29/04/2025
🌄 TUGEN HILLS
•Location: Situated in Kenya’s Rift Valley, the Tugen Hills stretch approximately 50 km from Tenges in the south to Kipsaraman in the north.
•Geological Significance: These hills are an uplifted fault block of volcanic and metamorphic rocks, separating the Great Rift Valley from the Kerio Valley.
•Paleoanthropological Importance: The Tugen Hills are renowned for preserving a succession of deposits dating between 14 and 4 million years ago, making them a crucial site for studying human and animal evolution.
•Cultural Significance: The local Tugen community holds the hills in high esteem, viewing them as a treasured cultural asset. 
