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Travel to Nigeria

A lush ethnic and cultural treasure in the Gulf of Guinea

Trips

Upcoming trips to Nigeria

If you prefer other dates or your own route, we design a tailor-made itinerary through Nigeria. Tell us about your interests in the form on this page and our team will suggest a route.

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Our trips to Nigeria offer the opportunity to discover ancient kingdoms, traditional tribes that still practice tattoos and scarification on their bodies, and dusty trading towns where memories of the Saharan trade routes still linger.

Lagos is one of the most lush cities in Africa, while the port city of Calabar is a pleasant stop for travelers heading to Cameroon. Across southern Nigeria, ancient kingdoms continue their customs, from creating elaborate bronze sculptures to worshiping ancient gods. The more modern traditions include one of the pioneering primate conservation organizations in the world.

The north plays a major role in some of our trips to Nigeria. In this region, where the land dries out as it stretches towards the desert, Muslim Nigeria thrives in dusty trading towns where memories of the Saharan trade routes still linger.

Unique ethnic groups and body modification

Discover the highlights of our trips to Nigeria

► Trips to Nigeria stand out for the great diversity of tribes that can be seen

There are amazing cultures in Nigeria that still practice body and face tattoo and scarification, all along with the Yoruba religion. During trips to Nigeria you can meet a great diversity of tribes such as the Dukkawa, Zul, Hausa, Yoruba, Eggon, Efik, Oron, Ijaw, Igbo, Fulani, etc.

In addition, Nigeria offers unique cultural experiences, such as the Hausa people Durbar Festival or the Gerewol Festival.

► Explore the mosaic of ecosystems that Nigeria offers

Nigeria features a distinctive composition of regions, including deserts, plains, swamps, mountains, and rainforests. It has one of the largest river systems in the world.

► Admire tropical, Afro-Brazilian, Hausa or Yoruba modernist architecture on our trips to Nigeria

Colonial residents working for the Department of Public Works introduced a variant of neoclassical architecture into the designs of government buildings and private residences: Afro-Brazilian architecture. In the local living space, African returnees influenced the adoption of a Brazilian-type building that would later be extended to other parts of the country.

Also, tropical modernist architecture, Hausa architecture, Yoruba architecture and the vernacular architecture of the Dukkawa people stand out.

© Photos by Jordi Zaragozà Anglès, Jorge Fernandez and Aníbal Bueno.

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