Njoro River Cave

#96 among destinations in Kenya

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Njoro River Cave is an archaeological site on the Mau Escarpment, Kenya, that was first excavated in 1938 by Mary Leakey and her husband Louis Leakey. Excavations revealed a mass cremation site created by Elmenteitan pastoralists during the Pastoral Neolithic roughly 3350-3050 BP. Excavations also uncovered pottery, beads, stone bowls, basket work, pestles and flakes. The Leakeys' excavation was one of the earliest to uncover ancient beads and tools in the area and a later investigation in 1950 was the first to use radiocarbon dating in East Africa. ()

Coordinates: 0°38'47"N, 36°3'15"E

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BaringoKenya

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Njoro River Cave – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lake Baringo, Enkapune Ya Muto.

2.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Baringo
56 min walk • Lake Baringo is, after Lake Turkana, the most northern of the Kenyan Rift Valley lakes, with a surface area of 130 square kilometres and an elevation of 970 metres. The lake is fed by several rivers: the Molo, Perkerra and Ol Arabel.
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Archaeological site
Enkapune Ya Muto
1 min walk • Enkapune Ya Muto, also known as Twilight Cave, is a Late Stone Age site on the Mau Escarpment of Kenya. Beads made of perforated ostrich egg shells found at the site have been dated to 40,000 years ago.