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Yankari Game Reserve: Elephants at Wikki Warm Springs

Six hours from Abuja, Yankari is Nigeria's most visited national park — famous for its warm spring where elephants, baboons, and warthogs drink alongside swimmers in crystal-clear water

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Wikki Warm Springs Elephant Encounter
The natural hot spring maintains 31°C all year round – herds of elephants, baboons, warthogs and hippos visit the springs and share the water with swimming tourists
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Yankari Elephant Population
Yankari protects Nigeria's largest remaining elephant population — about 350 animals in a park that has maintained viable numbers through community support
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Game Drive at Dawn
The park's tracks are used for morning game drives — roan antelope, waterbuck, kob, hartebeest and the occasional lion make the savanna forest productive for wildlife viewing
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Marshall Cave Archeology
The Marshall Caverns near the park contain Stone Age archaeological sites — rock art, tools and evidence of human habitation dating back tens of thousands of years
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Wikki Stream Swimming
The stream from Wikki Springs is so warm and clear that visitors can swim alongside fish and turtles — an extraordinary wildlife experience unique to West Africa
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Bauchi Pottery and Culture Stop
The town of Bauchi near the reserve produces distinctive red pottery – a stop at the potters' quarter reveals traditional ceramic techniques unchanged for centuries