Name: Gbenle Olorunoje isaac

Matric: 170108041
Course Code: THA 322
Course Title: Writing Skills
Lecturer in Charge: Dr Adebisi Ademakinwa

Assignment: In not more than two(2) pages, describe the most beautiful place
you have been to.

A Day at the Lekki Conservation center 

The Lekki Conservation Centre is a nature lover’s dream.
In a major city like Lagos, a nature reserve serves as the perfect escape from the urban
into the wilderness. The conservation center is a safe place for all animals to fearlessly
roam: monkeys, peacocks, crocodiles, snakes and even a 90-something year old
tortoise roam right around you! Not to mention you can climb the longest canopy
suspension walkway in all Africa! At 401 meters off the ground it is not a climb for
the faint-of-heart. Still, I was GAME, being the thrill-seeker that I am!

Most Nigerians do not know this; at 401 meters long, we have the longest canopy
walkway in Africa here in Lagos, Lekki Conservation Center (LCC) and the second
largest in the world.
In the past couple of years, Lekki Conservation Center (LCC) has since become a
major tourist destination for those exploring Nigeria for the first time, and even for
locals seeking something different beyond their norms.
Pretty much 95% of tour packages sold for Lagos explorations now include a visit to
LCC and its amazing beauty also does help with capturing Instagram-worthy images
to show off to friends.

A canopy walkway or a treetop walkway are linked up platforms/bridges that provide

access to upper regions of forests and allow for amazing views of forest from the
suspended platforms.
Once you get on the bridge towards the park, you will have to trek back the same way
to get to the main entrance.
There is a separate parking lot outside the picnic area, so if you aren’t driving
yourself, you can direct your ride here. Besides getting Instagram worthy pictures on
the canopy walkway, LCC also has spaces for family and friends to play games and to
picnic. Here me and my family set camp and played around.
Luckily for us i had Packed a backpack worth of bites and drinks for the visit, because
there are no food vendors after crossing over to the picnic and games section of the
park.
A few months ago, I finally got to explore this Eco Tourism Park during Nigeria
Travel Week in Lagos and I was pretty impressed by the amazing views from the top.
With so many clusters of concrete jungles in Lagos, it is so easy to forget that we have
such an amazing patch of nature within our bustling city.
In a day, I got to forget about the noise pollution, air pollution, and the way too many
buildings in small areas. I got to simply be present and experience what nature in
Lagos had to offer. It was fun, really.
While the center itself looks to already be falling into visible disrepair, the bridge felt
pretty sturdy to walk on – well, as sturdy as a swinging bridge can feel at least.
The center also made sure to have control staff at key points in order to control the
number of people going on the bridge at the same time. The bridge has a maximum
allowance of six people at a time, and they were thankfully strict with sticking to that
maximum number.
For the tour it’s very necessary you take a selfie stick with you! I regret not taking one
with me for some amazing pictures to take home with. I was unable to capture some
awesome pictures because of the fear of the monkeys snatching my phone.
It was a bit depressing to see that in less than three years since its official opening, the
park is already in a state of disrepair.
We were told that the fishes in the koi pond are now dead. I felt bad actually.

I’m pretty happy i visited with my family and friends.We needed the fun,exercise and
also the rest. We Also brought some fun games along for the experience; there are
usually a good number of people spending time there and the games available are too
limited in number for a large group of people to share.
There are some animals roaming the area, and do not feed them. The monkeys there
can be very familiar and a bit savage the minute you offer them some nibbles.
There were precautionary signs and warnings against feeding the animals everywhere
here and there.
The trip was amazing, I enjoyed the view, the atmosphere, the mood as well As the
naturalistic preservation going on at the Lekki Conservation Center (LCC)