by Amancho Cave is located in the Etiti community of Edda, Afikpo South, in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. The cave is 4 km/2.5 miles in length.
The Amancho cave has a natural step-like entrance that is supported by a wooden ladder built by the community.
The cave’s entrance is 6 meters high. The cave features three tunnels, the second of which is known as the “window,” leading to the cave’s ground level. The cave floor may be seen from the “window.”
The cave’s third entry is known as the “door.” On the last Orie (one of the four market days in the Igbo cultural calendar) of the year, in December, an annual event known as Orie-Ogba is traditionally held in the cave.
The Amancho cave is believed to be the longest cave in Nigeria.
Amancho Cave, which is about six kilometres under the ground, and right inside is a place where you can host over 4,000 persons.
There is need to develop and showcase this wonderful site to the world in other to harness the tourism potentials of the South Eastern region and nation at large.
