Textbooks, journals, literatures, online and published articles narrates that on the 7th cascade/stage of the phases of the Olumirin waterfall Erin-Ijesha is a settlement of the Ekiti people. As students of Tourism management, these narrations to us before now was a myth because we had never met an individual who could give us a true evidence of these claims.
So, on the 18th of January, 2019, the trio of myself and two friends embarked on the adventurous journey to the mysterious wonder of God from Ile-Ife “The Source” into the hearts of the Ijesha Kingdom, Erin-Ijesha “Home of the Living Spring”.

By mid-day, we were already at the entrance of the Waterfall, there we got ourselves bottles of soft drinks and packs of plantain chips unknowing to us an unending hike lie ahead. We registered and paid the entrance fee as individuals on the words of the officials, “3 is not a group”. We declined the service of the tour guard for we ourselves are tour guides in training, moreover, to us Olumirin Waterfall is not a new terrain, we’ve been there sometimes before.
Barefooted, the mountain climbing adventure began and as we ascend, so I began losing my strength. It was not easy, we had to pause for breaks for a moment or two then continued with the ascension. And finally we were on the 7th cascade/stage. A few steps further is a shed constructed to accommodate hikers and climbers. We had a break under the covers on the topmost level, no signs of water. The sun still high up in the sky shining bright. A flat terrain on the mountain top with varieties of signatures of successful adventurers. We were also very happy to inscribe our names for it was a historic experience and adventure.
This is the 7th cascade, where the heck is that Ekiti state? We asked ourselves. We began looking for answers and way forwards, not long we saw a path unarguably made by human feet and we decided to thread.

"30 minutes hike and we are still in the middle of nowhere, are you sure there's an Ekiti anywhere around here?" We began asking ourselves again questioning our sources of information. At some point, Google Map ceased to run, network signals lost and we almost turned back. But we kept on hearing the sounds of the forest and the tree cutting machine, bottles, sachets and nylons of consumables along our paths rekindled our no retreat, no surrender spirit and kept us going, saying to ourselves "humans have been here, not long ago".
One hour-fifteen minutes later, we were in the Ekiti, we heard the voices of humans echoing through the thick forest. We exchanged pleasantries with the people of the small settlement, they welcomed us and told us we were finally in Obake, Ekiti. Sensations of joy ran through our minds, it was a dream come true.

A woman told us the source of the Olumirin Falls is just a few miles away, she described the way and off we go. We got to the supposed source, washed our feet and faces. We presume that the source could only be one of the many water sources that runs through to the Falls, because the volume of water at the supposed source was not really doubtless.
We joined the league of successful adventurers by inscribing our names on the walls of a dilapidated building in Obake after which we journeyed back to Olumirin.

We returned to the 2nd Cascade of the falls and had a nice time in the chilly waters. Olumirin is indeed a blessed place, a seat and home of wonders. Something worthy of note is the increment in the intensity of the falls depending on the number of people in the waters. This may be psychological or perhaps God giving His natural provisions to meet and cater for people's needs of His abundance.

Special thanks to my partners, Tosin Adebisi & Ayotunde Bamigbade for the success of this adventurous exploration.

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At least there should be pictures to support it, at least you guys are with a phone that could even access google map.

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