It is right at the site where most of its discoveries was done. You can get books too on site. Staff are friendly and very knowledgeable. Washrooms super clean. There's so much history to learn here.

It is a place of so much anthropological history (early man history) as well as geological amusement park

Really beautiful. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Well maintained with great public bathrooms. It's a shame much of what's found there is replicas with the originals sitting in some European museum with other stolen relics from the region.

The cradle of Mankind. Is the wonderful place with historic and mythological relationships with the life on this planet. Welcome to Tanzania

For my group this was worth the $30 per person stop on the way to Serengeti. The view of the gorge is picturesque and the museum was interesting, as you get the backstory of archeologist excavating the site and also see what was found. There is no guided tour (accept a 10 min history lecture given to those sitting outside by the view as a group) so it takes some time to read all the signs and move through the 4 rooms/stages of human evolution. You can also breeze through quickly. All at your own pace you will find bones of early humans, animals, and artifacts. There are nice bathrooms, and it can be an opportunity to break up the long dusty drive. I gave it 4 stars because if you are not into museums this might not be for you.

Wonderful place to learn about human evolution and human history. In the middle of nowhere in this George oldest remains of modern humans were found. They are still preserved inside a small meusuem near the excavation site. Wonderful place and unique place in the world. Tanzania is always full of wonders.

This place is very wonderful. You will learn alot about the evolution of humans. It is for sure the cradle of humankind. #VISIT OLDUPAI.

I'm interested in anthropology so couldn't pass so close on safari for honeymoon without a small detour here. Amazed how little is made of this historic site. Loads of cool artifacts, view into the gorge, and a lovely curator guy sat and explained stuff to us for a while, even though closing time had passed. Well worth it. Our guide managed to combine with an expensive but fascinating visit to a local Doma (is that the right word, cluster of extended family). Think it's Oldupai rather than Vai, something about named for a plant and a German mistake in history!

Views were great. The gorge is a sacred place and a sense of awe permeated those in our visiting party. Great effort by the Tanzanians to showcase a national treasure...

Very exciting place to visit. You get to know the origin of humankind and its revolution to date

Excellent view of the gorge with a helpful guide to give a brief overview of it's history

Nice Place for our History🦍

The Olduvai gorge has a spectacular view from the museum. Moreover, it contains lots of Geological and archaeological information. Also many researches take place here every summer. It is known as the cradle of humankind for a reason. The Olduvai gorge is home to the skull 💀of Australopithecus Boisei (Zanjanthropus) (The original skull is at the national museum in Dar-es-salaam. They put a cast of the original here). It also contains fossils of extinct species. The extinct species range from extinct bovids, extinct equids to extinct suids and other smaller species. In the geological aspect, this place is a basin which once had a perennial lake. One can simply distinguish amongst rocks in this area as it contains all three types of rocks. The Olduvai gorge has a set of fault systems that have been mapped. It is a fantastic place to conduct a field school for students in the field of geology and palaeontology or archaeology. Apart from the disciplines of palaeontology, archaeology and Geology, this place is home to the maasai people. This nomadic tribe have semi sedentary setlements in this area. During the dry season, they move to some other areas in search of pastures for their livestock. They still observe and maintain their culture. It is important to respect the people's traditions whilst visiting here. I also am maasai from Olduvai gorge. While working here, I was inspired to study Geology which I currently am. When visiting this place, you can opt to visit other smaller sites such as the shifting sands, the Nasera rock and a view of the second fault. I definitely recommend this are

Unique

Provides a feeling of history and human (pre-human too) context that far exceeds anything religion seeks to provide!

The first skull of our early ancestors discovered here by Dr Louise Leakey

Amazing place to witness first hand experience of archeological history of the early man. An amazing experience

Very lovely place to visit with your family ,friends we had our guide that helps to elaborate more information about all the Olduvai gorge and the discovery of the first human skull that was lived more there .

A must visit for anyone in the vicinity... a comprehensive and clear museum und a fantastic view over part of the valley that plays such a crucial part in the discovery of the roots of mankind. A very good presentation by one of the local experts rounds it uip well.

A Must stop if you are heading towards the Serengeti National Park! Blow my mind on the history of early man! I’ve been reading about the Leakey’s and their work and research my whole life. When my safari driver told me we were stopping by a museum on the way to Serengeti I thought to myself, I want to see wildlife! What kind of a museum is out in the middle of Africa? What an unexpected and pleasant surprise to visit Olduvai! Don’t miss it on the way to Serengeti!

Out in the middle of nowhere is the place Dr. Leakey went to study butterflies and found our ancient ancestor. Very nicely done museum - I wish we had had more time to go through it. Nice presentation from the curator.

We stopped here on our way to Serengeti National Park. The exhibits were well prepared and the facilities were nice after a long drive. We did a walk down into the gorge to see where the fossils and bones were found starting in the 1950's. The walk was nice for the exercise, but there was really nothing to except a post marking the site. We ate our lunch in the shady gathering area and enjoyed the view from the pavilion. Probably worth a stop just to break up the drive.

Cradle of mankind has a new meaning as you hear the guide talk about history of place, fossils found of animals and early man traced back to 3.6 million years. View point inside museum is amazing. The 4 rooms with fossils and pictures with self guide notes is good. Toilets are clean. Free WiFi.

An amazing experience. Artifacts are great.

Nice panoramic view of the gorge, museum with picture, illustration, exhibition.

excellent vistas. great place for archealogists and quite informative for all ithers. excellent museum explaining it's history

It is a very special place, the birthplace of humankind!

Excellent place ..

Perfect place to learn about the history of human being.

Nice place to visit to learn about human origin

Had a great afternoon exploring historical artifacts at the site. Worth the stopover

It is wonderful to know human evolution history from the scene...!

Charming little museum in a historical location. Excellent stop on the way to the Serengeti.

Small but complete museum describing the evolution of human kind in the gorge. The guide describing the history of the place was very nice and professional

It had been very easy to realize that history is really and not merely stories. On top of this visiting the Oldpai /Oldvai Gorge gives you an opportunity to visit the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Where you will be able to see humans being living lovely with wild animals, really the historical life as have been narrated to us by our books stories. I love the trip to the place.💚💚💚💚💚

The place where the oldest human relative was discovered. Gets you thinking, puts 4 million years of history in better perspective

The new museum is really well done. They have a lot more information with great displays. The amphitheater is a great place to get a small lecture on Olduvai, backdropped with the gorge itself.

This museum has an amazing historical review of a true man homosapiens. it shows that life started In africa

Our guide Mtui* was extremely knowledgeable and clearly very passionate about the subject matter. Very thorough explanations of everything around the museum. He made the visit an excellent experience!

If you allow a guide to give you an overview before you go into the museum, it helps put it into perspective. For us non paleontologists anyway. Great place to stop for lunch (we brought ours) with great facilities.

Very informative and larger than I expected if you take the time to read everything. You can hike down to where they found the bones, too. Just make sure you are prepared with water and hiking shoes! You have a chance to shop in the Maasai co-op next door and the restrooms are very clean. I was very excited to be here, where man began!

The lector was very informative on the history where the Leaky's found humanoid bones. The museum reinforced the historical information.

Not be missed when travelling between NgorNgoro and the Serengeti.

awesome

institute of performing art and mind power development has been fortunate to find this place while studying anthropology. There is a video in youtube.. search "pratanu banerjee and olduvai gorge" you will get that video. it is an amazing spot where human evolution has been found properly. It is an awesome place for paleoanthropologists around the world.

is the coolest place to explore.. visit and enjoy

Very interesting!

The cradle of humankind

Great place! A lot of history

The 10 minute lecture is fantastic! The man that gives it would make the best teacher/professor ever!!!

Great place to know the history of the cradle of mankind (Tanzania). The guide who gave us the lecture was very knowledgeable. The exhibits are very interesting and the write ups with them are very well researched. Loved being there.

Best of The best

Great museum documenting the evolution of hominids found in that area.

Its historical place

It's a great

What a beautiful historical place to visit and very good at view

(Translated by Google) Nicely done, very informative (Original) Schön gemacht, sehr informativ

Very interesting place with family

Excelent

Amazing and good for getting pre historical stories

Amazing history

(Translated by Google) An impressive site and an important archaeological site where the traces of the man standing on the first 2 feet were discovered. (Original) מקום מרשים ואתר ארכיאולוגי חשוב שם גילו את עקבות האדם שעמד על 2 רגליים הראשונות.

An interesting, manageable sized museum with informative exhibits in english and swahili. Experts on site can give an orientation, and then orient you to the exhibits. So much history here!

Interesting

Fascinating place

The cradle of mankind

(Translated by Google) Great view (Original) Ganz tolle Aussicht

History of humankind

Must see new museum above iconic geological and anthropological site.

What a history lesson. Great museum

unforgeable place

(Translated by Google) It freaked me out a lot. I hope that responsible tourism does not load this place because it is very worthwhile. The Olduvai or Oldupai gorge in northern Tanzania is one of the most important places in East Africa in relation to prehistoric and archeological prehistoric sites in Olduvayenses and Achelenses. (Original) Me flipó muchísimo. Espero que el turismo responsable no se cargue este lugar porque merece mucho la pena. La garganta de Olduvai o de Oldupai en el norte de Tanzania constituye uno de los lugares más importantes en el este de África en relación a yacimientos paleontológicos y arqueológicos prehistóricos olduvayenses y achelenses.

Interesting

I get to know the history of the remains of the first human being to appear in oldupai.

The best history of the first man and the perished animals that lived here.

Most important paleoanthropological sites in the world, the Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge is in Tanzania. Visiting the place is Nostalgic. Cradles of Human kind. Going back in time to two million years. Our ancestors ruled the land in harmony with nature, evolved and migrated. Lovely times. They have gone leaving the DNA as clues to connect the past with the present. We are related. But we have grown more complex and complex. We will be asumed to be more complex in the future times. Oldupai Gorge is a steep-sided ravine in the Great Rift Valley that stretches across East Africa. It is about 48 km long, and is located in the eastern Serengeti Plains in the Arusha Region about 45 kilometres from Laetoli which is another important archaeological site of early human occupation. Good time on ancestral land with their memories hovering around. They migrated over the globe. We are planning to migrate away from the Earth to other planets of the Solar System. Good luck.

Historic site found by dr. Lucy Leaky, she discorverd earliest human remains hete

(Translated by Google) Unmissable !!! Everything simple but very well guided by someone qualified, included with the price of admission. (Original) Imperdible!!!Todo sencillo pero muy bien guiado por alguien calificado, incluido con el precio de la entrada.

Cradle of humanity. The museum is a must see.

(Translated by Google) The Olduvai Gorge is considered one of the most important archaeological sites. . Here Louise Leakey with her wife Mary Leakey made important discoveries related to our origins. . Some findings were: . - Hand axes . - Animal fossils . - Stone utensils . - The skull of the first Hominid . - Homo Habilis fossil specimen . Louis Leakey, in addition to his archaeological and anthropological research, was the mentor of "Leakey's Angels": . Diane Fossey: Gorilla researcher . Jean Godall: chimpanzee researcher . Biruté Galdikas: orangutan researcher . Each one of them motivated him to carry out his research. (Original) La Garganta de Olduvai es considerada uno de los sitios más importantes a nivel arqueológico. . Aquí Louise Leakey con su esposa Mary Leakey hicieron importantes descubrimientos relacionados con nuestros orígenes. . Algunos hallazgos fueron: . - Hachas de mano . - Fósiles de animales . - Utensilios de piedra . - El cráneo del primer Homínido . - Ejemplar fósil de Homo Habilis . Louis Leakey además de su investigación arqueológica y antropológica fue el mentor de "los ángeles de Leakey": . Diane Fossey: investigadora de gorilas . Jean Godall: investigadora de chimpancés . Biruté Galdikas: investigadora de orangutanes . A cada una de ellas le motivó a realizar su investigación.

Great museum and view of the Gorge!

An absolute must if you're in the Serengeti area. Fantastic vista and exhibition of human evolution. Knowledgeable guides.

(Translated by Google) The exhibition and the explanations were very interesting, this is the origin of humanity. We made a stop here on the way to the Serengeti and it was worth it. (Original) Die Ausstellung und die Erklärungen waren sehr interessant, hier liegt der Ursprung der Menschheit. Wir haben auf dem Weg in die Serengeti hier einen Stop gemacht, hat sich gelohnt.