Nicely, very long time no “Lagos Dwelling” publish! I’ve been spending increasingly of my weekends on the hospital on name and so “exploring Lagos” has been out of my books for some time now. I lastly received a weekend free someday in Mid-April throughout my surgical procedure rotation and determined that I used to be going to make use of the time to go someplace new in Lagos and Lufasi Park made the lower!
Fortuitously, I’m presently in a posting that has given me some weekends off however that’s a story for my subsequent med diary publish.
Like I mentioned, these footage have been taken someday in April -I didn’t even understand it’s been that lengthy until I checked the date on the photographs. I used to be a bit reluctant to jot down this publish as I didn’t assume I took sufficient footage to make a publish however my itch to place up a brand new Lagos dwelling publish gained the battle on the finish.
I’m an enormous fan of nature and exploring the outside so naturally, I’ve been to the Lekki Conservation Middle thrice already and have had my fill of the place. So after I heard that there was one other nature park in Lagos that wasn’t LCC, I instantly added it to my “to go to” record.
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The Lufasi Park (Lekki City Forest Animal Sanctuary Initiative) is positioned alongside the Lekki-Epe expressway, even additional down than Lekki conservation heart. My good friend and I have been decided to make the journey down there whatever the distance. We left from Surulere and spent about an hour and a few getting there (fortunately there wasn’t a lot visitors that day).
The doorway payment is N1000 for adults and N500 for kids however the man offered us three of the youngsters tickets for 1500 after we tried to haggle value with him (Sure, shameless!), which was complicated as we have been clearly two folks and didn’t want an additional one however we took it anyway. We made our approach in and received a tour information (Surprisingly, they arrive freed from cost!) to take us round.
There’s a kids’s play space with some enjoyable actions for teenagers so you possibly can carry your youngsters right here, there’s additionally the Ekki forest, Lake Nora and Animal Rescue and Fern backyard. I don’t know the way I missed most of those locations and a few of the different animals. Okay, I really know the way it occurred. lol. It was a really sunny day, like whoop your ass kind of sunny so we received drained rapidly and couldn’t go spherical the entire place.
I received to see a number of animals – monkeys, tortoise and one other animal that I can’t keep in mind now, however I hear there are additionally Horses, rabbits, geese, and Donkeys there too. The monkeys have been my spotlight of the entire day, It was simply superb watching them combat over and drink the bottle of Fanta I handed to one in all them.
Subsequent up was the Ekki tree which the tour information defined was about 100 years outdated, I believed that was superb!
We walked a bit additional after this and got here throughout some outdated trying and hut like buildings and naturally I needed to pose for an image. Apparently, Nollywood additionally shoots motion pictures particularly their village scenes on the lufasi park and the constructing was constructed as for one of many motion pictures that have been shot there.
Additional down, we got here throughout this very nice wooden walkway factor surrounded by water – which I wish to imagine is Lake Nora. I truthfully can’t keep in mind if the tour information informed us this or if I simply wasn’t listening as a result of I used to be too busy taking footage.
She additionally confirmed us the hooded vultures, though I truthfully didn’t see something and she or he saved pointing up and saying “that’s one proper there, look!” It was only a humorous state of affairs lol
There actually isn’t something main to do on the Lufasi Park besides discover, not like the Lekki conservation heart that has the cover walkway as a aspect attraction. There are a few enjoyable video games and activities- I met some folks taking part in desk tennis and soccer and you may have a picnic within the grounds. There’s additionally a swing and a sitting space with stone benches and chairs.
I might positively like to go a second time simply to discover Lufasi Park absolutely and get to see a few of the different cool stuff I missed. There’s a small store that sells drinks on the entrance however you possibly can include your personal meals and snacks.
