10 Best Places to Visit in EDO STATE, Nigeria

10 Best Places to Visit in EDO STATE, Nigeria

If you are planning a trip to Nigera, you should know some of the best places to visit while you’re there. In Edo State, be sure to check out these places:

1. Benin City National Museum – the national museum in Benin City that illustrates the history of the Benin Kingdom and its world-renowned bronze art.

2. Kada Plaza – an entertainment center that houses a movie theatre, shops, and restaurants.

3. Okomu National Park – a forest reserve in the Ovia South West Local Government area, northwest of Benin City. It is home to the remaining endangered species of the former rainforest.

4. Royal Palace of Oba of Benin – the palace of the oba (king) of the Edo and Edoid people of Nigeria. The palace hosts visitors and dignitaries from around the world and is the starting point of many Edo traditional festivities.

5. Benin Moat – defense fortification walls around the ancient Benin Kingdom. It was the largest man-made earth structure in the world. The length of both the outer and inner walls was over 16,000 kilometers. The walls were destroyed by the British during the British invasion of 1897. Edo State has began reconstruction of the moat.

6. Igue Festival – a traditional festival celebrated annually between Christmas and New Year to commemorate the wedding of an ancient Benin oba and to renew the oba’s powers and blessings on the people and land.

7. Somorika Hills – a hikers’ paradise of mountainous hills in Somorika town in Akoko-Edo, Edo State.

8. Emotan Statue – located in the Oba Market in Benin City, Emotan Statue is a memorial of an Edo heroine and a model for every Edo woman.

9. Ososo Tourist Center – a picturesque town with granite and volcanic mountains in Somorika, in the Akoko-Edo Local Government area. It is the border between Edo State and Kogi State.

10. Igun Street – a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The street is lined with shops celebrating the artwork of the best bronze casters in the world. Sculptors and artists accept orders for custom artwork.

You will have wanderlust when you visit Edo State!!!

Edo State is located in southern Nigeria and borders Ondo State, Delta State, Ekiti State, Kogi State, and Anambra State. It covers an area of approximately 6,873 square miles (17,802 square kilometers). Benin City is the capital and most populous city. Edo State is nicknamed, “Heartbeat of the Nation”. It was part of the former Bendel State which comprised of Delta State and Edo State until 1991. Edo State is well-known around the world for her ancient Benin Kingdom’s historic bronze sculptures. The sculptures were looted during the British invasion of the kingdom in 1897. The Benin sculptures and artifacts are now housed in museums and private collections around the world (particularly in Europe and the West). Europeans once credited the unmatched skill level of artistic metalwork and realism of the sculptures to non-Africans. The guild of bronze casters in Edo State still thrives today, attesting to the generational expertise of the Edo people that have been passed down through the guild’s families for centuries. The major ethnic groups in Edo State are Bini, Etsako, Esan, Owan, and Akoko-Edo; however, all trace their origin to the ancient Kingdom of Benin.

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