Trips to Nigeria focused on knowing ancient kingdoms and traditional ethnic groups

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Nigeria

29 mar. - 05 apr. 2025 / From 3,690€

Trip to Northern Nigeria: Durbar Festival and Hausa Emirates

During this trip to northern Nigeria, we will discover historic cities with ancient Hausa-style adobe palaces, as well as some of the oldest markets in Africa. It will also have unique ethnographic encounters, such as the 'hyena men', the Zul tribe and the Hausa people. Additionally, we will enjoy Durbar Festival parades and a Sharo Festival of a Fulani community.

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Nigeria

11 apr. - 20 apr. 2025 / From 3,240€

Trip to Southern Nigeria: Lagos and Yorubaland

Last Places has designed this trip to Nigeria with the aim of learning about the worldview of the Yoruba ethnic group as well as the Orisha religion, also known as Voodoo. We will also have the opportunity to visit the eccentric capital of Nigeria: Lagos.

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Nigeria

03 oct. - 12 oct. 2025 / From 3,240€

Ethnographic trip to southern Nigeria: Yoruba country and Lagos

Last Places have designed this ethnographic trip to southern Nigeria with the aim of learning about the worldview of the Yoruba ethnic group, as well as the Orisha religion, also known as Voodoo. We will also have the opportunity to visit the eccentric capital of Nigeria: Lagos.

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Nigeria

05 oct. - 12 oct. 2025 / From 3,690€

Trip to Northern Nigeria: Nigeria Gerewol and Hausa Durbar

During this ethnographic trip to northern Nigeria, we will discover historic towns with ancient Hausa-style adobe palaces, as well as some of the oldest markets in Africa. Also, we will have unique ethnographic encounters, such as the 'hyena men', the Mbororo tribe and the Hausa people. Additionally, we will enjoy Durbar parades, the Gerewol Festival and a Sharo ceremony of a Fulani community.

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Nigeria

24 nov. - 03 dec. 2025 / From 3,990€

Tribal trip to Nigeria: Tribal Odyssey

During this tribal trip to Nigeria, we will travel across the country from west to east with the aim of meeting different little-known tribes such as the Kamberi, the Dukkawa, the Gwari, the Longuda, the Bachata and the Mumuye.

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Nigeria

04 dec. - 13 dec. 2025 / From 2,870€

Trip to Southeastern Nigeria: Biafra History and Traditional Tribes

Trip to Southeastern Nigeria focused on learning about the history of Biafra, as well as the traditional tribes that live in the region.

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Nigeria

12 dec. - 20 dec. 2025 / From 2,340€

Trip to Cross River (Nigeria): Nature and Tribes

A trip specially designed to tour Cross River State of Nigeria. Tourists do not often come to this remote part of Nigeria, but it is worth it because of its lush nature and authentic tribal life. From the Cross River region, we will drive to the Niger River area and meet the Igbo people living there, some of the most conservative in Southeast Nigeria.

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Nigeria

20 may. - 29 may. 2026 / From 3,200€

Trip to Nigeria: Igue Festival and Bronzes of Benin

Trip to Nigeria, focusing on the Bini or Edo culture. We will explore the ancient kingdom of Benin and see what remains of its past glory. We will attend the annual Igue Festival and visit small villages where we will witness dances, masquerades and ancient practices such as body scarification.

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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

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► 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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    Blog Posts about Nigeria

    Our Blog is a space for sharing experiences from travelers, knowledge from our experts, and all kinds of content related to our trips to Nigeria and many other destinations. Below you will find the latest posts about Nigeria. You will discover more about Nigeria, the ethnic groups that live in its lands, its architecture, tribal customs, ecosystems, etc.

    Nigeria

    The Igbo people of Nigeria, founders of Biafra

    The Igbo people are an ethnic group native to the central and southeastern Nigeria. Geographically, the Igbo homeland is divided into two unequal sections by the Niger River. The Igbo people are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.

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    Behind the lens

    Behind the lens of Elena Molina

    Art, in any of its manifestations, has always been present in my life. But not least my passion for travel. Shortly after discovering Last Places, I was part of one of his expeditions. It was an amazing trip!

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    Gulf of Guinea

    The Yoruba people, the most powerful ethnic group in the Gulf of Guinea

    The Yoruba people stand as the dominant ethnic group in the Gulf of Guinea with more than 44 million people, as well as one of the most prominent in Africa. His homeland is in southwestern Nigeria, which is the epicenter of Yoruba culture, and in the adjacent parts of Benin and Togo. This region is known as Yorubaland.

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    Nigeria - Cameroon

    The Koma; the lost tribe

    The Koma inhabit the Alantika Mountains, in Nigeria and Cameroon. They have been refugees in the mountains for centuries to escape Islamization and to preserve their traditions and religion. For this reason they have always been treated as an inferior ethnic group by the multiple ethnic groups that inhabit the plain.

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    NIGERIA

    The Hausa people of Nigeria: ornate architecture, Durbar Festival and Hyena Men

    The Hausa people of Nigeria are one of the largest ethnic groups in all of Africa. Mainly, they are found in the Sahel region of northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger.

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    NIGERIA

    Hausa people show their power at the Durbar Festival

    The Durbar Festival is a cultural, religious and equestrian celebration held by the Hausa people annually, usually coinciding with major Muslim festivities. It was born as military parades in the 14th century. During the celebration of the Durbar Festival, each noble house parades before the Emir, acting as a regiment, to demonstrate their loyalty to him as well as displaying that they are ready to defend him in the event of war.

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    NIGERIA

    The Dukkawa people of Nigeria: tattoo artists and architects

    Today, the Dukkawa that we visit during the trips continue to file their teeth and, only in remote communities, facial and body tattoo is still being practiced.

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