Many believe that Northern Nigeria is riddled with violence and terrorism alone.. This thought is far from the truth as the North in its entirety has a lot to offer in terms of culture, festivals, tourism, rich history and beautiful sites. From beautiful palaces, to the rich Durbar festivals, the food, hospitable people and scenic sites and destinations, the North is an adventure waiting to be explored and I really enjoyed my exploration around the north of Nigeria.
Last week I took a great risk by visiting the northern part of Nigeria as part of my ongoing touring around Nigeria to visit and discover some tourist attraction places in the northern part of Nigeria, and I really enjoyed my time been there..
I arrived Abuja and visited some Tourist attractions in Abuja and I discovered that Tourism in Abuja is not been taken serious because the government does not focus on tourism but there are some tourist attractions around Abuja for sightings and relaxing that are very well maintain such as the Millennium park and I take my time to visit some tourist attractions in Abuja..
Millennium park Abuja
I visited the Jabi lake and the Jabi lake mall which one of the beautiful mall in Abuja
@Jabi Lake Mall. Abuja
and also visited the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Center which is an interesting point of attraction in Abuja,
Musa Shehu Yar Adua Centre. Abuja
also the The Abuja Arts and Crafts Village which is a attract
Bolaji at the Art and Craft Village Abuja
ive for arts and crafts.
After spending two days in Abuja, I travel to Kaduna through the Train and I had the best ever trip on train which was best train experience ever. And after two hours of traveling through the train to Kaduna, I arrived at the Rigasa Train Station in Kaduna
Risaga Train Station
and went straight to one of the top tourist attraction center in Kaduna which is the Kajuru castle in kajuri village, about 2hours drive from the town, kajuru Castle is a luxury Medieval German style villa, built over 3 decades ago it was built in 1978 by a German expatriate who lived in Kaduna and it was built with metre thick granite stone to reflect the medieval Bavarian theme, it took five years to complete its turrets, armoury and dungeon.. Kajuru Castle is an awesome place to be.. As a Nigerian and Tourist, I am intensely proud that we have a place like this in Nigeria and some people does not about this place, it is such an attractive place I will always recommend for friends to visit..
Bolaji at the Kajuru Castle Kaduna
I also visited the Kaduna museum and learn much about the archaeological and ethnographic artefacts such as terracotta statuettes and the Benin bronzes, much more and I definitely enjoy this ever changing craft exhibition that will leave me inspired and give me a creativity zeal..
Kaduna Museum
And also I visited the Lord Lugard footbridge which is a pedestrian bridge and It was built by lord lugard in 1904, and it was named after him..The bridge served as a link between his residence and other quarters of colonial Zungeru over river Kaduna. The Kaduna State government doing nothing about it to sustain it. This is a monumental icon which is not not suppose to just waste away like that.
The Lord Lugard Bridge . Kaduna
I proceed to the Gidan Makama Museum in Kano which is about five hours drive from Kaduna to Kano, I visits the Museum and learn much about the history of kano and the city wall gate, and about the first emir of kano.. It is such a nice place with beautiful arts..
Gidan Makama Museum. Kano Nigeria
And I also visited the Emir place which is one of the beautiful palace in Nigeria, and asked for the permission to take some pictures, which was granted to me, and beyond the emir was coming from somewhere and I stand still and wave my hand to him, I was allowed to snap him some pictures and he smiles at me when he saw me snapping him.. The people at the emir’s palace are so nice and kind people that understand the purpose of my journey to kano and to the emir’s palace and happily granted me the permission to take some pictures around the building of the palace.
Emir of Kano Palace
I also travel to Jos and discovered alot of tourist attractions about 10 tourist attractions in Plateau state of Nigeria, I visited The Jos museum, which was the first museum to be erected in Nigeria. It was established in 1952 by Bernard Fagg.. It is very nice and tells of the wonders of pre historic Nigeria
Jos Museum
Also visited the Museum of Nigeria for Traditional Architecture, some collection of traditional architecture can be found at this museum..
Museum for Traditional Architecture
visited the building named after the Nigerian Police Commissioner and the first Military Governor of Benue Plateau State, Joseph Dechi Gomwak on 13 April 1935 to 15 May. 1976, Gomwak house lies in the central part of Jos. It is a 9-storey building as you can see from the pictures below..
His house stands as a historical monument and is of interest to both tourists and locals who are interested in political history..
Joseph Gomwak house. Jos Nigeria
From Jos I visited the Assop waterfalls along Jos Markudi road, about 3hours from Jos city..This waterfall drains water from the Assop River and feeds this to the grasslands and vegetation surrounding its landing and the water comes from inside the Rock..
Bolaji at the Assop Waterfalls. Markudi Jos Road
And I traveled from Jos to Bauchi State of Nigeria, Getting to Bauchi I visited the Emir of Bauchi Palace and the Palace was constructed with mud around 200 years back, though it is now renovated with a new structure, it has good design windows and fine balconies as you can see from the picture below.
Emir of Bauchi Palace. Bauchi Nigeria
Bauchi is the Tourism heaven of the North east of Nigeria and it is such a beautiful and cool State to visit in the Northern part of Nigeria, After visiting the Emir palace, I have to travel to Yakari Game Reserve one of the Nigeria Tourist Destinations, Getting to the yakari gate after 3hours drive from Bauchi, I paid for my gate fees and I was picked up by the security Van to the Yakari Resort which was about 40km from the gate. getting to the resorts, I went straight to the Wikki Springs one of my dream tourist attractions site, after paying for the entrance fee, I was able to access the clear like crystal natural springs..
wikki springs
And also the safari drive and museum was such a great experience for me, Yakari game reserve is a place you must visit for relaxation and camping, very attractive.
Yakari Museum
Plateau State
They are mostly the Hausa and Fulani speaking states and Niger state has large land in northern part..
Northern part of Nigeria is not the way people think it is.. It is a region rich in agricultural activities and fascinating people with enchanting cultural heritages.
What inspired me to travel around northern part of Nigeria is easy.. I wanted to show off Nigeria’s tourism potential and it is really been fulfilling as I want so far and to make know of some tourist attractions in the north and pave way for other’s to visit the northern part of Nigeria for Tourism purpose and for national development.
During the course of my traveling experience around North during last week, I have know and discovered more about people’s culture and their lifestyle, and I met very good and honest northerners and share ideas and make friendship..
good friends
Northern part of Nigeria is not the way people perspect it to be, it has many tourist attractions even the ones I haven’t visited as well and I think Nigeria can also generate great income through tourism if the Federal government can re-brand, package and market some of these tourist attractions even the ones in the northern part of Nigeria. Tourism is Life.
Bolaji Seun is a Nigerian Tourist and Travel blogger who is passionate about explorative tourism.. He has visited many tourist attractions and destinations both in Nigeria and outside Nigeria including Ghana, Zimbabwe and Botswana.. You can follow him on Social media: Facebook:@TR BJ, Twitter: @TRBolaji24 WhatsApp:+2348063513525. Instagram@trbolaji
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