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Explore An Urban Park In Nigeria That Few Lagosians Know About

Explore An Urban Park In Nigeria That Few Lagosians Know About

Urban park in Nigeria

The Lekki Conservation Centre is an urban park in Nigeria and one of the few natural relics in Lagos. It’s also one of the city’s best kept secrets. Few Lagosians have any idea that it exists, let alone visit, though it’s been around for at least 25 years. That’s because they see Lagos as a completely built-up environment with little nature to spare. But after taking just a few steps into the 78-hectare wilderness, I feel the sound of honking traffic receding, replaced by ripples from the swamp water underneath the boardwalk. Soon the noise is gone and I am fully in nature’s embrace.

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