Nigeria Travel Guide

The best Nigeria travel tips are available here providing you the maximum information regarding your trip to Nigeria. The comprehensive information detailing accommodation, entertainment, social customs, communication and business etiquettes is described here. Nigeria is the most populous country if South Africa. It is an attractive tourist destination due to its historic and mesmerizing sites and different culture and tradition. Its population is 154.7 million. Its largest city is Lagos and its capital is Abuja.
Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer; the industry earns 90% of the country’s export income.
Nigeria is Africa’s largest exporter of oil and petroleum (petroleum products) and this industry gains country’s 90% export income. Nigeria is also exporting cocoa and rubber. It is the reason that businessmen category is more attracted towards it and travels and books their flights to Nigeria.

Its major cities are Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. Lagos is the most populous area of this country due to which large variety of good hotels is present there. Hotels are available on expensive to economical rates. Lagos is a beautiful place consisting of many attractive beaches and islands. Famous hotel of Lagos is The Sheraton Lagos Hotel and Towers. A variety of flights to Nigeria are flying to this city. Many night clubs are also available in many of the hotels in Lagos and Surulere district. Regional festivals which normally take place in the summer season offer an excellent chance to see dancing, music and conventional costumes.

All types of restaurants are available there in all major towns of Nigeria. Nigerian food is normally like that of found throughout West Africa but with regional variations. People from all over the world having good taste must visit this place. Here food specialties are Yam, Sweet potatoes, Suya (barbecued liver and beef on sticks) and kilishi (spiced dried meat) and in the east, egussi soup (stew of meat, dried fish and melon seeds) and in the south, goat meat and bush meat (particularly antelope) are most famous. Here European and Oriental food is quickly available.

Telephone, mobile, internet, media, press, TV, radio are major source of communication there. The main domestic airline operating there is Virgin Nigeria. Lagos (Murtala Muhammed airport) is the most famous airport in Lagos, controlling major air flights to nigeria. Facilities like Restaurants, bar, snack bar, bank, post office, duty-free shop and car hire is available there. There important ports are Lagos, Port Harcourt and Calabar. Other main ports are Warri and Sepele. In Nigeria, the major source of travelling is by road or by rail. Buses, taxis, car hire and good rail ways are available for transportation. Currency of Nigeria is the naira.
In Nigeria there are three basic climates: the rainy season (around April to October), the sunny season and the harmattan season (around November -March).
Markets are the exciting places for shopping. Adire (patterned, indigo-dyed cloth), batiks and pottery from the southwest, leatherwork and kaduna cotton from the north and carvings from the east are specialties of this country.