Living Under the Rocks in Nigeria - Idanre Hills
Idanre is a Local Government Area and historic town in Ondo State, Nigeria. The town is located at the foot of the scenic Idanre Hill which is of unique cultural and environmental significance and attracts many tourists. The formation of this place could be a bit similar to that of Meteora in Greece
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@Kim-js8jf
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. So beautiful. I think you should approach your government under the tourism department to see if the can sponsor you for all your videos. Your doing a great service to your country. I'm sure it will bring more people to explore this beautiful land. God bless. ❤️🙏🇨🇦
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Acknowledge Thank you
@krackerToo
Жыл бұрын
who lives in the house? Sir Shalom
@krackerToo
Жыл бұрын
Hey I have a video on rumble about Moses if you like I send link? God Bless
@pearbear319
Жыл бұрын
Who built the steps, the villagers, the army?
Kudos to those craftsmen who built the steps . They did not steal the materials for their benefit, hence the quality of the stairs withstanding the test of time.
Thank you David, Thank you for showing us the real Nigeria 🇳🇬 , Nigeria is more than Abuja and Lagos
@reezybaba393
Жыл бұрын
I swear. Nigerians don't know more than Lagos and Abuja.
@nancyokosi1
10 ай бұрын
I'm telling you oh
Didn't know Nigeria was this beautiful
Idanre one of the most beautiful towns in Nigeria
@kluxz.5772
Жыл бұрын
Omo iyemi
@pearbear319
Жыл бұрын
Why isn't Nigeria developing a tourism industry, with so many beautiful places to explore?
Wow! Wow!... This is my town, Idanre to the world. I remember when i climbed the hill in 2005 with my cousins, it was truly a beautiful sight. I would have loved you to see the cryptic handwritting on the rock which is yet to be deciphered, the wonderful mat etc.... Its all good. Thank you for this. God bless.
Wished our politicians can take a walk too with u.. who finishes first becomes the leader
One thing I live about being youruba is our culture and folk laws
Love you David. I found your channel… I live in Oregon in USA. And sadly my society is crumbling and people here have lost all touch with our past and nature. Thank you for blessing me with such quality of the magnificent Beatles earth has to offer and your awesome country land!
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Its really nice to met you. warm regards
@ambercollins777
Жыл бұрын
I'm from LA, California. I agree wholeheartedly that our society is lost. Concrete jungles everywhere. Maybe one day all these skyscrapers will come down so trees and fresh air can prevail.😊
@gardenofjesuschristchurch8163
Жыл бұрын
@@DavidNkwawhy
the tour guide doesnt even seem tired at all. he is just charging up the stairs like they are his balcony steps.
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
They are actually his balcony steps🤣🤣🤣 his fit though, but has been doing this for years
great videos. just a suggestion at the beginning of your videos put an animated map of the county showing the position of the state and city or village you're visiting. not everyone know where these places are
This is unbelievable. I never would believe a place like this exists in Nigeria. Looks like a movie, it’s awe inspiring. Thank you David Nkwa for this amazing documentary. This is a tourist attraction of the very best in the world if properly prepared. The scenery is breathtaking.
Looks like Arizona where I live. I love Nigeria🇳🇬🇳🇬
I love your aerial view videos!!!! I love how Nigerian youths are the ones now showcasing the country. Great job David!
Wonderful. You have done your Country great favor with your documentaries/work. Showcasing Nigeria to the World. Your world will speak for you for many, many years to come, even after you have departed this mother earth. Nigeria is a very beautiful Country.
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. God bless
Ekiti state and Ondo state have unique hills surrounding them.
You be “nti anu ihie”: you “want go there in the middle of the night and hear voices “ abi?😀
Wow!!! A real stairway to heaven! 💖 Thanks for bringing us with you!
My goodness, what a jaw dropping beautiful place 😍 I have put in on my bucket list
this charming little town is one of naija’s distinguishing landmarks. somewhat reminds me of a swiss village with the way the hills surround it
@deamorebeaute2412
Жыл бұрын
Why would you compare an African town to a European one?
@tonyeffik6781
Жыл бұрын
@@deamorebeaute2412 uh why wouldn’t i? the reason is self explanatory in the comment that was made, i was comparing the topography
This is the best video with a proper explanation of the Idanre community. The guide who went with you did an amazing job narrating in detail, both the history and geographical landmarks of the area. Secondly, it is a testimony to hear that the place allotted to Christian missionaries which was known to be an evil forest had no power over the missionaries that came to spread the gospel and hence the name was changed from “evil forest” to “good forest” The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it- Psalm 24:1. Praise the Lord!!!
Africans would not believe their own History, but read 2 books from beginning to the end, one worshiping the Sun and the other the Moon and relate with everything in that book, word for word. smh.
Those hills are beautiful, fortunately they haven't stripped away all the vegetation.
I love how he’s so detailed and explains so well! Also that he gets to gettin the whole truth of the story not just by hear say! Thanks for this video😊that’s how a real documentary of Naija should be😊The tour guy was so intelligent and humble he needs to President !😊
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
He did well
@JustMe-ds8fk
Жыл бұрын
@@DavidNkwa so did you🙂I love how well you took your time to show us all round the area without missing and view☺️I enjoy these videos can’t wait to return to Naija you have shown me mAny places to go visit. Are women allowed to visit there? It will be a great nature hike I would enjoy
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Yes anyone can visit. Male, or female
@ShamyYah
Жыл бұрын
He said his thighs already speaking in tongues 😂😂
@JustMe-ds8fk
Жыл бұрын
@@ShamyYah what?
Thank you for this journey I subbed My daughter’s father is Hausa and she’s Fulani I’m from the West Indies . Wished she could have walked the land . I’ll share the video with her and my granddaughter who’s part French . It’s amazing h how the world is now connecting.
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. welcome to the family. Kindly follow our Northern and Eastern Nigeria Doc Series Here: rb.gy/zfcsy6 and rb.gy/mdz3fx
Lots of examples around the world if this geological formation. Nature is capable of this beauty. Geometric patterns are in all nature.
Thanks for bringing this on KZread,that's my town ,a beautiful ,peaceful and welcoming place to stay,missing my hometown.watching from Dubai ❤❤❤❤
🤣🤣 Oga O! You're scared of your people's legends o ahah! 🤣 beautiful place this! all these stories and legends are all over the continent. Some are very scary and some very inspiring.... But we tend to rubbish them and instead choose the Greek legends and the biblical ones. But in fact almost all the Greek legends and their stories came from ancient Egypt... but this is a face to face conversation o...😁
The tour guide not breaking a sweat 😂😊
John is a treasure.
Oh my goodness, David Nkwa! I felt every step of your journey up the mountain 🤣 I’m so amazed and awestruck with the people who built those steps - just MARVELOUS. the town and scenery is just beautiful. Thank you🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️
Wow David!! You did well to get to the top! Your young friend had the wrongest footwear for this mountain trek! And your tour guide is a superman ! Maybe that's why he is dressed in Blue!!
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
🤣 😆 🤣 we did not plan this hike well oh. He came with wrong footwear I came with the wrong trousers. But it was a great tour. That tour guide na Boss!
@aframaco9491
Жыл бұрын
@@DavidNkwa Very well done! You are a boss yourself! The truth is that our various Nigerian landscapes and history can humble us ! Just unbelievable!
Whao! So beautiful location. Also the guy explaining things and leading you expressed him self so well. Kudo to you both. Nice job.
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
American Indians also have an oral history of the holy ones who could change the Earths surface with their use of "the word". The children began to play with the word and caused great gouges in the Earth and caused volcanoes to erupt, so the holy ones took the magical word away from the children of Earth. Only a few Elders got to keep the magical word but on the promise it was kept holy and not given to those who did not treat it as it was divine! Sacred. Very sacred
🗣682 I thought it wasn't for the faint in heart all I hear was u cry the hole way hoofing in puffing the whole time champ🔥😁🔥
Thank you for introducing us to your country. If I hear one European descendant talks about Africa with some outdated dehumanizing narratives, I'm going to explode: it's as if no one told them it's 2023.
Well done on a great coverage, David. My hometown. I climbed the hill in 2003 and we got to the mast. My mum used to live in old Idanre (on the hill) when she was a child. When I climbed the hill, I visited her father's house in which he was also buried. Idanre hill is a beautiful and magical place😍. I hope to organise an expedition there soon.
This is so beautiful, unbelieveable that this Nigeria. I read about olumo Rock in primary 4 & my mother told me it really existed because she & my father lived near it when my father was a policeman in Abeokuta. When i started to work in Lagos i visited it,I was so impressed that I intend to take my family there someday. Now I have another wonderful place to add to the adventure when we come to Nigeria. This is just like those places we go in Switerland, this is more anicent & natural. I will like to see one hotel, restaurant & cabel band showing people all over the beautiful hills. Nigerians need to develop their beautiful places. This will attract more tourists to come admire the beautiful sites around the country. Thanks David for showing this to us.
This was amazing! The views are absolutely stunning. You’re right saying it’s a different world! 😻✨ It looks like dinosaurs were about to pop out in the distance! 🤩 Thanks for sharing this adventure with us.
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Am glad you like it. Thanks for watching
Greetings I want to come to Africa so bad I’m across the pond in America
I had the honor of climbing idanre hill...I still have some water from the healing river. It is truly amazing to see. I will never climb it again. Next ikogosi springs. No place in America is this beautiful.
This is Heaven!!! Nature is beautiful. I would love to live near this place.
Nkwa thanks so much for showing us this amazing opportunity. My greetings to you and your acompany. I'm so excited. Beautiful ❤❤❤❤.
Hi David, I recently discovered your Channel, never knew Nigeria was so beautiful. You are right, this a different World. It actually looks like You're on a different Planet.
What an adventurer you are, David! And v engaging one too! You keep us all glued to your channel👌🏾. You'll certainly give Indiana Jones a run for his money! Because yours have no stunts, cinematic effects, no gimmicks at all. Just raw brawn and of course you're also blessed with a wicked sense of humour! And make nonsense of your toils & troubles 😂😂😂 Well done!!!! for putting Nigeria & its natural beauty and sacred sights on the world map!! Long may your hard work continue to be recognised, acknowledged & pay off, IJMN🙏🏾😇🤞🏾👏🏾🤝🏾
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
"Wicked sense of humor" 😆 🤣 😂 This got me 😆 🤣 Thank you so kindly my friend
On top of those rocks..look how luscious those plants are.
THIS CITY IS STRATEGICALLY WELL POSITIONED!! RESPECT FOR THE FOUNDER!!
My crush is from here, I hope we end up marrying one day tho! M from anambra state.
Wow Truely beautiful place. Great hearing youe guide talk of the cultural connections to the landscape. 👍👍👍
Those steps there are the real labors of our heroes past. Wonderful.
thats look like garden of eden heaven
I love the way Nigerians think. No voice, not true story.🤣🤣 That’s a lot of cement to pack up a hill to create those steps. Respect!
i got hooked as soon as he said he wants to hear voices🤣
Thanks for showing the real Nigeria. Ive bin to Nigeria but only see the city of Lagos and pass treu some states. It was hard for me not to have the chance to see more. Ofcourse this amaxing large country will take at least to livetime to see all the beautiful places. Therefore many thanks, like to see more of it. Love Nigeria and his beautiful people❤
You need to chew the cocoa leaves to help with the oxygen in the high altitude
Thank God for those steps, because without them it would have been even more difficult. Speaking from experience in hiking mountains without steps.
Great Job David. History at it's highest level
Please look after your self I do love what doing keep it up weregawa Nwaoma jisike well done
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Dalau my sister
I love your videos! I have sub, save and two thumbs up your video
I've been up that hill... It was an interesting adventure.
wow that view on top of the rocks! stunning!
"Volunteer to sleep there"🤣. David!!! You get mind. I can never try that thing.😂 Nice video.
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Even my guide declined at last 😄
The steps and surrounding nature are beautiful! National Geographic or something similar needs to pick you up bro. Very talented and your voice is easy to listen to
Am honored to be an indigine of this accient town.
Thank you David for always putting in a lot of work and resources for us. Be safe out there.
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
Great job, Idanre hills is one of those major tourist attraction centres in Ondo state. Beautiful and serene like you said. Great job for showcasing 👏👏
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Yes. It's a . lovely place
Ojimoba may have inspired The rock of ages: Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee; let the water and the blood, from thy wounded side which flowed, be of sin the double cure; save from wrath and make me pure.
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
😂😂 Never thought of that one. Maybe the song writer held about it lol. Kindly follow our Northern and Eastern Nigeria Doc Series Here: rb.gy/zfcsy6 and rb.gy/mdz3fx
Wish I could visit this place, looks gorgeous. i bet they have spectacular fool moons
A beautiful town and location! Love the natural environment and scenery. The steps to the top is nice but a hard walk to the top and back.
Very beautiful! Thank you for making the trip, i'm travelling vicariously through you. I wish the government preserved the houses where the people lived then and the paths to getting there better at least we would be able to see how they lived and maybe relive the imagination For example, in America, i think they have like village exhibitions where you can see how former people lived, the tools they used, how they dressed etc. I guess with the colonial powers coming, they had no interest in preserving the place after conquering the people and our short sighted and greedy leaders too have no interest in preserving our heritage.
Wow i love this place, the Government needs to construction drivable roads up there, is done in many places around the world, especially in northern Italy
Honestly you are the best carry on
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
That city is in a perfect spot
This is very true, cos I was born in this beautiful place, very Serene and peaceful And there is a festival called "dare the mare" done every year on this mountain where people all over the world come to witness and celebrate, very peaceful and beautiful
Am from South Pacific Island, Papua New Guinea. Now l can see Nigeria is a beautiful place
Very very enjoyable documentary. A very big Thank You David🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Kindly follow our Northern and Eastern Nigeria Doc Series Here: rb.gy/zfcsy6 and rb.gy/mdz3fx
Who built those steps?. This is very interesting brother thank you so much for this exposure. Good job. Take record from documents of builders or government records. 💪👌👍🙏💖💘🇳🇬
This is really beautiful what idie to see Africa at it's best big up brother.
Im from Angola living in UK . please see PUNGO ANDONGO in Angola . This rocks are called pedras negras ( black stones of pungo andondo ). Unfortunatlly only in portuguese lunguadge .
😁😆😁🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣. Content creators are the most curious 🧐 people on earth .😅😅😅
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
True
Nice video. This your videos helped we ignorant nigerians to know more nigeria.
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US SOMETHING OF PRE-COLONIAL, PRE-ISLAMIC HISTORIES.
Wonderful creation of Africa natural landscapes revealed to the world 🌍 Thanks much for showing us this amazing creation of lifestyle in ancient ages. Well done 👍👏🤓🌟🤴🎁🙏
Lovely to see the beauty of your country and Africa. Learning a lot.
wow this place is very big , good work brother
David, I think you’re doing a good job. I really appreciate and I got something for you, you know I’ve been trying to visit Nigeria, you know I’m ibo I’ll be coming to see my peopl haven’t seen almost 30 years Nigeria
David, i can't not just stop but to watch till the end. With love from USA. You doing wonderful job
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
Awesome David. Love your videos. Keep up the good work
I just discovered your KZread channel today in fact is mind blowing 😮 you’re doing amazing job 😊well-done Please how do l visit this places?
Very enlightening! Thanks
Another Great video 👍🏾👍🏾💯
Nice job love your video.
Beautiful place I love you Nigeria people show more place like that.
Brother, you're doing a great job. Keep it up.
Splendid job. David just wanted to inform you that NKWA in Twi ie Akan translates LIFE.
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Wow, amazing thank you, which country speaks that language pls
@joycekwakye7859
Жыл бұрын
@@DavidNkwa : Akans are mostly in Ghana and Coted’Ivoire. Akan dialects are Asante, Fante, Akuapem, Nzima and others. The language is understood by at least 75% of Ghanaians 👍🇬🇭🌍🙏
Great video and funny conversations!
i am from Greece and i am glad you know about meteora
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
Yes, it's amazing place from the video I have seen
Wow,Amazing!😊
Nice video I love it ❤
Wow I need to visit here my husband is from Akure
@DavidNkwa
Жыл бұрын
You should