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HilltopGuest House · Abeokuta

Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta · Since 1974

A quiet house on the hill, twelve minutes from the rock.

Six rooms in a headmaster's old family home, with breakfast at seven, steady power all night and a front desk that knows every short cut in Abeokuta.

  • 6 rooms, each with its own bathroom
  • 24h power by solar and inverter
  • 4.8 from 312 stays (example)
A made bed with white linen in a softly lit guest room

A stay in five chapters

From the blue gate to the veranda

I of V
Courtyard of the guest house with a tiled fountain and potted plants

Chapter I

The gate on Ibara Road

A blue gate, a frangipani tree and Mama Bisi at the desk. We take your bags, hand you a cold zobo and show you the way up.

Check-in from 1pm. Late arrival? The gate opens until midnight.

Hotel bedroom with a stone wall and a round mirror

Chapter II

Rooms that remember

The house was built in 1974 by a retired headmaster. His iroko floors and shutters stayed; the mattresses, showers and air conditioning are new.

Six rooms, each with its own bathroom.

Rustic outdoor dining table set for breakfast

Chapter III

Breakfast at seven

Akara and pap, yam and egg sauce, or toast and tea. Served at the long table on the back veranda, included in every stay.

Breakfast runs from 7am to 10am.

Granite rock formation with trees at its base

Chapter IV

Up the rock

Olumo Rock is twelve minutes away by car. Climb early, before the sun warms the granite, then walk down into the adire lanes of Itoku.

Our driver can take you for an example ₦6,000 return.

Wooden chairs on an upstairs deck in the evening

Chapter V

Evenings on the veranda

Power stays on through solar and inverter. Bring a book, order pepper soup from the kitchen and listen to Abeokuta settle down.

Kitchen orders until 9:30pm.

Your chapter

Pick the dates, we hold the room.

See which of the six rooms are free, what the stay costs night by night and hold it for 24 hours.

Open the room picker

Breakfast is on the house

The long table on the back veranda

Every stay includes a cooked breakfast for the guests in the room. The kitchen also serves lunch and an early supper for guests, with Egba favourites on the board each day.

Example prices. Kitchen orders until 9:30pm.

See the full board
Jollof rice served with grilled chicken in a white dish
A teapot and two cups on a wooden tray

Why guests come back

The small things, done every day

  1. Power you can sleep through.Solar panels and an inverter bank carry the house; the generator only wakes for long cloudy spells.
  2. Water that is hot at six.A borehole and treated tank, with a heater in every bathroom.
  3. A desk that answers.Someone is at the front desk day and night, and on WhatsApp.
  4. Parking inside the gate.Room for eight cars in the compound, with a night guard.
  5. Pay how you like.Bank transfer, POS at the desk or cash. Receipts on request for company stays.

Guest book

Written in the book at the front desk

Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 312 stays (example figures).

The breakfast alone was worth the trip from Lagos. Light stayed on all night and the veranda was the quietest place I sat all year.

Funmilayo, example guestVeranda double, two nights

We came for a wedding in Ibara and took four rooms. The desk sorted our cars, ironed our agbada and kept the gate open past midnight.

Example guestWhole house, wedding weekend

Clean, honest and warm. Mama Bisi at the desk told us when to climb the rock before the heat came up. Best advice of the trip.

Chukwudi, example guestRock view king, three nights
A small pond surrounded by trees and flowers in the garden

Getting here

Easy from Lagos, if you leave at the right hour

From Ikeja it is about an hour and forty minutes on a good morning, and far longer at five on a Friday. Our journey planner shows the best hour to set off from Lagos, Ibadan, Sagamu or the airport.

  • Twelve minutes to Olumo Rock
  • Eight minutes to Kuto motor park
  • Five minutes to Ibara GRA
Plan the drive

Your room is waiting on the hill.

Pick your dates and we hold the room for 24 hours while you send the deposit.