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 64–90 °F (18–32 °C).

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 (31 °C). March is the warmest month of the year in Emure, with average highs of 89 °F (32 °C) and lows of 72 °F (22 °C). The "cool season" (June 15–October 15) consists of 4 months with an average daily high temperature below 82 °F (28 °C). With an average low of 69 °F (21 °C) and a high of 81 °F (27 °C), 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 or 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

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

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

• Ise Ekiti