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Ikyogen HillsIkyogen Hill, Benue State, Nigeria.
Located in Kwande Local Government area is the Ikyogen hills. The hills environment maintains the lush green vegetation that makes it a favourite spot for animal grazing. The area is often called Ikyogen Cattle Ranch. This place provides a good blend of adventure and sightseeing. Tourists can visit the hills at any time of the year. The Ikoyogen cattle ranch was developed for cattle grazing on the highlands and modeled after the Obudu Cattle Ranch in Cross River State. The Ranch is located in Kwande Local Government area, about 35 kilometer East of Adikpo Town. The area is endowed with national beauty which includes hills, a unique water fall, evergreen vegetable orchards and a temperate weather. The Resort also possesses a hotel as well as a Tourist village.
Enumabia Warm Spring, Benue State, Nigeria.
Enemabia warm spring with its lush scenery is an exotic location for people who enjoy swimming, nature and adventure. It is the only warm natural spring in Benue state, which contributes to the attraction it gets from tourists.
This is a very safe location.
Before heading to Enemabia warm spring, here are some helpful things to take along with you:
1.swimming gear
2.camera
Here are some things you can do at Enemabia warm spring:
*swim in the lake
*take pictures of the surroundings
Anwase-Abande Ranges, Benue State, Nigeria.
The Anwase-Abande ranges extend into the Nigerian-Cameroon border via the Obudu-Cameroon range; it is located in Kwande local government area. There are natural forests, great hills, dykes, valleys, streams and other natural formations in this area. Tourists can use the ranges for picnicking and mountaineering or hiking. Location: Kwande local government area
Montane Games Reserve, Benue State, Nigeria.
Situated in Benue State in Nigeria, Montane Game Reserve is one of the country's richest wildlife oasis and covers a total area of 2,244 km². Montane contains one of the largest surviving elephant population in Nigeria, one of the largest remaining in West Africa. Estimated at 100-150 individuals, this population of elephants is perhaps the only viable population remaining in Nigeria. In addition, Montane Game Reserve also supports an important population of the critically endangered West African lion (one of only four known populations that still survive) as well as buffalo, hippopotamus, roan and hartebeest. Originally created as a game reserve in 1956, Montane was upgraded to a national park in 1991 and managed by the National Parks Service until 2006 when responsibility for the management of the reserve was handed back to benue State Government. Today Montane is an important tourism destination in the country, and rapidly growing in popularity.
Dajo Pottery, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria.
Benue state, being a land full of immense opportunities and possibilities also possesses immense tourism potentials in which one of the most exciting places to visit is DAJO POTTERY LIMITED. A privately-owned pottery, located at Dajo Close, Makurdi-Gboko Road, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. The pottery has made thousands of unique potteries for local and international tourists who fancy owning a fascinating pottery. The pots come in various sizes and designs and made under various conditions to preserve its uniqueness and peculiarity wherever the local work of art is taken to in the world. The work of art there is amazing and indeed they’ve justified the saying “being creative is not a hobby, It’s a way of life”. The level of creativity coupled with the mind-blowing innovations displayed here is outstanding. No wonder this has earned the company a lot of international recognition and awards in and outside the country and has put the company on a pedestal in the ceramics and pottery making business. The Dajo pottery being an international, multi-award winning ceramics industry in Nigeria, is the first ever to produce in commercial quantities marble ceramic wares in the country and first in Africa to attain the digital ceramic technology. It has put the nation on the map with their unique designs and share will of its owner. The pottery was conceived in 1984 by the master potter and an international ceramic icon, Mr. Levi O’bem Yakubu. a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University and a former Ceramics Lecturer at the Benue State Polytechnic formerly known as Murtala College of science and technology then. He resigned his lecturing job to focus on filling the gap for the industry based on the policy pronouncement of restriction or banning of importation of table ware ceramics in the country in 1984.
Tiv Anger Weavers, Benue State, Nigeria.
A’nger is a fabric by the TIV speaking people of Benue State, Nigeria. It is a traditionally hand-woven fabric with black and white yarns to create beautiful features that make the cloth appear like live Zebra skin. Sometimes called and linked with its cultural source as A’nger U Tiv. Traditionally, A’nger is normally used in the decoration of illustrious sons and daughters of Tiv, worn by Tiv elders or chiefs during Tiv traditional council which is usually held in Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria – the tradional headquarters of all Tiv people as well as the permanent place for the seat of the Tor-Tiv, the highest chief who rules over Tiv land.