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Nigeria Tourism Information

NIGERIA TOURISM

Nigeria offers a wide range of attractions for all classes of tourists, ranging from wildlife at National Parks, waterfalls, rock formations, endless yet unspoiled beaches of the coast, the luxuriant forests with their thousands of fauna and flora, a wide range of fruits, some growing wild, and the undulating landmasses of the north make the country a tourist delight.

There are avenues for mountaineering, bush camping, boating enthusiast to enjoy their passion. Also, Nigeria’s multicultural nature gives rice to various cultural festival, from the durbar in the north to new yam festivals etc in the south. For souvenirs collectors, Nigeria has lots of local artworks in wood, metal, brass etc, beads, carvings.

NATIONAL PARKS
Yankari National Park, Bauchi State
Gashaka-Gumti National Park Adamawa/Taraba States
Cross River National Park
Kainji Lake National Park, Kwara State
Kamuku National Park, Kaduna State
Okumu National Park, Edo State
Old Oyo National Park, Edo State
Chad Basin National Park, Borno/Yobe State

ROCKS & HILLS
Aso Rock, Abuja
Tula Highlands/Hills, Gombe State
Eggon Hills & Caves
Zuma Rock, Niger State
Olumo Rock, Ogun State
Kpambo and Fikiyu mysterious Rocks, Kpambo and Fikiyu, Taraba State
Riyom Rock, Plateau State
Imoleboja Rock Shelter, Odo-Owa, Kwara State
Shere Hills, Jos, Plateau State

BEACHES
Coconut Beach, Badagry Lagos
Bar Beach, Victoria Island, Lagos
Tarkwa Bay, Victoria Island, Lagos
Calabar Beach, Calabar, Cross River State
Lekki Beach, Lekki, Lagos
Eleko Beach, Victoria Island, Lagos
Eket Beach, Eket, Akwa Ibom State

Nigeria also has a number of resorts for leisure and relaxation and business. Tinapa (Adiabo, Calabar, Cross River State), dubbed Africa’s Premier Business Resort is an integrated business and leisure resort modelled after Dubai. The complex provides international standard wholesale emporiums, integrated shopping complexes and product distribution elements supported by business tourism and entertainment facilities. Uyo, Akwa Ibom State also plays host to the Le Méridien Ibom Hotel & Golf Resort, which has Apart from the normal facilities in a five-star hotel, there is a riverside marina with floating jetty. MicCom Golf Hotels & Resort, a golf course and hotel is situated in the rustic town of Ada in Osun State. The course is set in the serene, picturesque location deep within the lovely and tranquil forests of the south-west.