Discover Calabar

Known as Africa's Biggest Street Party, the carnival transforms the city every December into a festival of colorful parades, elaborate costumes and live music, drawing thousands of visitors from across Nigeria and abroad.

Prefabricated in England and erected here in 1884, the building once served as the seat of the British colonial administration and today houses a museum that candidly addresses Calabar's role as a major hub of the transatlantic slave trade.

The species-rich rainforest national park is home to one of the last populations of the critically endangered Cross River gorilla as well as chimpanzees and forest elephants, and ranks among West Africa's most important conservation areas.

Conceived as a leisure and business resort on the banks of the Calabar River, the complex offers water parks, cinemas and shopping, and serves many visitors as a modern base for excursions into the surrounding nature.

Margaret Ekpo International Airport lies about 6 kilometers west of the city and is served several times daily from Lagos and Abuja, with a flight time from Lagos of about 1.5 hours.

Known as Africa's Biggest Street Party, the carnival transforms the city every December into a festival of colorful parades, elaborate costumes and live music, drawing thousands of visitors from across Nigeria and abroad.

Prefabricated in England and erected here in 1884, the building once served as the seat of the British colonial administration and today houses a museum that candidly addresses Calabar's role as a major hub of the transatlantic slave trade.

The species-rich rainforest national park is home to one of the last populations of the critically endangered Cross River gorilla as well as chimpanzees and forest elephants, and ranks among West Africa's most important conservation areas.