Ibadan is a beautiful city, yup you read that right!
Yes, it has its local areas and ancient homes but a lot of development has indeed happened in the Oyo state capital.
I can tell you this because i recently visited it's Zoo and Agodi Gardens. Went with two of my friends.
We left Lagos at around 9am and got to Ibadan at past 12 but the movement within the city (to the University of Ibadan and the Agodi Gardens) was tiring, thanks to the taffic...there is really no difference between the heavy traffic in Ibadan and that of Lagos.
Department of Zoology in UI is where the Ibadan zoo is located. On getting there we had to purchase a pass ticket of N500 per person and an extra 1000 because of our camera.
Penzaar, my friend, offered to be our tour guide because he has been the zoo once, as a result we didn't have to pay any additional fee to have a tour guide escort us through the Zoo.
The entrance was beautiful, the animal cages looked clean and the animals look healthy. There were also gazebos where visitors can sit for shade against the sun and have their social events.
I think the major Animal I didn't get to see at the Zoo was the Elephant.
After spending about thirty five minutes or thereabout in the Zoo, we went to the Agodi Gardens.
Agodi Gardens contains an indigenous forest, zoo, a lake and tree plantations.
The garden is situated near the Oyo State Secretariat Complex.
"You would love the place, it is beautiful and good for photoshoots." Penzaar said, and he turned out to be right.
The Gate fee was about Five hundred or one thousand naira, i really can't remember but we weren't allowed to go in with our camera.
"We charge N10,000 for official camera use" the attendant told us...and that's how we jejeli decided to use our phones as we didn't even plan to spend up to twenty minutes there
We also went on the boat cruise (still within the Garden), we paid N500 for that. The lake was shamefully a mess though.
See all the photos below
http://www.kemifilani.com/2016/01/kemifilanitours-we-stormed-ibadan.html
Yes, it has its local areas and ancient homes but a lot of development has indeed happened in the Oyo state capital.
I can tell you this because i recently visited it's Zoo and Agodi Gardens. Went with two of my friends.
We left Lagos at around 9am and got to Ibadan at past 12 but the movement within the city (to the University of Ibadan and the Agodi Gardens) was tiring, thanks to the taffic...there is really no difference between the heavy traffic in Ibadan and that of Lagos.
Department of Zoology in UI is where the Ibadan zoo is located. On getting there we had to purchase a pass ticket of N500 per person and an extra 1000 because of our camera.
Penzaar, my friend, offered to be our tour guide because he has been the zoo once, as a result we didn't have to pay any additional fee to have a tour guide escort us through the Zoo.
The entrance was beautiful, the animal cages looked clean and the animals look healthy. There were also gazebos where visitors can sit for shade against the sun and have their social events.
I think the major Animal I didn't get to see at the Zoo was the Elephant.
After spending about thirty five minutes or thereabout in the Zoo, we went to the Agodi Gardens.
Agodi Gardens contains an indigenous forest, zoo, a lake and tree plantations.
The garden is situated near the Oyo State Secretariat Complex.
"You would love the place, it is beautiful and good for photoshoots." Penzaar said, and he turned out to be right.
The Gate fee was about Five hundred or one thousand naira, i really can't remember but we weren't allowed to go in with our camera.
"We charge N10,000 for official camera use" the attendant told us...and that's how we jejeli decided to use our phones as we didn't even plan to spend up to twenty minutes there
We also went on the boat cruise (still within the Garden), we paid N500 for that. The lake was shamefully a mess though.
See all the photos below
http://www.kemifilani.com/2016/01/kemifilanitours-we-stormed-ibadan.html
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