region
Lagos area
Base on Victoria Island or Ikoyi for three nights; visit one neighbourhood per trip by pre-arranged car; fly, do not drive, to any other city.
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Rules in force · 3
- Nigeria ↗Check visa and entry rules for your passport with the Nigeria Immigration Service or a Nigerian mission; most visitors need a visa arranged before travel.
- Nigeria ↗Governments advise against all or all but essential travel to a number of Nigerian states; check your own government's advice for each state on your route.
- Nigeria ↗Check the yellow-fever vaccination certificate rules for Nigeria before you fly; carry the certificate with your passport.
Lagos is one base and several separate trips. The city is too large and too jammed to cross twice in a day, so pick a hotel, group sights by neighbourhood, and treat the beaches and Lekki as their own half-day.
Where to sleep
Lagossleep base
Victoria Island for first-timers; Ikoyi for quieter nights.
Lekkiday trip
Nike Art Gallery, beaches and the conservation centre; traffic decides the day.
Night sequences
- 3 nights
- Lagos 3, one neighbourhood per morning
- 4 nights
- Lagos 3 + Lekki half-day
- Lagos Island + Victoria Island + Lekki in one day is mostly time in a car.
Day-trips door to door
| To | From | Door-to-door p50 | Last return | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lekki | Lagos | 60 min | unknown | Plan to be back before 15:00; the road out gets slow. |
Bags between cities
No luggage forwarding culture: keep the big bag at the hotel and take a day pack.