WHAT IS A WONDERS? SIMPLY PUT: ANYTHING THAT AMAZES YOU, THAT GETS THINKING FAST AT A TIME TRYING TO REASON IT OUT.
AS OTHER COUNTRIES ARE FILLED WITH OUTSTANDING WONDERS, NIGERIA IS NOT AN EXCEPTION. USING EKITI STATE AS OUR CASE STUDY, WE WILL BRIEFLY BE LOOKING AT JUST TWO WONDERS IN EKITI STATE WHICH IS IKOGOSI WARM SPRING AND ERINTA WATER FALLS. BEFORE WE START, I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT EKITI STATE WOULD TOP THE STATES IN NIGERIA, IF NOT AFRICA IF ONLY THE POTENTIALS OF THE TOURISM IN IT IS WELL HARNESSED. THERE ARE A LOT TO EXPLORE IN EKITI STATE.
1. ERINTA WATER FALLS: The Erinta Water falls at Ipole-Iloro is located at about 6km North-West of Ikogosi. It could be reached only through a secondary road from Ikogosi. The road leading to the fall passes through the Ikogosi Tourist Center. Visit this resort center and Marvell at the work of nature. Tourists fell the chilly effect of this fall about 10 meters away. It has three pronounced escarpments. A research recently carried out by an Afro American indicated that the water falls could generate electricity (Hydro-electric power).

This resort centre is naturally endowed with thick and evergreen forest. The Arinta waterfalls are a wonder spectacle to behold, cascading down rocky hills from a great height to form a flowing pool of spring water amidst natural forest vegetation. They are located in Ipole-Iloro Ekiti and are a popular tourist site that draws local and foreign tourists to the State. “Arinta… ever wet ever flowing, the obsession of Ipole people, ever plunging ever splashing”

The steep slopes of the overawing ridge, panoramas of a beautiful valley trapped between two ridges meet the eyes. The landscape features a sprawling expanse of lush vegetation set with a patchwork of rust-brown ‘tabs’ at a distance, and a sky-line bedecked with gently undulating ridge tops on the other side. The noon-day sun energized the verdure flavour of the valley below, casting it in a harmonious romance of bright and dark shades of leaf green. The tarred road descends down the other side of the ridge to meet the sleepy enclave of Ipole-Iloro. A small stream meets the road at the village entrance. It is called Oluwa stream, and being highly-revered by the people, it is said that the water can cure any kind of diseases.

The enclave holds a total human population of about eight hundred people. Aayo spring can be seen winding its way across the village, dividing the village into two parts. The first part towards the south, holds the area where the ancestors of Ipole-Iloro people first dwelt before expansion took the boundaries of the village beyond the river to the other side. This cultural landmark constitutes a major landmark in the enclave and it’s highly treasured by the people. Arinta Waterfalls is a spectacle to behold, watch and marvel at. The falls cascade down the rocky hills from a great height, amidst natural forest vegetation to form a flowing pool of spring water. It is a popular tourist site that draws local and foreign tourists to Ekiti State. The place is ideal for relaxation, picnics, mountain-climbing, hiking, bush trails and religious retreats.
2. IKOGOSI WARM SPRING: This is a wonder to behold and fell. Imagine walking on a water that is warm, suddenly you feel cold. One leg feeling warm and the other feeling cold, moving at the same pace, nothing demarcated them, until you feel it, you may continue to doubt it.
MAKE UP YOUR TIME TO EXPERIENCE THIS GREAT WONDER! RELAX YOURSELF AROUND THIS COLD, PEACEFUL AND FRIENDLY TERRITORY OF IKOGOSI EKITI STATE. YOU WILL SURELY ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE!

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