Wikki Springs

I’ve just spent a beautiful Easter in Yankari – a 200km/squared game reserve near Bauchi, heading north-east from Abuja.

The highlight of Yankari is hands-down the Wikki spring. At the foot of a limestone cliff is a cave, and at the bottom of the cave is a spring. The spring pumps out over 4million litres of crystal clear, pure, silky water a day. For visitors delight, there is a 400 meter long river to swim in. You can almost see more clearly under the water than above!

At night, floating on my back, massaged by the current, I gazed up past palm trees to see the brilliance of the stars twinkling above. A perfect anecdote to the sweaty dusty safari trips spent spotting elephant, hartebeest, bush-buck, water-buck, red monkeys, baboons, hippos, and beautiful birds.