Five Amazing  Tourists  Sites in Oke Ogun

Oke Ogun geopolitical zone area of Oyo state is a region that  is not only endowed with human and natural resources,  but also a humongous  tourism potentials that can be a great source of revenue and reduce unemployment rate in the state  if developed. Here are five of the amazing sites in the region

Iyamopo Hill is one of the 16 hills  located in Igbeti ,Olorusogo local government of  Nigeria. The estimate terrain elevation above seal  level is 513 metres. Latitude: 8°43’59.99″ Longitude: 4°7’59.99″. The hill is a tourist attraction  and a great potential that can generate  income for the government , the hill has an historical  background and the people of Igbeti do  climb to the peak to celebrate the festival ON Easter Mondays

IKERE GORGE DAM

Ikere Gorge Dam is a major earth-fill dam in Iseyin OkeOgun area of Oyo State, it has a reservoir capacity of 690 million m3 and planned to generate 3750 MW of electricity, to supply water to local communities and Lagos State and to irrigate 12,000 hectares of land. It was  Built in 1983

ADO AWAYE SUSPENDED LAKE

Ado Awaye suspended lake/ hanging lake lies about 20km West of Iseyin, Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo State. The suspended lake is housed on one of the crests of rocks commonly referred to in surveyor’s language as the “sleeping lion”. Similarly, the 350 steps leading to the top of the hill housing the suspended/ hanging lake takes about an hour to climb. The route to the lake contains many shrines and notable historical spots that make a tourist delight.

OLD OYO NATIONAL PARK

Old Oyo National Park, the park which was named after the Old Oyo – the political capital of the Oyo Empire between the 16th and 18th centuries, spans a remarkable 2,512 sq km (970 sq mi), most of which fall in Oyo State, some extends to Kwara State.The park, which is made up of two previous native administrative forest reserves – the Upper Ogun (1936) and Oyo-lle (1941) Forest Reserves, are unique ecosystem and historical relics converted to game reserves in 1952 and finally upgraded to the present status of a National Park.

AGBELE ROCK – IGBETI

Oke Agbele is another site with historical background  in Igbeti,   According to historians  structure came into  existence in the early   19th century when  a powerful and popular woman in the town with a baby on her back went to a rocky side of the town to steal yam flour where the Igbeti people usually dry their yam flour by sunlight. However, on discovering that she has been sighted by the night guards, she instantly turned into a rock in order to avoid shame and embarrassment.