Nigeria, the land of plenty

the end of a world, lekki lagoon About 80km, East of Lagos, the lagoon is narrowing to a few hundred meters in Epe which allowed a bridge to be built to link the two shores. Further east, the lagoon, called the Lekki lagoon, develops into a U-shaped expanse. It is the end of the water that stretches from the very south of Ogun state to Benin Republic. That part of the lagoon is very quiet and clean. Rare are the huts that are built along its shores and for a good reason: most of the area can get flooded during the rainy season, turning the bush into a swamp. It is therefore still a paradise for Nature, birds, butterflies, dragonflies and many other insects and plants. looking for the lagoon We started our walk off the Lekki-Epe expressway, a short distance away from Epe on the right side at the location of the old botanical garden . The bush can be very dense in places. We followed a sandy track that was leading to a small village made of bamboo huts on stilts with chicken ru...