This park was created
since 1936 as a Game reserve. Yankari National Park was upgraded to its present
status (as a National Park) in 1991 and it covers an area of 2,250.10km.
The park is located in
Alkaleri Local Government area of Baauchi State, about 115km from Bauchi town.
The Park could be reached by road from Jos airport through Bauchi state route
and from Kano through Jos-Bauchi route.
In Nigeria today, Yankari Park has
distinguished itself to be one of the best parks in the whole world, with a lot
of visitors from other countries.
Yankari has taken Nigeria Park to another
level of its kind, making Nigeria an international figure as one of the most
interesting park to visit.
The park has 110 visitors Chalets at Wikki
camp, they are of several categories, including a low income youth hostels, a
conference hall, and in-door and out-door sport facilities, a standard
restaurant, a natural clear and pure swimming pool (wikki spring water) sports
facilities: badmington, table tennis and squash.
Meanwhile, 52 identified species of animals
including elephants, hippos, hartebeests, baboons etc and variety of birds and
fishes, are found in the Yankari National Park
Yankari Park is also
rich in ethno-historical and archaeological attractions; they include the
Dukkey well, monumental iron smelting works of earlier settlements at Ampara
and Shanshau with standing shaft furnaces.
The year rounds wikki spring water, the source
of river wikki which also serves as natural swimming pool, which is an added
advantage to the park.
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