Post by Her Highness on Jan 7, 2016 1:54:20 GMT
Ikogosi resort is one of the nation’s finest tourist destinations with enchanting natural beauty that stands out with stunning visual spectacle as well as globally-acclaimed earth science and hydrological site, clear skies, the undisturbed sights and sounds of nature, thick and green plantation, rolling hills and a warm spring that fires human curiosity in its healing powers as a good cure for all forms of skin ailment, aches, hypertension, arthritis...
What is mysterious about the Ikogosi Warm Spring is the Therapeutic effect on all forms of skin ailment, aches, hypertension, arthritis, barrenness and many more. Flowing side by side the warm spring, is a cold spring. According to experts, it is a geological wonder to have such occurrence out of the same rock formation and this Ekiti flagship tourist destination is the only one of its kind discovered anywhere in the world. The warm and cold springs of Ikogosi originate from a close proximity, come to a meeting point, and flow onward together with each spring retaining its thermal identity. It represents another uniqueness and is the first of such occurrence in the world. The warm spring has a temperature of up to 70oC at the source and 37oC after meeting the cold spring. The meeting point of the warm and cold springs is a unique attraction to tourists.Strangely also, there is a tree and a palm growing from the same source at the meeting point area of the warm and cold springs signifying unity, harmony and oneness as exemplified by nature.
What is mysterious about the Ikogosi Warm Spring is the Therapeutic effect on all forms of skin ailment, aches, hypertension, arthritis, barrenness and many more. Flowing side by side the warm spring, is a cold spring. According to experts, it is a geological wonder to have such occurrence out of the same rock formation and this Ekiti flagship tourist destination is the only one of its kind discovered anywhere in the world. The warm and cold springs of Ikogosi originate from a close proximity, come to a meeting point, and flow onward together with each spring retaining its thermal identity. It represents another uniqueness and is the first of such occurrence in the world. The warm spring has a temperature of up to 70oC at the source and 37oC after meeting the cold spring. The meeting point of the warm and cold springs is a unique attraction to tourists.Strangely also, there is a tree and a palm growing from the same source at the meeting point area of the warm and cold springs signifying unity, harmony and oneness as exemplified by nature.
The folklore of Ikogosi Ekiti has it that the warm and cold water were wives of a man. The warm water is the troublesome wife while the cold spring is the gentle and peace-loving wife. The warm water in the swimming pools was channeled directly from the source of the warm spring. Most tourists daily come with kegs to fetch the warm water because of their belief in the efficacy as an elixir of skin ailment, aches, infertility, arthritis and hypertension. The springs sprout out and flow with a constant temperature and volume up to 150 litres/seconds from morning till night, at all seasons and all year round. The whole environment of the spring has been deliberately left untampered with, for eco-tourism appeal while the source of the warm spring has been provided with a viewing structure with artistic images which give an impression of a treasured heritage and for easy spotting by tourists. |  |
