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Town in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Iyin Ekiti

Iyin-Ekiti is a town in Ekiti State, Nigeria, situated between Igede Ekiti Ado Ekiti in the Southwestern part of Nigeria.

Iyin Ekiti
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The place

Iyin-Ekiti is a town in Ekiti State, Nigeria, situated between Igede Ekiti Ado Ekiti in the Southwestern part of Nigeria. It is at an elevation of 457 m.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

Ecotourism and cultural tourism sites, e.g. Esa Cave, Akonoso bend.

From Wikivoyage: Iyin Ekiti, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

Various cultural festivals like Okudu Festival, Odun Opa.

From Wikivoyage: Iyin Ekiti, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

There are various mama put available in Ise Ekiti, (in fact, almost everywhere you go to, you will see one) most especially local dishes. Dishes such as: Efo Riro Egusi Gbegiri Amala Semo Iyan (Pounded Yam) Ewedu Ila (Okra) and many other Yoruba dishes are readily available. Rice Beans Spaghetti and others are not also left out.

From Wikivoyage: Iyin Ekiti, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Iyin Ekiti

Airports
General Tunde Idiagbon (ILR), 114 km · Asaba (ABB), 232 km · Murtala Muhammed (LOS), 236 km
  • Ilorin/Ogbomosho → Iyin Ekiti
    114 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · ₦8,250–11,000
  • Asaba → Iyin Ekiti
    237 km · quickest by road, 5h 30m · ₦19,200–25,600
  • Lagos → Iyin Ekiti
    237 km · quickest by road, 4h 48m · ₦16,750–22,300
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Iyin Ekiti

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Iyin Ekiti. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inShared cars and buses are available from multiple bus terminals in Lagos, Ibadan, Osogbo and Akure for about ₦2,000-5,000.Also,Bolt ride is Available in Ado ekiti to and Fro.

From Wikivoyage: Ado Ekiti, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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  2. 02
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If you know how people move in Iyin Ekiti – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Iyin Ekiti

Iyin Ekiti is 8 km from Ado-Ekiti, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.