The Itinerary Nigeria itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Nigeria, each 8 days — with what every trip actually costs.
- 8
- days
- West Africa
- region
Planning a trip to Nigeria
Pulled from the route below — so it says what it does, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Nov–Feb — the months this route recommends.
How long you need
Every route here runs 8 days.
What it costs
≈ AED 550 per person per day. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
e-Visa online before you go, 30 days. Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with the embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Lagos · Abeokuta · Osogbo · Benin City.
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Best for: Africa's biggest city, and the art that Europe spent a century arguing about
Nigeria in 8 days: Lagos, the Osun-Osogbo grove and the Benin bronzes
Lagos → Abeokuta → Osogbo → Benin City → Lagos
A sacred forest of Yoruba shrines rebuilt by an Austrian artist, the city whose bronzes forced European museums into a reckoning, and the loudest, fastest, most consequential city on the continent — routed deliberately clear of the regions that carry warnings.
Going somewhere near Nigeria?
Africa has more to choose from, or tell us the dates and we'll shape a plan around them.