The Yankari Game Reserve

Located in the South-Eastern part of Bauchi, Yankari Games Reserve is undoubtedly Nigeria’s most developed animal reserve and park. The park has the largest collection of Animals than any other park in the country. It currently hosts 50 different species of animals and about 550 elephants – the largest herd of elephants in West Africa. It’s best visited between February and late April.

The Games Reserve also boasts of more than 59 caves, a well system used by slaves and Wiki warm spring. The spring water forms a pool which is 200m long and 10m wide, containing crystal-clear water at a temperature of around 31 degrees Celsius. It available for tourists to swim in .

You don’t have to worry about accomodation as the Park has accomodation for tourists or an option of special camping facilites. You can also lodge at Fariah suites about 2km away. There are also restaurants and a mini-museum. To view the entire park, you can checkout Kalban Hill and Kanyo Hill, both of them are situated within the park Bauchi State is in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria.