Emure Ekiti Voyage Tips and guide

Emure is a town in Ekiti State, South West Nigeria.

Emure got its name from the act of gifting a certain fern plant called Imu, thus the saying- "Imu re re o" which translates to "these are your leaves". The town is officially called Emure-Ekiti, and the Elemure who is the town's monarch is one of the Sixteen crowned Obas in Ekiti. The estimated population of Emure-Ekiti at the 2006 by National Census is 94,264. The ancestors of the present Emure Ijaloke, which is also known as Emure-Ekiti can be traced back to Ile-Ife.

Emure consists of four ancient quarters;

• Oke Emure
• Odo Emure
• Idamudu
• Ogbontioro

In Emure, the rainy season is warm, stuffy, and cloudy, while the dry season is hot, humid, and partly cloudy. The average yearly temperature is between 64 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit; it seldom drops below 58 or rises beyond 95. The hot season, which lasts for 2.3 months from January 22 to April 1, has an average daily high temperature of more than 88 °F. March is the warmest month of the year in Emure, with average highs of 89 °F and lows of 72 °F.The "cool season" (June 15–October 15) consists of 4.0 months with an average daily high temperature below 82 °F. With an average low of 69 °F and a high of 81 °F, August is the coldest month of the year in Emure.

Getting to Erin-Ekiti you will need to first get to Ado-Ekiti township, the capital of Ekiti State.

The easiest way to get into Emure through plane is to board a flight from any major airport in Nigeria to the Akure Airport which is the closest airport to the town, and then get a bus / car travelling to Emure-Ekiti directly from Akure.

You cannot get a direct bus to Emure but you can get bus to the closest town, the capital of Ekiti state, which is Ado-Ekiti.

7°25′48″N 5°27′36″E

Map of Emure Ekiti

There are different means of transiting through the town of Emure. The three major means are taxis, mini-buses, and motorcycles (Okada).

• Palace of Elemure
• Ero Festival
• OPA Oguru
• New Yam Festival

• Ise Ekiti