Tourist Attractions in Nigeria
Tourist Attractions in Nigeria
By Oluwatoyin Ajayi
"The Tourist SEES what He has come to SEE... "Gilbert Chesterton
One exceptional desire of a Tourist is to visit, to see the attractions. The way they want to be seen. They are usually found with camera hanging around their neck, with a backpack, usually in shorts, shirt with white socks and a map in their hands.
Tourists are habitually eager to see and experience something exotic and different to their everyday lives.
Below are Tourist Attractions that you never knew it exist in Nigeria:
Location(State) Attractions
Abia Museum of Colonial History
Arochukwu Caves
Azumini Blue Rivers
Akwete Weaving Centre
War Museum, Umuahia
The Pottery Works of Ishiagu
The Ohafia War Dancers
Adamawa UNESCO/Sukuri World Heritage Site
Three Sisters Rock
Kiri Dam
Lamurde Hot Spring
Mandara Mountains
Koma Hills
Moddibbi Adams Tomb Monument
Akwa Ibom National Museum, Uyo
Ibeno Sand Beach
Oron Museum
Blue Rivers
Amalgamation House
Lord Lugard Residency
Mbo Forest Game
Presbyterian Church, lut
Slave Masters Lodge, lut
Royal Niger Boat Yard
Sculptural Women Monumen
Mary Slessor House Tomb
Anambra Egbe Cham
Ogbunike Caves
Obu Ofo-Nri Museum
Okpu Ana Natural Spring, Ukpor
Lgbo-ukwu Bronzes
Aluminum Pot Molding
Bauchi Yankari National Park
Sumu Wildlife
Wikki Warm Spring, Yanko
Marshall Caves
Tunga Dutse
Bayelsa Oloibiri Oil Museum
Ox-Bow Lake
Mungo Park Residence
Mangrove Creeks
Kaiama Market
Akassa Wildlife Forest
Akassa Slave Transit Camp and Tunnel
Apoi Creek Forest Okpoama Beach
Benue Ikwe Holiday Resort
Ikyogen Hills
Ushango Hills
Enemabia Warm Spring
Montane Games Reserve
Borno Chad Basin National
Dubar and Festivals
Borno State Museum
Sanda Kyarimi Park Zoo
Gwoza Hills
Shehu of Borno Palace
Rabeh's Fort, Diwa
Lake Tilla
Lake Alau
Cross River Obudu Cattle Ranch
Cross River National Park
Tinapa Business Resort
Cable Car
Bassey Suke Effigy
Agbokim Waterfalls
Calabar Museum
Duke Town Church
The Obong Palace
Kwa Falls
Mary Slessor Building
Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary
Calabar Drill Monkey Ranch
Calabar Cenotaph
Ekpo Bassy's House
Ikom Monoliths
Cercopan
Delta Asaba Beach
Jamieson River
Living History Museum, Koko
Mungo Park House, Asaba
Source of Ethiopia River
Abraka Turf &Country Club
Royal Palace, Idumuje-Ugboko
Lander Brother's Anchorage, Asaba
Escarvo Beach
Chief Nana's Palace
Kwale Game Reserve
Expatriate Graveyard, Asaba
Gordon River Resort, Asaba
Bornadi Beach Party Resort
Leisure Paradise Amusement Park, Ekpan
Olona Ranch & Holiday Resort, Onicha-Olona
Ebonyi Salt Lake
Edo Afuze Sport Resort
Amahor Waterside
Ososo Hills
Rama Park
Udo Tourist Centre
Somorica Hill
Lampese Crocodile Lak
Sokponda Holiday Resort
Sand Beaches of Agenebode (Weppa Wanno)
Ekiti Ikogosi Warm Spring & Erinta Falls
Fajuyi Memorial Park
Ero Dam & Lake
Orole Hills, Ikere Ekiti
Ewi's Palace, Ado Ekiti
Iploe-Iloro Waterfall
Osun River Source
Ooni River, Efon Alaye
Esa Cave,Iyin-Ekiti
Egbigbu Artifical Lake, Ayetoro-Ekiti
Erin Ayonigba Scared Fish River-Erinjiyan-Ekiti
Enugu Enugu Museum
Nike Lake Holiday Resort
Mmanwu Festival
Awhum Waterfall
Milken Hills
Iheneke Lake
Opi Lake Complex
Silicon Hills
Africa Princess Resort
Ezeagu Tourist Complex
Ugwueme / Udi Hills
Ani Ozalia Lake
Ogelube Lake
FCT Abuja Amusement Park, Wuse
Abuja Zoological Garden, Garki
Zuma Rock
Aso Rock Park & Zoo
Aso Rock & Caves Asokoro
IBB Golf Course
Jabi River & Dam
Gombe Dandin Kowa Dam
Babayaro Tomb
Tula Highland Hills
Tanale Dome Shaped Rock/Hill
Imo Oguta Lake Resort
Asumpata Cathedral
Amusement Park, Owerri
Ada Palm Plantation Complex
Cultural & Art Centre, Owerri
Jigawa Hadejia/Nguru Wetlands & Bird Sancturay
Baturiya Birds Sancturay
Birnin Kudu Rock Painting
Kaduna Queen Amina Of Zaria's Kingdom
Emir of Zazzau's Palace
Arewa House
Jakaranda Pottery
Zaria City Wall
Kano Kano City Gate & Walls
Kano Tourist Camp
Kano State History Museum
Kano Zoological Garden
Bagauda Lake & Tiga Dam
Birminb Kudu Rock Paintings
Falgore Game Reserve
Hadejia Wetland
Kofar Mata Dyeing Pits
Durbar Festival
Minjibir Weaving Centre
Dawakin Toda Pottery
Kurmi Market
Katsina Katsina City Gate
Emirs Palaces in Katsina & Daura
Jibia Holiday Resort
Goborau Minaret
Kebbi Kanta Museums
Kogi Iron of Liberty
Inikpe Statue
World War Cenotaph
European Colonial Cementaries
Confluence of River Niger & Benue
Lord Lugard's First Residence in Nigeria
Kwara Owu Waterfalls
Awon Festival
Esie Stone Images
Egungu Festival
Lagos Badagry Beach
Eko Tourist Beach Resort
Lagos Bar Beach
Lekki Conservation Centre
The National Theatre,Iganmu
Ikoyi Club Golf Course
Hermitage Garden Resort
Lekki Peninsula
Murtala Mohammed Botanical Garden
Halem Seaside Resort
National Museum,Onikan
Relics of Slavery, Badagry
Tafawa Balewa Square
Tarkwa Bay
Whispering Palms, Badagry
Lacampagne Tropicana Beach Resort
Jhalobia Recreation Park & Gardens
Black Heritage Museum, Badagry
Terra Kulture
Kamp Ikare Beach
Eletro Beach
Funtopia
Ibeshe Beach
Fist Storey Building in Nigeria(Badagry)
Niger Gurara Waterfalls
Bida Town
Zuma Rock
Kainji Lake National Park
Ogun Olumo Rock
St. Peters Cathedral
The King (Alake of Egbaland) Palace
The Kemta Kampala Market
Ondo Idanre Hills
Cave Ashes (Isharun)
Ebomi Lake Tourist Centre
Igbokoda Waterfront
Araromi Beach
Deji of Akure Palace
Egungun (Masqurade) Festival
Osun Osun Shrine
Osogbo Arts & Metal Works
Osun Cultural Festival
Ataoja Royal Palace
Museum of Arts
African Heritage Gallery
Okonfo Rao Kawawa
Suzanne Wnger's House & Centre
Nike Centre for Arts & Culture Festival
Genesis Gallery, Osogbo
Ibadan Trans Amusement Park
Oyo National Museum of Unity, Dugbe
Coca House, Ibadan
Agodi Gardens, Ibadan
Game World, Dugbe
Old Oyo National Park
Cultural Centre
Irefin Palace, Ibadan
Mapo Hall
Zoological Graden
The Botanical Garden
Nigerian Television Authority(NTV),Ibadan
Plateau Jos Muesum
Jos Wildlife Park
Jos Zoo
Assop Water Falls
Kura Water Falls
Mando Tourist Village
Shere Hills
Riyom Hills
Riyom Rock Formation
Kurang Volcaic Mountain
Panyam Fish Farm
Pandam Game Reserve & Lake
Museum of Traditional Architecture,Jos
Rivers Port Harcourt Tourist Beach
Zoological Garden, Port Harcourt
Cultural Centre, Port Harcourt
Isaka Holiday Resort
Isaac Boro Park
Biseni Forest
Finima Beach
The Nature Park, Finima
Upper Orashi Forest Reserve
Statute of King Jaja of Opobo, Bonny Island
Sokoto Sultan's Palace
Sokoto Museum
Waziri Junaidu History & Cultural Bureau
Tomb of Usman Dan Fodio, Sokoto
Gilbadi Rock Formation
Hunnaren Shehu, Tomb of S.Usmna Dan Fodio
Taraba Barup Waterfalls
Marmara Crocodile Pond
Akwana Salt Village
The Mambilla Palteau
Gashaka Gumti National Park(Wildlife)
Yobe Dufuna Canoe
Hadejia Nguru Wetland
Damaturu Monument
Nguru Wetland/Birds Sancturay
Gujba Forest Reserve, Gujba
Zamfara Kanoma Hills, Kanoma
Kakile Hippopotamus Pond, Dan Guldi
Kwata Kwash Rock/Water Spring, Kwata Kwash
Better to see it once than hear about it a thousand times. So, Go and See, Discover and Experience the Beauties in the most blessed African nation, Nigeria.
By Oluwatoyin Ajayi
"The Tourist SEES what He has come to SEE... "Gilbert Chesterton
One exceptional desire of a Tourist is to visit, to see the attractions. The way they want to be seen. They are usually found with camera hanging around their neck, with a backpack, usually in shorts, shirt with white socks and a map in their hands.
Tourists are habitually eager to see and experience something exotic and different to their everyday lives.
Below are Tourist Attractions that you never knew it exist in Nigeria:
Location(State) Attractions
Abia Museum of Colonial History
Arochukwu Caves
Azumini Blue Rivers
Akwete Weaving Centre
War Museum, Umuahia
The Pottery Works of Ishiagu
The Ohafia War Dancers
Adamawa UNESCO/Sukuri World Heritage Site
Three Sisters Rock
Kiri Dam
Lamurde Hot Spring
Mandara Mountains
Koma Hills
Moddibbi Adams Tomb Monument
Akwa Ibom National Museum, Uyo
Ibeno Sand Beach
Oron Museum
Blue Rivers
Amalgamation House
Lord Lugard Residency
Mbo Forest Game
Presbyterian Church, lut
Slave Masters Lodge, lut
Royal Niger Boat Yard
Sculptural Women Monumen
Mary Slessor House Tomb
Anambra Egbe Cham
Ogbunike Caves
Obu Ofo-Nri Museum
Okpu Ana Natural Spring, Ukpor
Lgbo-ukwu Bronzes
Aluminum Pot Molding
Bauchi Yankari National Park
Sumu Wildlife
Wikki Warm Spring, Yanko
Marshall Caves
Tunga Dutse
Bayelsa Oloibiri Oil Museum
Ox-Bow Lake
Mungo Park Residence
Mangrove Creeks
Kaiama Market
Akassa Wildlife Forest
Akassa Slave Transit Camp and Tunnel
Apoi Creek Forest Okpoama Beach
Benue Ikwe Holiday Resort
Ikyogen Hills
Ushango Hills
Enemabia Warm Spring
Montane Games Reserve
Borno Chad Basin National
Dubar and Festivals
Borno State Museum
Sanda Kyarimi Park Zoo
Gwoza Hills
Shehu of Borno Palace
Rabeh's Fort, Diwa
Lake Tilla
Lake Alau
Cross River Obudu Cattle Ranch
Cross River National Park
Tinapa Business Resort
Cable Car
Bassey Suke Effigy
Agbokim Waterfalls
Calabar Museum
Duke Town Church
The Obong Palace
Kwa Falls
Mary Slessor Building
Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary
Calabar Drill Monkey Ranch
Calabar Cenotaph
Ekpo Bassy's House
Ikom Monoliths
Cercopan
Delta Asaba Beach
Jamieson River
Living History Museum, Koko
Mungo Park House, Asaba
Source of Ethiopia River
Abraka Turf &Country Club
Royal Palace, Idumuje-Ugboko
Lander Brother's Anchorage, Asaba
Escarvo Beach
Chief Nana's Palace
Kwale Game Reserve
Expatriate Graveyard, Asaba
Gordon River Resort, Asaba
Bornadi Beach Party Resort
Leisure Paradise Amusement Park, Ekpan
Olona Ranch & Holiday Resort, Onicha-Olona
Ebonyi Salt Lake
Amanchore Cave
Abakaliki Gold Couse
Abakaliki Green Lake
Fati Abubakarb Park
Unwana & Ndibe Sand Beaches
Orbodu Conical Mound
Slave Market Route, Ezza
Spectacular Natural Rock Formations, Akpoha
Edo Afuze Sport Resort
Amahor Waterside
Ososo Hills
Rama Park
Udo Tourist Centre
Somorica Hill
Lampese Crocodile Lak
Sokponda Holiday Resort
Sand Beaches of Agenebode (Weppa Wanno)
Ekiti Ikogosi Warm Spring & Erinta Falls
Fajuyi Memorial Park
Ero Dam & Lake
Orole Hills, Ikere Ekiti
Ewi's Palace, Ado Ekiti
Iploe-Iloro Waterfall
Osun River Source
Ooni River, Efon Alaye
Esa Cave,Iyin-Ekiti
Egbigbu Artifical Lake, Ayetoro-Ekiti
Erin Ayonigba Scared Fish River-Erinjiyan-Ekiti
Enugu Enugu Museum
Nike Lake Holiday Resort
Mmanwu Festival
Awhum Waterfall
Milken Hills
Iheneke Lake
Opi Lake Complex
Silicon Hills
Africa Princess Resort
Ezeagu Tourist Complex
Ugwueme / Udi Hills
Ani Ozalia Lake
Ogelube Lake
FCT Abuja Amusement Park, Wuse
Abuja Zoological Garden, Garki
Zuma Rock
Aso Rock Park & Zoo
Aso Rock & Caves Asokoro
IBB Golf Course
Jabi River & Dam
Gombe Dandin Kowa Dam
Babayaro Tomb
Tula Highland Hills
Tanale Dome Shaped Rock/Hill
Imo Oguta Lake Resort
Asumpata Cathedral
Amusement Park, Owerri
Ada Palm Plantation Complex
Cultural & Art Centre, Owerri
Jigawa Hadejia/Nguru Wetlands & Bird Sancturay
Baturiya Birds Sancturay
Birnin Kudu Rock Painting
Kaduna Queen Amina Of Zaria's Kingdom
Emir of Zazzau's Palace
Arewa House
Jakaranda Pottery
Zaria City Wall
Lord Lugard Hall
Palm Beach Tourist Village
Kagoro Hills
Gamji Park
Gamji Park
Kamuku National Park
Fifth Chukker Polo Resort
Kaduna National Museum & Monument
Kano Kano City Gate & Walls
Kano Tourist Camp
Kano State History Museum
Kano Zoological Garden
Bagauda Lake & Tiga Dam
Falgore Game Reserve
Hadejia Wetland
Kofar Mata Dyeing Pits
Durbar Festival
Minjibir Weaving Centre
Dawakin Toda Pottery
Kurmi Market
Katsina Katsina City Gate
Emirs Palaces in Katsina & Daura
Jibia Holiday Resort
Goborau Minaret
Kebbi Kanta Museums
Germache Shrine, Zulu
Tomb of Abdullahi Fodio
Karishi Traditional Settlement
Argungu International Fishing Festival
Kogi Iron of Liberty
Inikpe Statue
World War Cenotaph
European Colonial Cementaries
Confluence of River Niger & Benue
Lord Lugard's First Residence in Nigeria
Kwara Owu Waterfalls
Awon Festival
Esie Stone Images
Egungu Festival
Lagos Badagry Beach
Eko Tourist Beach Resort
Lagos Bar Beach
Lekki Conservation Centre
The National Theatre,Iganmu
Ikoyi Club Golf Course
Hermitage Garden Resort
Lekki Peninsula
Murtala Mohammed Botanical Garden
Halem Seaside Resort
National Museum,Onikan
Relics of Slavery, Badagry
Tafawa Balewa Square
Tarkwa Bay
Whispering Palms, Badagry
Lacampagne Tropicana Beach Resort
Jhalobia Recreation Park & Gardens
Black Heritage Museum, Badagry
Terra Kulture
Kamp Ikare Beach
Eletro Beach
Funtopia
Ibeshe Beach
Fist Storey Building in Nigeria(Badagry)
Niger Gurara Waterfalls
Bida Town
Zuma Rock
Kainji Lake National Park
Ogun Olumo Rock
St. Peters Cathedral
The King (Alake of Egbaland) Palace
The Kemta Kampala Market
Ondo Idanre Hills
Cave Ashes (Isharun)
Ebomi Lake Tourist Centre
Igbokoda Waterfront
Araromi Beach
Deji of Akure Palace
Egungun (Masqurade) Festival
Osun Osun Shrine
Osogbo Arts & Metal Works
Osun Cultural Festival
Ataoja Royal Palace
Museum of Arts
African Heritage Gallery
Okonfo Rao Kawawa
Suzanne Wnger's House & Centre
Nike Centre for Arts & Culture Festival
Genesis Gallery, Osogbo
Ibadan Trans Amusement Park
Oyo National Museum of Unity, Dugbe
Coca House, Ibadan
Agodi Gardens, Ibadan
Game World, Dugbe
Old Oyo National Park
Cultural Centre
Irefin Palace, Ibadan
Mapo Hall
Zoological Graden
The Botanical Garden
Nigerian Television Authority(NTV),Ibadan
Plateau Jos Muesum
Jos Wildlife Park
Jos Zoo
Assop Water Falls
Kura Water Falls
Mando Tourist Village
Shere Hills
Riyom Hills
Riyom Rock Formation
Kurang Volcaic Mountain
Panyam Fish Farm
Pandam Game Reserve & Lake
Museum of Traditional Architecture,Jos
Rivers Port Harcourt Tourist Beach
Zoological Garden, Port Harcourt
Cultural Centre, Port Harcourt
Isaka Holiday Resort
Isaac Boro Park
Biseni Forest
Finima Beach
The Nature Park, Finima
Upper Orashi Forest Reserve
Statute of King Jaja of Opobo, Bonny Island
Sokoto Sultan's Palace
Sokoto Museum
Waziri Junaidu History & Cultural Bureau
Tomb of Usman Dan Fodio, Sokoto
Gilbadi Rock Formation
Hunnaren Shehu, Tomb of S.Usmna Dan Fodio
Taraba Barup Waterfalls
Marmara Crocodile Pond
Akwana Salt Village
The Mambilla Palteau
Gashaka Gumti National Park(Wildlife)
Yobe Dufuna Canoe
Hadejia Nguru Wetland
Damaturu Monument
Nguru Wetland/Birds Sancturay
Gujba Forest Reserve, Gujba
Zamfara Kanoma Hills, Kanoma
Kakile Hippopotamus Pond, Dan Guldi
Kwata Kwash Rock/Water Spring, Kwata Kwash
Better to see it once than hear about it a thousand times. So, Go and See, Discover and Experience the Beauties in the most blessed African nation, Nigeria.
Tourist Attractions in Nigeria
Reviewed by Oluwatoyin Ajayi
on
December 12, 2019
Rating:
Wow!
ReplyDeleteNigeria is blessed