BY Rupi Mangat
Above: The gorgeous verandah at Olurur House overlooking the Great Rift Valley. Image Rupi Mangat Published Nation Satmag April 29, 2023 Olurur House is the grand setting to the open horizons of the Great Rift Valley, set atop Champagne Ridge where ancient humans roamed. At first sight, the house doesn’t show and then a few […]
BY Rupi Mangat
The fascinating metropolis of ancient ancestors Above: Mt Olorgesailie decked in cloud and wild flowers – copyright Rupi Mangat 5 May 2018 Published: Saturday magazine Nation newspaper 5 May 2018 I’m alone walking between two ancient volcanoes on sands that have weathered the times and bleached white by the relentless sun with volcanic rubble strewn around. […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Millions of years ago, our ancestors left their calling cards to unravel a world that once was Published: Saturday magazine, Nation newspaper 9 December 2017 We’re in the depths of the Great Rift Valley driving to Olorgesailie prehistoric site 70 kilometers south of Nairobi, the city. The landscape changes from the green of Ngong Hills […]
