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Kainji
Lake National Park
Kainji
Lake was the first national park created in
Nigeria. The 5,340 km park was established in
1979 by the merger of the Borgu and Zugurma
Game Reserves.
Located
about 8 hours drive north of Lagos in the
Guinea Savannah region, it contains a wide
variety of Nigeria's floral and faunal
resources. Wild life that can be seen in the
park includes Buffalo, Kob Roan, Hartebeest,
Waterbuck, Warthog and Baboon.
There
is also a good range of Bird species both
within the park and along the nearby Kainji
Lake shore. Comfortable accommodation is
available at the Olli River Camp situated at
the centre of the park, which is open
throughout the year although accessibility to
most parts is severely restricted at the
height of the rainy season from May to
October.
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