Plan a trip.
Mountain resorts, waterfalls, ancient cities and buzzing metros. Pick where you’re starting, choose where you’re going, and let the map take it from there.
Start in a metro city.
Where the crowds, the jobs and the night life are. Six picks change on every visit — tap a city to set it as your destination and the route bar at the bottom follows along.
6 of 37 metro cities this visit.
Ibadan Metropolis
Oyo7.900°, 3.950°The eleven LGAs forming greater Ibadan, once West Africa's largest city by area and Nigeria's colonial-era administrative and commercial capital of the west.
Who you'll meet
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19th-century founding
Ibadan was founded around 1829 as a war camp by Yoruba warriors from Oyo, Ife, and Ijebu, later growing into the largest Yoruba city.
Cities & tours
Find your kind of place
Switch between tour destinations and cities, then narrow it down by category.
Parks, waterfalls, heritage sites and resorts worth the journey.
Yankari National Park
national parkNigeria's most visited wildlife park, famed for free-roaming elephants, the Wikki Warm Spring, and Gashaka-style savanna landscapes.
Wikki Warm Spring · Marshall Caves · Gaji River
Cross River National Park
national parkNigeria's largest surviving tract of tropical rainforest, home to the Cross River gorilla and drill monkey.
Okwangwo Division · Oban Division · Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary (adjacent)
Gashaka-Gumti National Park
national parkNigeria's biggest and most rugged national park, straddling the Mambilla and Adamawa highlands and home to Chappal Waddi, the country's highest peak.
Chappal Waddi (Gangirwal) · Gashaka village · Mambilla foothills
Kainji Lake National Park
national parkNigeria's oldest national park, straddling Niger and Kwara states around the Kainji Reservoir, with the Borgu sector known for giraffe and buffalo.
Borgu game sector · Zugurma sector · Kainji Reservoir shoreline
Chad Basin National Park
national parkA Sahel wetland and semi-desert park spanning the Chad Basin, valued for the Sambisa and Bade-Nguru wetland sectors and migratory waterfowl.
Chingurmi-Duguma sector · Bade-Nguru wetlands · Lake Chad hinterland
Okomu National Park
national parkA lowland rainforest park in Edo State protecting forest elephants, white-throated guenons, and rare butterflies close to Benin City.
Okomu canopy walkway · Forest elephant trails · Okomu Forest Reserve buffer zone
Source: Destination & city catalogues · state and federal tourism boards · Updated Repository catalogues
Pick a city by its mood.
Every Nigerian metro has a personality. Choose a vibe, open a city, and send it straight to the route planner.
Skylines, nightlife and the pace of power.
Abuja Metropolis (FCT)
The urbanised core area councils of the Federal Capital Territory surrounding Nigeria's purpose-built federal capital.
Who you'll meet
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Planned capital
Abuja was purpose-built as Nigeria's federal capital starting in 1976, officially replacing Lagos in 1991, chosen partly for its central, neutral location.
This month: Festivals & Cultural Gatherings
Recurring national festivals and cultural gatherings, grouped by the month they run in.
Felabration
Music & LegacyLagos (New Afrika Shrine, Ikeja)
Ijebu Masquerade Festival
Culture & MasqueradeOgun (Ijebu Ode)
Zik's Mausoleum Commemoration
History & CommemorationKaduna (Zaria, Kaduna State)
Nok Culture Day
Heritage & ArtsPlateau (Jos, Plateau State)
Sukur Cultural Festival
Heritage & RitualAdamawa (Sukur, Adamawa State)
Geopolitical intelligence
Travel maps
Places on the map, and turn-by-turn routes between documented cities.
Destinations map
Cities, parks, heritage sites and resort towns in one view.
Directions map
Turn-by-turn routes between any two documented Nigerian cities.
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- A profile in the Places and Travel hubs, linked to your state, LGA and the nearest cultural groups.
- A pin on the tourist and places maps, with directions from the nearest documented city.
- Placement next to the festivals and state profiles travellers browse while planning.
Hotels, flights and fares
Source: Destination & city catalogues · state and federal tourism boards · Updated Repository catalogues