NATURE GIFT: Ikogosi Warm and cold Spring, A Place to Visit in Ekiti State.

Tourists all over the world are drawn to natural attractions such as
pristine beaches, magnificent waterfalls, unique wildlife, lush
forests etc. The attraction lies not only in the natural beauty of
these attractions but in the clement weather as well as infrastructure
which provide ease and comfort to visiting tourists.

In Nigeria, a number of natural resorts hold sway. At each
destinations, one can commune with nature and find peace way from the
bustle of cities and the pressure of work.

Ekiti State, which derives its name from the word Okiti meaning hill,
was carved out of the old Ondo State and declared a state in 1996,
under the Sani Abacha administration. It is a Yoruba-speaking state,
with slight differences in dialects. It is blessed with water
resources and mineral deposits, such as iron ore, limestone and
granite. A variety of tourist attractions also abound in the state, a
few of which are " Ikogosi Warm Spring, Ipole-Iloro Water Falls, and
Olosunta Hills.

Ikogosi warm spring, tucked away in the rustic and serene town of
Ikogosi-Ekiti, is one of the tourist attractions that this country
could be proud of because of the history and myth behind the
attraction. What is mysterious about the Ikogosi Warm Spring is the
fact that, flowing side by side the warm spring, is another spring, a
cold one.

The warm and cold springs of Ikogosi originate from a close proximity,
come to a meeting point, and flow onward together with each spring
retaining its thermal identity. The warm spring has a temperature of
up to 70oC at the source and 37oC after meeting the cold spring. The
meeting point of the warm and cold springs is a unique attraction to
tourists.

The meeting of the warm and cold water could be a pull to tourist, but
to some the myth behind it could be a pull to others as tourists visit
attractions for varied reasons.

There are a few legends surrounding the origin and discovery of the
Warm Spring and have been passed down generations for centuries. One
such myth says that the warm and cold springs were the two wives of a
great hunter. One of his wives was said to be temperamental while the
other was a quiet woman. One day, the two wives had a fight and after
being rebuked by their husband, the temperamental wife changed to the
warm spring while the quiet one turned to the cold spring.

Another legend has it that a powerful hunter, while hunting for
animals in the forest, first found the warm spring. After the
discovery, he went to town with the story and the townspeople on
learning about curative powers of the spring, started to worship the
spring.

Whatever is the true situation remains to be found out as the story of
the Ikogosi Warm Spring is told elsewhere and nothing might be
compared to taking a trip to this serenity place to see things for
oneself. For those townspeople who formed the first domestic tourists
to the site it was tortuous for them to reach the attraction and so it
has been for modern day domestic and international tourists as it was
hardly accessible; the roads leading to the warm springs were
decrepit.

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