please house, can anyone who has traveled to yankari games reserve recently avail me of information about the park? i require information on availability of hotel accommodation and price range, guided tours and other pieces of information you may consider relevant. again, is this the right time in the year to visit? i can't seem to find satisfactory info using google. thanks.

Was there October last year. If you wanna enjoy the safari, i'll advise you go during the dry season when the vegetation isnt in full bloom. When i went, all i saw were the baboons, a couple of waterbuck, wiled guineafowls and warthogs. They have accommodation, i can't remember exactly how much but i know it wasnt more than N10, 000 a nite. I didnt spend the nite there, went back to my friend's place in Bauchi.

Hope this helps.

thanks damine.

This is not the best time to go to yankari. The best time is during the dry season cos that is when you would be able to see so many animals and be safe too cos you are going to their territory. Except you want to just use the warm spring and see baboons only.

There is no need to worry about accommodation cos i know they have more space than they have visitors.
The range is not high when compared to hotels.

It is a nice place and you can really get to see so many animals like Lions, Elephants etc when you you go during the dry season.

nwadinma:

This is not the best time to go to yankari. The best time is during the dry season cos that is when you would be able to see so many animals and be safe too cos you are going to their territory. Except you want to just use the warm spring and see baboons only.

There is no need to worry about accommodation cos i know they have more space than they have visitors.
The range is not high when compared to hotels.

It is a nice place and you can really get to see so many animals like Lions, Elephants etc when you you go during the dry season.

interesting!- another place i need to visit

Be prepared to run incase the animals starts chasing you.
Lol

the entrance

warm springs area

waoh, this is a nice place that i'll luv to visit very soon.

I was there six years ago. I Remember taking a swim in the warm spring and unexpected visitors (Baboons) came to join us. We had to leave d spring and watch in amazement. Na dem b landlord 4 d place. They were everywhere. Plus d elelphants, lions, exotic birds etc. Really beautiful place. Good 4 relaxing n forgetting 9ja's problems. bt dnt leave ur property carelessly, d baboons might find it interesting. Enjoy,

Are the animals roaming free?

Yes they are. Dats why its a game reserve. But not to worry, d dangerous ones are deep inside the reserve, far from human human occupants.

3seriez:

Yes they are. Dats why its a game reserve. But not to worry, d dangerous ones are deep inside the reserve, far from human human occupants.

Na una know. My hand no dey

I plan to go there next year. How much will it cost me if I'm going to stay for a week ?

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Na wa o! animals roaming free esp. LION and you say there is nothing to worry?

i actually would be going there on honeymoon with my newly wedded wife. from the posts here i know we ll have a real swell time even if it's only the baboons we eventually get to see. i guess it will be worth going there. thanks guys. i keep you all posted

Yankari is a beautiful place to be. I have been there 4 times. They have the wiki warm spring, accommodation, restaurants, a small museum and the safari. There are over 52 species on animals there including the lion, elephant, leopard, antelopes (I saw this live).

The most friendly are the baboons which have become domesticated cohabiting with humans but they are smart thieves. If you keep your food carelessly, they will hijack it. Last time I was there, a baboon was in serious pusuit of a lady just to snatch her bottle of fanta but it's fun.

The most interesting is the wiki warm spring which is cool in the day and warm at night. In facct, it is the reason why most people go to Yankari. The accommodation ranges from N2,500 students' bed space to N45, 500.

Interesting!!

I was there in January, it was fun, apart from the animals and the warm spring, there are the caves that all connect internally. According to the tour guide it was used during the time of slave trade and war.

The baboons could get wild sometime, During one of my stay at the reserve we were robbed of our food by a gang of baboons, they opened the window, the small ones came in and started passing the food to the big ones outside. . They were not even scared of the kids playing in the sitting room. They even tried challenging the women.

The place is very nice and you will enjoy it, just make sure u go with a bug repellent cos of the tse tse flies in the jungle.

(Re: Information On Yankari Games Reserve).

I  searched and got Yakari's phone number from www.tourismhotspotnigeria.com , that was a search under Bauchi state for where to stay. Yet, at that time when i called phone line,  the guy at the end of the phone told me that there is no network coverage over yankari, therefore no phone line. But that he is a staff and a receptionist at Yankari  and you can only get his phone line when he finishes work at the Game Reserve and returns to  Bauchi town every day. It really sounded as a real secluded holiday place to be.

Nice game update

good game sharing ,

Its interesting sharing ,

For booking and other info on Yankari Email patlimited2012@gmail.com.

Sharing some pictures from Yankari Game reserve, Bauchi, Still here wondering if such beauty and taste of royalty lies in the north... Just some place quite far but absolutely worth the long drive from the gate to the reception... Nice accomodation ranging from the less expensive hotel accommodations to the student hostel... But Brother when I talk about less expensive, it still cost a little above an average Nigerian income though, so be quite prepared to visit this place as a tourist... No ATMs, No POS... So it's strictly cash only which is obviously against the cashless policy, I bet they are used to political visit... Dear reader, Can Dansuki have an ATM card??... "NO"
Less I forget the very interesting topic, It still cost 1k5 for gatefee to the environment and 8k to visit the safari... 5h for wiki but I bet it was my best experience there, warm pool for me during the day as it was Harmattan period... And after so much fun, I met some lovely couples right there, a dubious taxi driver and few friends... It's really worth it most expecially if it's your first time in the north... Please go by flight to Bauchi or Jos and travel back by road... There's a lot to unlock in that but this is just about Yankari for now... Ooh... The dry rivers... ooh!!!

Aww I still have fond memories of Yankari. Visited when I was in primary school. Like 18 years ago. I remember the spring filled with many whites and thier kids. Then the north was very safe. No boko haram, no kidnapping. The food was intercontinental. Every race could eat from the restaurant. I will never forget the baboons . They stole our chin chin from our car and were eating it right in front of us.
I would love to experience Yankari again.

Schwartz:
Aww I still have fond memories of Yankari. Visited when I was in primary school. Like 18 years ago. I remember the spring filled with many whites and thier kids. Then the north was very safe. No boko haram, no kidnapping. The food was intercontinental. Every race could eat from the restaurant. I will never forget the baboons . They stole our chin chin from our car and were eating it right in front of us.
I would love to experience Yankari again.

Hahaha, exactly! Those baboons are criminals. Silly me was busy feeding them bread until they struck. Lol. Planning a trip there later in the year. Do you have an idea how much a night costs in there? Cheapest abeg....as I usually spend almost all my time at their bar there.