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Ready to take an exciting safari in Nigeria? Great, then we suggest you visit the Yankari National Park.

Yankari National Park is located in south-central part of Bauchi State, northeastern Nigeria. Its location is unique because it allows tourists to view wildlife in their natural habitat. Definitely a unique experience. Did you know that open Yankari was considered as the largest park in Nigeria? Yes, this incident took place in 1991. It is the most popular destination for tourists and as such, plays a crucial role in the development and promotion of tourism and ecotourism in Nigeria.

The surrounding countryside Yankari National Park is inhabited by farmers, but there have been people inhabiting in the park for almost a century. However, there is evidence of human habitation in the park, including caves and iron tools.

In 1953, the Preservation Committee of Northern Regional Consul made a recommendation to the Executive to establish a pilot game in Bauchi Emirate. This was supported by Alhaji Muhammadu Ngeleruma, minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Nigeria. By this time, was impressed by a visit to the reservation of Sudan while traveling through East Africa. Upon his return, encouraged the movement to establish something similar in Nigeria.

In 1956, the Government of Northern Nigeria approved the plans to create a preservation area. Yankari was identified as a region in the south of what was once the province of Bauchi, where he lived a lot of wild animals and could be protected. Yankari was first opened to the public on December 1, 1962 and in 1991 officially became a National Park.

As ecotourism or ecological tourism, one can say that is favored by many global organizations and collaborating agencies to development. Promotes the conservation of biological diversity through ecosystem protection and has a local culture, flora and fauna as the main attraction. Yankari National Park meets all the requirements of ecotourism.

In 2000, the National Park Yankari had 20.000 visitors from over 100 countries. This makes it the most popular tourist destination in Nigeria. It is one of the few remaining areas of West Africa where wild animals are protected in their natural habitat.

The “Wikki Camp is the park and resort is located 42 km. From the main entrance. There are 110 furnished apartments ranging in size and qualities, ranging from “presidential suite” to single rooms. The camp also has a restaurant, bar and conference center.

The museum of the camp is well equipped with a variety of skins, teeth, bones and other elements of the park. At the same time playing the role of a conservation center, is educational and displaying hunting procedures and techniques of traps of hunters.

Although there are no direct flights from Spain, it is easy to get some cheap flights from major European cities like Paris (View Hotel in Paris) or London (see cheap hotels in London.)

Found in northern Africa, an ecoregion that stretches comprising countries such as Mauritania, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia, known as the Sahel region, a savannah and plain semiarid tropical able to get involved in hamata winds during the winter that wraps around in the sand. The particularity of the area is a solitary inhabitant: the most common tree is the acacia, which in parts seems to grow in the middle of desierto.No is difficult to find lodging during this trip.

The large area of ​​the Sahel savanna, bounded on the north to the wooded savanna of southern Sahara, northwest to the western Sudanese savannah, south of the Mandara massif and the mountain forest southwest of Ethiopia, Somalia and savanna Prairie Ethiopia. The area often has little to differentiate the desert with an endless landscape of sand dunes.

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Niger is a country in West Africa to landlocked deserts, dunes, camel rides and green oasis. You can admire the fascinating African wildlife, including lions, elephants, leopards and crocodiles in the W National Park of Niger and the Sahara desert is home to the nomadic Tuareg. In the colorful cities of Niger can feel undeniably beautiful African environment and buy local crafts at the colorful markets.

Niger’s territory consists mainly of deserts, dunes, some savannah in the south of the country and some hills to the north. In the Sahara Desert by camel can walk, see dunes, cave paintings, fossils and feel the tranquility of the desert.

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In 2000, the National Park Yankari had 20.000 visitors from over 100 countries. This makes it the most popular tourist destination in Nigeria. It is one of the few remaining areas of West Africa where wild animals are protected in their natural habitat.

The Wikki Camp is the park and resort is located 42 km. From the main entrance. There are 110 furnished apartments ranging in size and qualities, ranging from “presidential suite” to single rooms. The camp also has a restaurant, bar and conference center.

The museum of the camp is well equipped with a variety of skins, teeth, bones and other elements of the park. At the same time playing the role of a conservation center, is educational and displaying hunting procedures and techniques of traps of hunters.

Yankari National Park, located 225 km east of Jos, the park is better known and better developed. It Extends along 2,244 km ². There are hundreds of elephants, buffalo, hippos, lions, crocodiles, gazelle, lynx and baboon. The best time to observe the wildlife before the rainy season is between February and April. There is also a lake formed by the Wikki warm springs, mineral crystal at a constant temperature of 31 ° C.

Ready to take an exciting safari in Nigeria? Great, then we suggest you visit the Yankari National Park.

Yankari National Park is located in south-central part of Bauchi State, northeastern Nigeria. Its location is unique because it allows tourists to view wildlife in their natural habitat. Definitely a unique experience. Did you know that open Yankari was considered as the largest park in Nigeria? Yes, this incident took place in 1991. It is the most popular destination for tourists and as such, plays a crucial role in the development and promotion of tourism and ecotourism in Nigeria.

The surrounding countryside Yankari National Park is inhabited by farmers, but there have been people inhabiting in the park for almost a century. However, there is evidence of human habitation in the park, including caves and iron tools.

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