Ile Ife

Ile Ife is an ancient Yoruba city with a population of about 510,000 (2006) in Osun State in South West Nigeria. It's about 218 km northeast of Lagos.

Understand
Ife Ife is the cradle of the Yoruba civilisation, the ancestral home of the race and therefore called "Land of the Source". The progenitor of the Yoruba race is Oduduwa.

Get in
From Lagos, a shared car costs ₦3,500-4,000 per person.

Get around




By car
Public vehicles usually found at motorparks are available at a slightly higher fare. This option lowers the wait time in waiting for vehicle to be full and also time of arrival as it is faster.

Go next

 * Osun
 * Oshogbo
 * Ilesha
 * Ibadan
 * Ilorin