Old Oyo National Park

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Old Oyo National Park is a Nigerian tourist site located across northern Oyo State and southern Kwara State. It is rich in plant and animal resources including buffaloes, bushbuck and wide variety of birds. The Old Oyo National Park is easily accessible from southwestern and northwestern Nigeria.

The Old Oyo National Park contains the ruins of the original Oyo city which was the capital of the ancient Oyo Empire of the Yoruba before it was destroyed in the late 18th century by Ilorin and Hausa/Fulani warriors at the culmination of the rebellion of Afonja, commander of Oyo Empire's provincial army for which he allied himself with Hausa/Fulani muslim jihadists.

The nearest cities and towns adjoining Old Oyo National Park include Saki, Iseyin, Igboho, Sepeteri, Tede and Igbeti which have their own commercial and cultural attractions for tourism.