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Ikogosi Warm Springs
Ikogosi Warm Springs
...Ikogosi Warm Springs
This warm spring runs down a hilly landscape where it forms a confluence with another cold spring from an adjoining hill and merges into one continuous stream. The evergreen tall trees which surround the spring provide the canopy under which visitors relax. The people of Ikogosi worship the goddess of the water and have strong belief in the myth around it. The undulating landscape adds natural beauty to the scenery. it is located in Ekiti State.
The Ikogosi Warm Springs is a tourist attraction located at Ikogosi, a town in Ekiti State, southwestern Nigeria. Flowing abreast the warm spring is another cold spring which meets the warm spring at a confluence, each maintaining its thermal properties. These attributes make the spring a tourist attraction in Nigeria. Research suggested that the warm spring has a temperature of about 70oC at the source and 37oC at the confluence.
In 1952, Southern Baptist missionary, Rev. John S. McGee, from his mission base in the nearby Ekiti town of Igede, went to the source of the hot and cold springs, about which he had heard from the Ikogosi people. Initially, he was discouraged from doing this, for reasons of the tradition he had heard from the local residents, which was that nobody should ever visit the source of these two streams, because of the idea that to do so would be to invite death from the supernatural forces that were responsible for this strange, and most unusual, feature of nature. In spite of these "warnings," Rev. McGee made his way through the bush/forest, up the hill to the source of the two side-by-side springs. According to Rev. McGee's later brief, written account, "After seeing it, I felt that it could be used for a good purpose. I discussed the possible use of it with some of the Mission and (Nigerian Baptist) Convention friends. With the growing interest of Royal Ambassador work, and youth work, we felt that it could best be used by building a Youth Camp. I took it up with the Ekiti Association and we decided to build a camp for our R.A.s and G.A.s. The land was secured through the Convention."
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lagos 4 days experience with confidence
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Experience culture, market, night life, lifestyle and the day to day lives of the Nigerian people. This is one of those tours where Lagos Nigeria west Africa gets under your skin and you can appreciate the circle of life. Most of us live for moments where nature is so astonishing that our breath is taken away. I will be your guide on this trip.
Day 1: - Arrival
Arrival and picked up by confidence from the Murtala mohammed international Airport and then drop off at the hotel. Initial orientation and coming back the next morning to pick you up as the tour begins
Day 2: Lagos
Pick you up from your hotel in Lagos for a quick run through Lagos mainland and off to the island to relish the Lekki conservation center, the craft market, the national museum and Nike art gallery. O/N at your hotel
Day 3: Abeokuta
We shall explore the town of Abeokuta,visisting the olumo rock, the olusegun obasanjo presidential library . a return trip to Lagos and overnight at your hotel.
Day 4: Visit the Inagbe resort for relaxation and back to hotel for departure. drop you off at the airport.
Arrival and picked up by confidence from the Murtala mohammed international Airport and then drop off at the hotel. Initial orientation and coming back the next morning to pick you up as the tour begins
Day 2: Lagos
Pick you up from your hotel in Lagos for a quick run through Lagos mainland and off to the island to relish the Lekki conservation center, the craft market, the national museum and Nike art gallery. O/N at your hotel
Day 3: Abeokuta
We shall explore the town of Abeokuta,visisting the olumo rock, the olusegun obasanjo presidential library . a return trip to Lagos and overnight at your hotel.
Day 4: Visit the Inagbe resort for relaxation and back to hotel for departure. drop you off at the airport.
What's Included?
* Guiding Services
* Private Transportation
* Airport pick up
* Airport drop off
* Letter of invitation for visa
* Other miscellaneous support.
Not included:
International air flights
Entrance fee
Visa and visa fees
Travel insurance and immunizations
Between meal snacks & drinks or extra meals alcoholic beverages.
Any hotel incidentals
Any non-essential public transit taken, for you and your guide
Discretionary gratuity for excellent service
* Guiding Services
* Private Transportation
* Airport pick up
* Airport drop off
* Letter of invitation for visa
* Other miscellaneous support.
Not included:
International air flights
Entrance fee
Visa and visa fees
Travel insurance and immunizations
Between meal snacks & drinks or extra meals alcoholic beverages.
Any hotel incidentals
Any non-essential public transit taken, for you and your guide
Discretionary gratuity for excellent service
$2900 Per Day
NIGERIA-BENIN-TOGO- GHANA – 9 DAYS PRIVATE TOUR
The tour will focus on African and American history, Africa European history, the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Cultural Education. We shall Visit Slave Castles of 15/16th centuries, markets and other historic sites. This tour will give you the opportunity to discover Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana traditional music,dance, costume, food, open-air vibrant markets and natural sights against the backdrop of traditional rural communities.(Accra, , Cape Coast) Togo ( Lome, Togoville) Benin (Ouidah, Cotonou, Abomey,Lagos Nigeria).
The tour will focus on African and American history, Africa European history, the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Cultural Education. We shall Visit Slave Castles of 15/16th centuries, markets and other historic sites. This tour will give you the opportunity to discover Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana traditional music,dance, costume, food, open-air vibrant markets and natural sights against the backdrop of traditional rural communities.(Accra, , Cape Coast) Togo ( Lome, Togoville) Benin (Ouidah, Cotonou, Abomey,Lagos Nigeria).
The tour cost is the total trip package for 1 or 2 persons
Day 1: Arrival
Day 2: Early morning, I will pick you up for a quick run through lagos mainland and island.
A tour to the national museum, lekki conservation center, lekki craft market. The tinubu square, the agudas and drop you off at your hotel for O/N
Day 3: Badagry- Cotonou ABOMEY
Eraly morning, we shall leave your hotel and drive towards badagry. At badagry we shall visit the Mobi/abass seriki slave musuem. Arrive Cotonou and have a quick city tour of the capital of Benin and then proceed onward to Abomey. Tours today include the Royal Palace Museum where you may have an audience with the King of Abomey. Abomey retains many reminders of its magnificent past including the Palace, the Historical Museum and the Royal Sepulchers bearing witness to a brave and powerful people. we can also go by small boat to Nokoue Laketo Ganvie, the biggest stilt village in Africa. Visit the "Maison de la Francophonie", the Lovers' Lane and the floating market.
DAY 4: OUIDAH, BENIN -
After breakfast, drive to Ouidah the spiritual capital of voodoo religion and was once a major slave-trading post. You will explore major slave-trading post. You will visit the Voodoo Museum, the Sacred Forest, the Cathedral and the Temple of the sacred Pythons where you will see the 41 writhing pythons (41 is voodoo's magic number).
Day 5 : A Lome Togo
LOME, TOGO -leave for Lome very early in the morning THE TOUR ON THIS DAY IN LOME Today we travel to Togo. After a 3 hour drive you will be assisted through Togo immigration then begin the city tour of Lome and vicinity. Visits include Independence square, the Artisans village, the national museum, the fetish market- the heart of traditional medicine, the fishing harbour, Art Street and the grand Marché, realm of the famous Nana Benz ladies. Overnight at Palm Beach Hotel or similar.LOME - TOGOVILLE-LOME - Today visit the Akodesséwa fetish market and the slave house in Agbodrafo. Continue to Togoville, a red-earth village which was the homeland of numerous slaves taken to Haiti. Here you will find magic remedies and voodoo charms used by local sorcerers. Late afternoon return to Lomé.
Day 6: Accra
Depart for Accra Arrival and checking into hotel for relaxation (maybe a night out to osu oxford street) Other activities today will depend on our arrival time and preference.
Day 7: A city tour of Accra
ACCRA City Tour (visit to historical landmarks such as W. E. B. Dubois Center for Pan African Culture,Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Independence/Black Star Square, National Museum,Osu (formerly Christiansborg) Castle-the previous seat of the Ghanaian Presidency,Jamestown, Flagstaff House (official seat of the president), Kane Kwesi Carpentry workshop.
Day 8: Travel/ Trip to cape coast/ Elmina.
KAKUM NATIONAL PARK/CAPE COAST/ACCRA -
This morning we visit Kakum National Park, one of Ghana's most famous parks. Take a brief walking tour on the forest floor; see birds, butterflies, and perhaps catch a glimpse of the forest. Proceed to the canopy walkway. Kakum is home to Africa's only aerial walkway through the treetops, a 1000 foot long and seven-bridge walkway with viewing platforms that reach heights of over 150 feet above ground. After lunch return to Cape Coast and visit Cape Coast Castle and the Castle Museum for a guided tour. Cape Coast Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and was one of the departure points for Africans being sent into slavery in the Americas. The castle is home to the infamous "Door of No Return". A return trip to accra and O/N at your hotel
Day 9: Drive Back to Accra, relaxation at a drumming session/ Departure
The tour will focus on African and American history, Africa European history, the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Cultural Education. We shall Visit Slave Castles of 15/16th centuries, markets and other historic sites. This tour will give you the opportunity to discover Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana traditional music,dance, costume, food, open-air vibrant markets and natural sights against the backdrop of traditional rural communities.(Accra, , Cape Coast) Togo ( Lome, Togoville) Benin (Ouidah, Cotonou, Abomey,Lagos Nigeria).
Day 1: Arrival
Day 2: Early morning, I will pick you up for a quick run through lagos mainland and island.
A tour to the national museum, lekki conservation center, lekki craft market. The tinubu square, the agudas and drop you off at your hotel for O/N
Day 3: Badagry- Cotonou ABOMEY
Eraly morning, we shall leave your hotel and drive towards badagry. At badagry we shall visit the Mobi/abass seriki slave musuem. Arrive Cotonou and have a quick city tour of the capital of Benin and then proceed onward to Abomey. Tours today include the Royal Palace Museum where you may have an audience with the King of Abomey. Abomey retains many reminders of its magnificent past including the Palace, the Historical Museum and the Royal Sepulchers bearing witness to a brave and powerful people. we can also go by small boat to Nokoue Laketo Ganvie, the biggest stilt village in Africa. Visit the "Maison de la Francophonie", the Lovers' Lane and the floating market.
DAY 4: OUIDAH, BENIN -
After breakfast, drive to Ouidah the spiritual capital of voodoo religion and was once a major slave-trading post. You will explore major slave-trading post. You will visit the Voodoo Museum, the Sacred Forest, the Cathedral and the Temple of the sacred Pythons where you will see the 41 writhing pythons (41 is voodoo's magic number).
Day 5 : A Lome Togo
LOME, TOGO -leave for Lome very early in the morning THE TOUR ON THIS DAY IN LOME Today we travel to Togo. After a 3 hour drive you will be assisted through Togo immigration then begin the city tour of Lome and vicinity. Visits include Independence square, the Artisans village, the national museum, the fetish market- the heart of traditional medicine, the fishing harbour, Art Street and the grand Marché, realm of the famous Nana Benz ladies. Overnight at Palm Beach Hotel or similar.LOME - TOGOVILLE-LOME - Today visit the Akodesséwa fetish market and the slave house in Agbodrafo. Continue to Togoville, a red-earth village which was the homeland of numerous slaves taken to Haiti. Here you will find magic remedies and voodoo charms used by local sorcerers. Late afternoon return to Lomé.
Day 6: Accra
Depart for Accra Arrival and checking into hotel for relaxation (maybe a night out to osu oxford street) Other activities today will depend on our arrival time and preference.
Day 7: A city tour of Accra
ACCRA City Tour (visit to historical landmarks such as W. E. B. Dubois Center for Pan African Culture,Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Independence/Black Star Square, National Museum,Osu (formerly Christiansborg) Castle-the previous seat of the Ghanaian Presidency,Jamestown, Flagstaff House (official seat of the president), Kane Kwesi Carpentry workshop.
Day 8: Travel/ Trip to cape coast/ Elmina.
KAKUM NATIONAL PARK/CAPE COAST/ACCRA -
This morning we visit Kakum National Park, one of Ghana's most famous parks. Take a brief walking tour on the forest floor; see birds, butterflies, and perhaps catch a glimpse of the forest. Proceed to the canopy walkway. Kakum is home to Africa's only aerial walkway through the treetops, a 1000 foot long and seven-bridge walkway with viewing platforms that reach heights of over 150 feet above ground. After lunch return to Cape Coast and visit Cape Coast Castle and the Castle Museum for a guided tour. Cape Coast Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and was one of the departure points for Africans being sent into slavery in the Americas. The castle is home to the infamous "Door of No Return". A return trip to accra and O/N at your hotel
Day 9: Drive Back to Accra, relaxation at a drumming session/ Departure
The tour will focus on African and American history, Africa European history, the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Cultural Education. We shall Visit Slave Castles of 15/16th centuries, markets and other historic sites. This tour will give you the opportunity to discover Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana traditional music,dance, costume, food, open-air vibrant markets and natural sights against the backdrop of traditional rural communities.(Accra, , Cape Coast) Togo ( Lome, Togoville) Benin (Ouidah, Cotonou, Abomey,Lagos Nigeria).
Day 1: Arrival
Day 2: Early morning, I will pick you up for a quick run through lagos mainland and island.
A tour to the national museum, lekki conservation center, lekki craft market. The tinubu square, the agudas and drop you off at your hotel for O/N
Day 3: Badagry- Cotonou ABOMEY
Eraly morning, we shall leave your hotel and drive towards badagry. At badagry we shall visit the Mobi/abass seriki slave musuem. Arrive Cotonou and have a quick city tour of the capital of Benin and then proceed onward to Abomey. Tours today include the Royal Palace Museum where you may have an audience with the King of Abomey. Abomey retains many reminders of its magnificent past including the Palace, the Historical Museum and the Royal Sepulchers bearing witness to a brave and powerful people. we can also go by small boat to Nokoue Laketo Ganvie, the biggest stilt village in Africa. Visit the "Maison de la Francophonie", the Lovers' Lane and the floating market.
DAY 4: OUIDAH, BENIN -
After breakfast, drive to Ouidah the spiritual capital of voodoo religion and was once a major slave-trading post. You will explore major slave-trading post. You will visit the Voodoo Museum, the Sacred Forest, the Cathedral and the Temple of the sacred Pythons where you will see the 41 writhing pythons (41 is voodoo's magic number).
Day 5 : A Lome Togo
LOME, TOGO -leave for Lome very early in the morning THE TOUR ON THIS DAY IN LOME Today we travel to Togo. After a 3 hour drive you will be assisted through Togo immigration then begin the city tour of Lome and vicinity. Visits include Independence square, the Artisans village, the national museum, the fetish market- the heart of traditional medicine, the fishing harbour, Art Street and the grand Marché, realm of the famous Nana Benz ladies. Overnight at Palm Beach Hotel or similar.LOME - TOGOVILLE-LOME - Today visit the Akodesséwa fetish market and the slave house in Agbodrafo. Continue to Togoville, a red-earth village which was the homeland of numerous slaves taken to Haiti. Here you will find magic remedies and voodoo charms used by local sorcerers. Late afternoon return to Lomé.
Day 6: Accra
Depart for Accra Arrival and checking into hotel for relaxation (maybe a night out to osu oxford street) Other activities today will depend on our arrival time and preference.
Day 7: A city tour of Accra
ACCRA City Tour (visit to historical landmarks such as W. E. B. Dubois Center for Pan African Culture,Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Independence/Black Star Square, National Museum,Osu (formerly Christiansborg) Castle-the previous seat of the Ghanaian Presidency,Jamestown, Flagstaff House (official seat of the president), Kane Kwesi Carpentry workshop.
Day 8: Travel/ Trip to cape coast/ Elmina.
KAKUM NATIONAL PARK/CAPE COAST/ACCRA -
This morning we visit Kakum National Park, one of Ghana's most famous parks. Take a brief walking tour on the forest floor; see birds, butterflies, and perhaps catch a glimpse of the forest. Proceed to the canopy walkway. Kakum is home to Africa's only aerial walkway through the treetops, a 1000 foot long and seven-bridge walkway with viewing platforms that reach heights of over 150 feet above ground. After lunch return to Cape Coast and visit Cape Coast Castle and the Castle Museum for a guided tour. Cape Coast Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and was one of the departure points for Africans being sent into slavery in the Americas. The castle is home to the infamous "Door of No Return". A return trip to accra and O/N at your hotel
Day 9: Drive Back to Accra, relaxation at a drumming session/ Departure
What's Included?
* Guiding Services
* Private Transportation
* Airport pick up
* Airport drop off
* Letter of invitation for visa
* Other miscellaneous support
Not included:
International air flights
Entrance fee
Visa and visa fees
Travel insurance and immunizations
Between meal snacks & drinks or extra meals alcoholic beverages.
Any hotel incidentals
Any non-essential public transit taken, for you and your guide
Discretionary gratuity for excellent service
$2136 Per Day
Osun oshogbo festival expereince with confidence
Day 1. Arrival - Pick up from the airport and and drop off at the hotel for overnight. Class suites or similar
Day 2. Leave for Idanre Hills. Arrive and embark on a quick tour of the town and then also climb the ancient village of Idanre. overnight in idanre. Continue
Day 3. Early morning drive to Ife which is beleived to be the cradle of human existence according to the Yoruba myth. visit the oonis(king) palace, the Ife museum. and the Oranmiyan staff....Read more
Day 1. Arrival - Pick up from the airport and and drop off at the hotel for overnight. Class suites or similar
Day 2. Leave for Idanre Hills. Arrive and embark on a quick tour of the town and then also climb the ancient village of Idanre. overnight in idanre. Continue
Day 3. Early morning drive to Ife which is beleived to be the cradle of human existence according to the Yoruba myth. visit the oonis(king) palace, the Ife museum. and the Oranmiyan staff. continue to oshogbo for overnight at Liams hotel.
Day 4: Osun festival day. Join the procession to the osun shrine and groove and expereince the festival. later visit susan wenger house, the mosque, the fetish market . Overnight at Liam hotel oshogbo.
Day 5. Leave oshogbo to abeokuta.
Tour of Abeokuta where we shall visit the Olumo Rock, the olusegun obasanjo presidential library and maybe have a market experience and cooking section. Overnight at Celia's hotel abeokuta
Day 6. Leave abeokuta in the morning to lagos. Arrive and embark on a Lagos city tour- visit lekki conservation center,the Makoko floating village and Nike art gallery. Overnight in lagos class suites or similar.
Day 7. Pick up/ Drop of at the airport for departure.