Attraction Type: | Historic Sites |
Category: | Archaeological site |
Region: | North Rift |
City / Town: | Lodwar |
Road / Street: | Kapenguria -Lodwar Road |
Telephone: |
254 20 374 2131
254 721 308485 |
Email: | koobifora@museums.or.ke |
Website: | http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/9/41 |
Entrance Fee: | Yes |
Description: | ||
Koobi Fora in the local language, means a place of the commiphora a source of myrrh, which is a common plant in this hot and arid area. The rich sedimentary rocks have yielded more than 10,000 Vertebrate and Hominid fossils. Most interesting here is a Stone Age burial site. | ||
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