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Great Rift Valley Voyage Tips and guide

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    The Great Rift Valley is mainly in Africa.

    Great Rift Valley map

    This is not one simple valley, but a group of related geological structures in East Africa with extensions that reach as far as Syria and Yemen. The Red Sea is geologically a continuation of this system.

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    Mankind seems to have evolved largely in this valley; see paleontology and man's early migrations. Among the important sites are:

    • Danakil Depression in Ethiopia, with stone tools dating back three million years
    • Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, with fossils and tools over two million years old

    There are many lakes along various branches of the valley. Among them:

    Part of the valley is in Kenya and Wikivoyage has articles for the Kenyan regions Southern Rift Valley and Northern Rift Valley. Together they are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley.

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