Gandun dajin Yankari ya kasance wani babban wurin shakatawa ne na namun daji wanda ke kudu maso tsakiyar jihar Bauchi, a arewa maso gabashin Najeriya . Ya mamaye yanki kimanin 2,244 square kilometres (866 sq mi) kuma gida ne ga maɓuɓɓugan ruwan dumi na halitta, da kuma fure iri-iri. Matsayinta a cikin yankin savanna na Afirka ta Yamma ya sa ya zama hanya ta musamman ga masu yawon buɗe ido da masu hutu don kallon namun daji a cikin mazauninsu na asali. Tun asali an kirkiro Yankari ne a matsayin wurin ajiye wasa a shekarar 1956, amma daga baya aka sanya filin shakatawa na kasa mafi girma a Najeriya a shekarar 1991. Wannan ita ce matattarar da aka fi so ga masu yawon bude ido a Nijeriya kuma, saboda haka, tana taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen haɓakawa da haɓaka yawon buɗe ido da yanayin ɗabi'a a Nijeriya. Hakanan ɗayan ɗayan shahararrun wuraren tafiye-tafiye ne a Afirka ta Yamma . Budaddiyar kasar da ta buɗe da ƙauyukan da ke kewaye da Yankin Yasa na Yankari suna da yawan manoma da makiyaya, amma ba a sami matsuguni na ɗan adam a wurin shakatawar ba har tsawon ƙarni ɗaya (1).