Nigeria presently has 7 national parks across different geographic zones. 7 05am on oct 21 2015 society for environmental conservation aims at providing individuals from all over the country with the opportunity to have a hands on experience with the wildlife environment and people of nigeria.
Park facilities include access to the upper rainforest canopy.
7 national parks in nigeria. 7 35 am how government s policies programmes affect housing delivery in nigeria 7 28 am cross river by election. Here are the list and brief description of the tourist facilities and attractions at each of. It lies between north latitudes 6 15 and 6 25.
Some nations also have considerable areas designated as private parks game reserves forest reserves marine reserves national reserves and natural parks. Hundreds of illegal gold panners invaded zimbabwe s chimanimani national park last month on the back of the covid 19 lockdown and worsening economic conditions. It is located approximately 100 km to the east of techiman.
These are not included in the list below even though some of these. Gashaka gumti national park is a national park in nigeria it was gazetted from two game reserves in 1991 and is nigeria s largest national park with an area that covers more than 6 500 square kilometers. The parks serve mainly for the conservation and preservation of plants and animals.
5 must visit national parks in nigeria by drhammed. Okomu national park is located in ovia south west local government area of edo state west of the river niger in southwest nigeria. Yankari national park is a large wildlife park located in the south central part of bauchi state in northeastern nigeria it covers an area of about 2 244 square kilometres 866 sq mi and is home to several natural warm water springs as well as a wide variety of flora and fauna.
National parks can be found in a large majority of african countries being most numerous in gabon kenya and tanzania. In that regard the parks also provide limited tourist facilities and recreational services. Digya national park a park on the western bank of the volta lake that includes large swathes of inland estuary.
Impalas in kainji national park nigeria. Pdp electoral panel submits report 6 49 am cbn didn t take over national. Their presence threatens a.
Kakum national park a coastal rainforest in the central region with abundant plant and animal life. The acting managing director nigeria exports processing zones authority nepza terhemba nongo said the parks would be located in each of the country s six geo political zones.
