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Naijatreks’ Amazing 3-Day Adventure Trip to Ondo and Osun States!
Early on the morning of Saturday, 2nd August, 2014, our travel group set off on a quest to conquer the soaring and daunting heights of the massive Effon Ridge in Osun State, on which cascades the seven stages of Olumirin Waterfalls (also known as Erin-Ijesa Falls). One of the attractions on the trip was to…
Heated debate! Ile-Ife OR Iho-Eleeru: which is the cradle of the Yoruba people?
The poem below is about a cave called Iho-Eleeru also known as Cave of Ashes), tucked away in the thick forests of Isarun village, Ondo State, South-western Nigeria. Of great significance is this cave in the history of the Yoruba people as well as West Africa because the skeletons of prehistoric man dating as far…
Engulfed by the Rich Belly of Iho-Eleeru Cave in Ondo State, South West Nigeria
At Iho-Eleeru Cave, a lovely cave naturally formed by the aesthetic cluster of massive granite boulders, also known as ‘The Cave of Ashes’, was found by a great archeological piece- the remains of prehistoric man dating back to 9200BC. In 1922, Chief Obele, an hunter, during one of his hunting expeditions chanced upon the elusive cave…