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This is perhaps one of the best hiking in southwestern Nigeria, a seven step waterfall, with a landscape of projecting hills and where you can have a feel of the surrounding Nigerian countryside. There are like seven steps, each with a waterfall except the seventh layer, so prepare for a bit of a workout.
Erin-Ijesha Waterfalls is a waterfall site in Erin-odo, Osun State, Nigeria. It is a tourist attraction located in the Oriade local government area. According to The Nation, the waterfall was discovered by hunters in 1140 AD. However, local tradition has it that the waterfall was discovered by a woman called Akinla, founder of Erin-Ijesa town and a granddaughter of Oduduwa, during the migration of Ife people to Erin-Ijesa. Akinla then named it Olumirin, an elision of oluwa mirin which in Yoruba means "another god".
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The most famous and heavily photographed layer. The water plunges down a sheer, high cliff into a wide, shallow rocky pool below. The air is constantly filled with a thick, refreshing mist of cold mountain water.
A wider and taller cascade than the first tier. The water rushes over tiered, mossy rock faces into an extensive natural swimming area where travelers gather to bathe under the heavy water pressure.