Hello guys,
Welcome to my country Nigeria. Today i want to show you nature and its power, lets get started, this is one of the most natural endored place in Nigeria.
Ikogosi warm spring is tucked away in the rustic and serene town of Ikogosi-Ekiti in Ekiti West Local Government area of Ekiti State Nigeria in a valley from the surrounding hills at the warm spring. The Vegetation at the spring which is highly thick forest with natural and rich vegetation that is closely maintained and protected from arbitrary deforestation.
Entrance gate to the resort
The area covered by the spring is about 31.38 and it is highly protected from erosion by tall and evergreen trees. The trees also serve as a sort of canopy under which tourists could stay during the dry season and sunny days. The undulating topography of the area and the symmetry of the surrounding hills add more to the aesthetic beauty of the spring.
Me and my course mate on excurtion
What is mysterious about the Ikogosi Warm Spring is the fact that, flowing side by side the warm spring, is another spring, a cold one. The warm and cold springs of Ikogosi originate from a close proximity, come to a meeting point, and flow onward together with each spring retaining its thermal identity. The warm spring has a temperature of up to 70oC at the source and 37oC after meeting the cold spring. The meeting point of the warm and cold springs is a unique attraction to tourists.
cold and warm spring
Me and my guys
The meeting of the warm and cold water could be a pull to tourist, but to some the myth behind it could be a pull to others as tourists visit attractions for varied reasons.
Binta the monkey lover
There are a few legends surrounding the origin and discovery of the Warm Spring and have been passed down generations for centuries. One such myth says that the warm and cold springs were the two wives of a great hunter. One of his wives was said to be temperamental while the other was a quiet woman. One day, the two wives had a fight and after being rebuked by their husband, the temperamental wife changed to the warm spring while the quiet one turned to the cold spring.
Tree over 200 years now
Another legend has it that a powerful hunter, while hunting for animals in the forest, first found the warm spring. After the discovery, he went to town with the story and the townspeople on learning about curative powers of the spring, started to worship the spring.
Meeting point
Getting to the place is very easy, and accomodation and feeding are also very cheap. Once you take either a plane or taxi to Ekiti state in Nigeria you will always see taxi that goes to that place because its the most popular place and several hotels the likes of Heritage and zenith hotel are all present at affordable price. And also it has a place to eat attach to it.
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