Visit West Africa’s Largest City, Ibadan

Ibadan is West Africa’s largest city and capital of Nigeria’s state Oyo. Although the city is huge in size, its population if compared to other big cities like Lagos is small at 2.5 m and is enough to even populate some of the world’s countries. You can book an advanced cheap flight to Nigeria with us to visit this fascinating destination.

Ibadan is also known as the “Ancient-City” by the Yoruba and known as a place where Ibadan’s armies united to get the Fulani Caliphate defeated in 1840 while trying to expand their empire further into present Nigeria’s southern region. Ibadan is located in the southwestern part of Nigeria on a rippling-plain with ridges composed of eight rocky-hills with an average elevation of hills being 700 feet. In order to fully appreciate the unevenness of the city one should visit the Premier Hotel located at hill’s top.

Ibadan is composed mainly of two parts; the modern Ibadan and the ancient Ibadan. Although both the divisions exist side-by-side in many cases you can observe how totally cut-off both the divisions is. One may consider it as Nigeria’s microcosm where the ancient and the modern are just a small distance away. You’ll discover a modern living style at one side of the road while at the other side a dense concentration of cluttered-mud-houses which are virtually lacking all kinds of modern facilities including transportation. Ibadan is an ideal place to visit for those who are interested in exploring ancient and modern Nigeria at the same place. The city is also peaceful compared to Lagos or other busy cities of the country.

During your visit to Ibadan, you have plenty of interesting sites to visit including the museum located in Institute of African Study’s building exhibiting many significant pre-historic bronze statues and carvings. Some of the well-stocked libraries and Africa’s first TV station can also be found here. You’ll also find a Zoological-Garden located inside the University of Ibadan as well as a botanical-garden at Agodi.

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You can have a view of the Bower Memorial Tower from almost any place in the city and is located on the Aare’s Hill and if you get to visit there you can have a view of the whole city from there. Cocoa House is also one of the most prominent landmarks of the city and was the first skyscraper build in Africa. Many other attractions of the city include the Mapo Hall, Trans Wonderland amusement-Park, Mokona’s cultural-centre and the Liberty Stadium which was also Africa’s first stadium. Ibadan is also home to Stars FC, the legendary football club. Although you might feel the city lack in provisioning entertainment or adventure its hospitality makes that up and it gives a feeling of being more like a large town, in fact, a true market town.