Adventure tourism in Nigeria - National parks and wildlife

Adventure

Old Oyo National Park

Old Oyo National Park

Situated just about 51 km north of Ibadan city, Old Oyo National Park is an historical site. The park harbours Nile crocodile, rock python and land tortoise.

Make a visit to the old Yoruba Empire, and admire Yoruba empire’s old Portuguese-style houses. It is rich in fauna and flora resources, significant species of which are the baboons and wide variety of birds.Read more…

Aso Rock

Aso Rock, Abuja

The rock is the largest rock outcrop within the metropolis, dominating the landscape of Abuja and overlooking residential quarters and office buildings like.

From mountain climbing, hiking, trekking, and sightseeing to canoe riding, Nigeria is indeed a veritable haven of adventure where visitors are spoilt with activities.Read more…

Cross River National Park

Cross River National Park

The park is known for its naturally preserved inhabitants that offers so many activities to get  the visitors engaged. It presents you the opportunity to see wildlife animals in their natural abode.

The park has many localised species of plants and animals such as gorilla, drill chimpanzee, forest elephant, selaginella etc.. Read more…

Yankari Game Reserve

Yankari Game Reserve

Yankari is a top destination for wildlife and eco-tourism. It is a place to see some of the Africa’s greatest animals such as elephants, lions, tigers etc. 

With about 550 elephants, this park has the largest elephant population in West Africa. Another feature at Yankari is Wikki Warm Springs with floodlit at night and lovely warm spring water. Read more…

Idanre Hills

Idanre Hills

Located in Idanre town, the hills are unique tourist haven that attracts mystery lovers, spiritualists and lovers of adventure. 

Idanre Hill is a cluster of intimidating and imposing hills that houses some wonderful things which confound the senses.

Added to Idanre Hill beauty which fires human curiosity is the fact that the entire people of Idanre lived on these boulders for almost a millennium. Read more…

Awhum Waterfall and Cave

Awhum Waterfall & Cave

Situated at Amaugwe village of Awhum town in Udi Local Government Area, Awhum Waterfall is about 30 meters high and it’s within a proximity of a monastery. A section of the waterfall is always warm through the season.

This beautiful Awhum waterfall is as a result of massive outcrop of granite rock with water cascading over the top forming a stream. It is said to be curative and capable of dispelling evil forces if and wherever sprinkled. Read more…

Gashaka Gumti National Park

Gashaka Gumti

Gashaka-Gumti is important not only as a major watershed but also as a haven for a rich and exotic assemblage of wildlife, given its strategic location at the interface between the moist Cameroonian Highland and the dry Sub-Saharan Guinea Savannah.

Covering about 6600 sq km, Gashaka-Gumti is the largest national park in Nigeria. There are few other places in the world that contain such spectacular scenery and such diverse wildlife. Read more…

Kamuku National Park

Elephants at Kamuku National Park

Kamuku National Park is located in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State and it has a total land area of 1121 sq km of typical savanna woodland vegetation.

The park has a wide variety of birds and other animals like elephants, antelopes, oribi, waterbuck, wet cat, green monkey, side striped hyena and jackal.

Located in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, Kamuku National Park is also a home to the Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius), Denhams Bustard (Neotis denhami) and Abyssinian Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus). Read more…

Okomu National Park

Okomu Wildlife Park

Located in Ovia South LGA, Okomu park which lies 45km west of Benin City is a home of forest elephants, buffaloes, red river hogs, chimpanzees, leopards, bush baby, putty nosed guenon, porcupine, antelopes etc.

The white throated monkey which is one of the rarest monkeys in the world today is found in the park. Read more…

Chad Basin National Park

Lake Chad Basin

Located in the Sudano-sahelian ecological zone of the north-eastern part of Nigeria, Chad Basin is in between Borno and Yobe states.

The wetland of Bade and Nguru are internationally recognised as congregation site for migrant birds coming all the way from Europe. Read more…

Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary

Drill monkeys at Afi Mountain

Afi Mountains is the home to the drill and other endangered primates including the Nigerian chimpanzee Pan troglodytes vellerosus, and the most endangered gorilla subspecies, the Cross River gorilla diehli. Read more…

IITA Forest, Ibadan

The IITA Forest, Ibadan

Thickest of climbers grow in openings where the secondary nature of the forest is most apparent, with clumps of bamboo Bambusa vulgaris etc. The forest is a good place for bird-watching because it has numerous species of tropical birds. Read more…

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