Fascinating Things To Do in Calabar

Calabar is popularly referred to as the Canaan City. The city is one of Nigeria’s major tourist cities. If there is one city in Nigeria visitors would always want to experience, it is Calabar. There are no rowdy activities like in Lagos or expensive  costs attached to it like Abuja. It’s somewhere an average Nigerian can visit without having to break bank. Come And Live And Be At Rest has been coined to make Calabar an acronym which clearly represents the city’s reception and hospitality it offers visitors. Endowed with attraction centers and beautiful natural landscapes, Calabar has become a major city Nigerians find synonymous with relaxation and down time.

Visit the Slave Museum

The Slave Museum is a place where many visitors come to see historic colonial government structures first hand. This building has a lot of art work and artifacts that tell you about the past in this modern age.

The Tinapa Free Zone & Resort

The Calabar Free Trade Zone, Civil Center, the Calabar Port and the Tinapa Business and Tourist Resort are dotted with such perfection in their location that you would want to experience what happens in these places. The Tinapa Free Zone & Resort is a popular place because of its facilities. There are leisure and entertainment spots here. There’s also a cinema for those who are itching to watch the latest movies in Nigeria and the rest of the world.

Calabar understands you may need a children’s arcade, a night club, amphitheater, restaurants, casino, and pubs. All these are available in this free zone and in different parts of the city.

See the Drill Monkey Rehabilitation Center

This is where you can see the endangered drill monkey species. Most of us haven’t seen this type of monkey, but here’s a place to see them. The environment is designed to ensure these monkeys are at rest and visitors can come and leave without incidents.

The Duke Town Church

This is one of Nigeria’s oldest churches. It is a historic place in Nigeria. You can see how the church was built and the significance of this as told by the locals. There’s also the Marina Resort which is another tourist center where you can ride a speed boat, watch movies, and ride a carrousel horse

Dance at the Annual Calabar Carnival [hyperlink]

This is indeed one carnival in Nigeria that makes the whole difference. It is the most decorated, most organized, and the largest carnival in the country. It is full of dance, drama, visual creativity, and music. A lot of Nigerian celebrities are spotted here competing favourably against each in their carnival match. You have never seen anything like this in Nigeria.

Come to Calabar for that tourist experience you may not get in other cities.