Awesome experience! Good crafts works that are amazing to the eye 😍 You will have lotta fun. Just visit!

There is no way you visit the city of Osogbo without visiting this tourist centre. Osun Osogbo grove is historical, adventure, scary, fun and educating. The monkeys will surely make it entertaining as long as you have enough banana for them. This beautiful environment is so clean and portray lots of traditional sculptures with their history and value.

I come here when I need to get away from the world. As a mixed feeling of terrific and cozy. I advise you get bananas if you want to enjoy company of the monkeys there. If you a photographer, it's a great place to have a photo session or do a documentary.

A well conserved forest and shrine, that is a UNESCO world heritage site. It is a beautiful place for lovers of culture.

The Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove (also known only as of the Osun Sacred Grove) is a dense forest covering an area of 75 hectares on the outskirts of the city of Osogbo in Osun State along the Osun River. It is one of the last remnants of primary high forest in south-western Nigeria, which extended to the edges of most Yoruba cities before extensive urbanization eroded its reach. The Grove is believed to be the home of Osun (the Yoruba goddess of fertility) is dotted with sanctuaries and shrines, sculptures and artworks in her honor. The Sacred Grove, seen as a symbol of identity for all Yoruba people, is the last in Yoruba culture – a testimonial to the once widespread practice of establishing sacred groves outside settlements. The Grove contains forty shrines and several sculptures and artworks erected in honor of Osun and other Yoruba deities. It has five main sacred divisions associated with different gods and cults. There are nine worship points – with designated priests and priestesses – along the length of the Osun River. Its waters signify the relationship among nature, the spirits, and human beings, and reflect water’s significance in Yoruba cosmology as a symbol of life: the river is believed to have healing, protective and fertility powers. The Grove is also home to over 400 species of plants, of which more than 200 are known for their medicinal uses. Along the two roads leading to the Grove are sacred stones and sculptures which represent the various deities inside the Grove. The sculptures are made from a variety of materials, including rock, wood, iron, mud, and concrete. There are also wall paintings and decorative roofs made from palm fronds. The forest canopy supports abundant and diverse flora and fauna, including the endangered white-throated monkey. Some parts of the forest were cleared during the colonial period to make way for agricultural activities, but these are now being re-established. There are two palaces in the Grove: the first is located in the Osun courtyard (along with the Osun shrine and temple) where Oba Larooye and his people first settled. The temple contains a sacred stone stool which was the symbol of authority of the Oba first used 500 years ago. The second palace – 600 meters away from the first – was said to have been built by Larooye to avoid the constant flooding which plagued the first palace. Both buildings are constructed of mud walls with tin roofs supported by pillars made of mud and carved wood. There are also three Ogboni buildings with ceilings soaring high over their entrances and supported on a cluster of slender carved wooden posts. Osun-Osogbo Grove is a symbol of African heritage and preserves the values of the Osogbo and entire Yoruba people. It is is a thriving representation of culture and a means of sharing traditional religion and indigenous knowledge systems with the people of the African Diaspora.

Visited again in September, 2020. Visited twice. There is now a structure similar to an 'amphitheater' in the 'shrine' area and where the river is. I think this structure is essential, as It will help people relax more during the big celebration in August. Oooh! I saw more monkeys than I have seen in my lifetime. You must keep in mind that you are not permitted to hurt any animal in there. The other new rules in place include; Entrance fee - 200 naira If you are going in with any camera - 1000 A new Tourists' desk If you want a Tour guide, you pay to have one. There is a University campus outside of the Grove on the Western side I visited the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove during the festival which is held sometime in August. I went there because I wanted to see what made it worthy to be a 'UNESCO Heritage Site'. It was quite a site to see all the devotees of the River goddess dressed in their Pristine white attire and adorned in similarly white beads. It was astonishing to see Priestesses at the River who offered to say 'cleansing prayers' for people. There were so many sacrifices, so many devotions, I was amazed! From here, I learnt that; Religion is actually a a vehicle that leads us to God. After my visit to the Sacred Grove, I took my religion more seriously, I began to make more sacrifices, and give more devotion to things of God especially my look to the place of worship. People came from all over the world to attend this one feast. The Person who took me to the grove, also acted as my guide and took pictures for me. The Residents were nice, I was pleasantly surprised, the grove is very very big and thank God for the works of the great Susan Wenger who drew a lot of attention to the Grove. You are free to visit the site but keep in mind that while you may not believe in this mode of worship or honour the goddess, this is some people's whole life's ambition. Treat everyone you meet with respect and respect boundaries.

The site still remains an heritage spot for all Yoruba’s. I would recommend for anyone who love nature or sight seeing.

This Osun Osogbo is a lovely place where most of the Tradition, Custom, History and so many other things of the most ancient experience are being preserved. If you want to know more about the historical values and culture of the OSUN heritage you need to visit this GROOVE so that not only you will see, but you will find the real story about most of the Traditional Spiritual things that you wont find easy to belief which is the ultimate TRUTH to them at the Sacred Groove surroundings. Most amazing thing about this Groove is that there is a special historical consultants who are always available in the Groove which we take you round and tell you more things about the intresting sacred groove. To crown it all is a good place to visit for someone who has intrest in history and Culture.

Beautiful ❤️

I visited the groove 07/09/2020 and was glad the place was open to visitors. Entry fee is #200 for adult and it is the standard. The tour guide claimed if you want to take pictures with your phone it will cost you additional #1000 and if it is with a digital camera #3000. It seems negotiable to me. You could walk down yourself but it is more fun if you get a tour guide who will explain the meaning of the sculpt fence around. Don't forget to walk on the suspended bridge. The Osun festival holds yearly in August.

(Translated by Google) Special place, dedicated to the fertility Goddess Osun, one of the Yoruba deities. (Original) Ιδιαίτερο μέρος, αφιερωμένο στη Θεά της γονιμότητας Osun, μια από τις θεότητες των Yoruba.

I enjoyed every second spent here. The tour guide (Lekan) was excellent and very professional in taking me around. It's surely an experience that'll stay with me for LIFE!!! FEES: The entrance fee was NGN100 (one hundred Nigeria Naira) FEEDING: Though there are no restaurants in the groove, however, there are nice restaurants that sells both local, continental and intercontinental dishes within the city not more than 10 minutes drive from the GROOVE Can't wait for another time to explore this vast forest

(Translated by Google) One day I will have the pleasure of visiting this beautiful temple, yê yê ooo Oxúm 💛 (Original) Um dia vou ter o prazer de conhecer esse lindo templo, yê yê ooo Oxúm 💛

One of the UNESCO world heritage site located in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. It is a sacred location containing scary scenes. In addition, it is an interesting place to visit because of the huge number of monkeys there. A great tourist site with wide areas of view.

Osun Sacred Grove is a holy pilgrimage site in Osogbo, Osun State. It is a natural reserve for the worship and adoration of the Goddess of fertility and wealth. There's a lot of very symbolic art all around the Grove depicting various Gods, spirits, and legendary priests. There are hundreds of species which have been protected for centuries by practitioners of the Osun religion, and now, also by law. Osun Sacred Grove is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and draws lots of local and international tourists and pilgrims.

Great experience, natural breeding place for beautiful species of monkey

Truly worthy of being called a UNESCO World Heritage Site!

Nice place with great art collections. It is a beautiful museum abd gallery

Centre for tradition, art and culture. Shrine for Osun worshippers

Nice

Very awesome place

UNESCO world heritage sight the second in Nigeria and a landmark of traditional religious beliefs

Osun

Tourism at its peak

Osun-Osogbo Grove is an open-air museum that contains statues, memorials, historic buildings, archaeological sites and cultural assets. It was fun exploring the hotbed of yoruba culture. As a rainforest, it’s impressive it has remained independent, slipping the clutches of urbanization.

(Translated by Google) Fantastic magic beautiful but very hard 😢😢 (Original) Fantástico mágico hermoso pero muy duro 😢😢

A great tourist attraction at Isale osun

Serene environment

The Customer Care help line of One Mr. Femi Johnson Osun that suppose to be of help ,guides to the travellers is more or less a confusing man.He lacks Merit. His not Security Conscious. He lacks manners. His approach on phone calls was misleading. With Due Respect, The Authority in charge has to do something to avoid this poor interactions with people in diaspora.

Art museum and art gallery

It's a place to be for cultural activities

Its nice to visit their gallery

I love the fact that with the osun osogbo a part of our tradition and history is being preserved. The mona monkeys welcome you on arrival. its 1000 naira per person to visit 200 Naira for mobile cameras and about 2000 Naira for digital digital camera. Your fee includes a guide that takes you around the grove. There is a yearly festival in august that attracts visitors and osun worshippers from everywhere. The Osun Osogbo grove also includes an art village with tye and dye, paintings, wood carvings, drums and other arts and craft. its totally worth a visit

This is a cultural heritage. A place worthy of your view. Trust me it dope

Excellent cultural presentation

The most interesting part for me were the monkeys. I already read a lot of reviews before I went, so I had two bunch of bananas with me. The tour guide(a lady) was really helpful. I love how almost everything there has a story attached to it. The suspended bridge was also a great experience for me. I would love to back there some other time.

Good cultural and tourist center.

It was really beautiful and the art really got my attention

The story behind the place excitingly blends with what you see!

Historical

Nice place, at first I was very scared till my tour guide tried to calm me down. Walked around wen to the river area and met a ritual taking place & people came with bottles for the water for different purposes. It's a lovely historical place. To stand on the water the river flow peacefully & it was very quiet too. My problem are HUMANs we do too much to destroy the earth with waste bins everywhere people still littered the place with nylons,papers & co but I love how they try to keep it clean. Entrance fee is: 200Naira per person 1000Naira to take pictures with your mobile phone 3000Naira with digital cameras.

It's an ancient sacred land that depicts the cultural heritage of osogbo (Yoruba tribe) people in the olden days. Lovely to visit with a serene environment. It's advisable to have a tourist GUIDE which will aid and also tells history of the land. The land has been made reserved to keep it a natural existence.

Nice place

Osun Osogbo, scared area

Nature part extra ordinary

This place is one of tourist you enjoyed in osogbo

Ranked amongst the list of top tourist attractions in Nigeria, the Osun Sacred Grove is a forest classified as one of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) world heritage rites. This sacred forest is located on the outskirts of Oshogbo, Osun state, along the banks of the Osun River. Yoruba people believe that Osun Sacred grove, is home to Osun, the goddess of fertility. A festival that celebrates this fertility goddess takes place every year in Oshogbo. In addition to that, the forest reportedly contains about 400 different species of plants that are used for medicinal purposes.

Great Artworks . Lovely Ambiance.

A Unesco approved tourism center and festival location. It worthy to visit.

Historical and enlightening

It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's a place to connect to your ancestral roots. It is place to purify your soul and align your energies. It is a place of the supernatural.