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Experience Ekiti

Come for the Festival. Discover the Destination.

Beyond the screen, Ekiti invites you into a landscape of hills, springs, waterfalls, heritage, food, communities and stories waiting to be experienced.

Experience Ekiti connects EIFF guests with the places, people and culture that make the state distinctive — whether you are visiting, exploring, creating, filming or simply staying a little longer.

Ikogosi Warm Springs

Where nature meets in remarkable contrast.

Discover one of Ekiti’s best-known natural attractions, where warm and cold springs meet within a lush landscape — an enduring symbol of the state’s natural character.

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Arinta Waterfalls

Nature in motion.

Set within the landscape of Ipole-Iloro, Arinta Waterfalls offers a striking encounter with cascading water, forest pathways and the natural beauty of Ekiti.

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Olosunta Hill

Landscape. Heritage. Perspective.

Rising above Ikere-Ekiti, Olosunta Hill is a distinctive natural and cultural landmark offering dramatic scenery, local heritage and a different perspective on the landscape of Ekiti.

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Pounded Yam & Efo Riro

A taste of place.

Experience one of the flavours closely associated with southwestern Nigeria — freshly pounded yam served with rich vegetable soup, reflecting the food, hospitality and shared-table culture of the region.

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Where To Stay

Stay close to the Festival. Explore beyond it.

Discover accommodation options in and around Ado-Ekiti for your EIFF stay, from city hotels to hospitality experiences that place you within reach of the Festival and the wider destination.

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Film In Ekiti

Discover a new screen destination.

Ekiti offers filmmakers a visually distinctive mix of hills, waterfalls, forests, communities, urban spaces, heritage locations and natural landscapes — many still largely unexplored on screen.

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Film in Ekiti

Discover a New Screen Destination.

Ekiti offers filmmakers landscapes, communities, architecture, heritage and natural environments that remain largely underexplored on screen. Through EIFF, filmmakers and creative teams are invited to discover the state not only as a Festival destination, but as a place to imagine, scout, create and tell new stories.

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Taste Ekiti

Experience the Place Through Its Food.

Food is part of the story of every destination. Experience Ekiti celebrates local flavours, ingredients, hospitality and culinary traditions as part of the wider Festival journey.

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Stay in Ekiti

Make Ekiti Part of the Journey.

From Festival days in Ado-Ekiti to experiences across the wider state, visitor information will help guests plan where to stay, how to move around and how to make more of their time in Ekiti.

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Film in Ekiti

A Destination for New Stories.

From dramatic landscapes and natural environments to communities, architecture and everyday life, Ekiti offers filmmakers a diverse canvas for screen storytelling.

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EIFF aims to make discovering the state easier by connecting visiting filmmakers with useful destination information, local knowledge and production-focused resources as the programme develops.

Location discovery

Explore distinctive landscapes, communities, heritage sites, urban environments and other potential settings for film and visual storytelling.

Production connections

Access information designed to help visiting filmmakers identify relevant local services, professionals and production resources as verified partnerships are established.

Location scouting

Discover the visual possibilities of Ekiti and begin identifying locations that match the creative needs of your production.

See Ekiti differently. Find the place your next story could begin.

Experience more

Stay Beyond the Screening.

EIFF is an invitation to experience more than cinema. Explore the landscapes, heritage, culture and communities that give the Festival its sense of place.

Explore Ekiti