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Lagos: Badagry Day Trip with Boat Ride to Gberefu Island

By Motley Travels and Logistics Limited
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Price is €250 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets

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  • Free cancellation available
  • 10h+
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  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

  • Experience the rich history of Badagry, a town that borders Benin Republic
  • Visit the first storey building in Nigeria and the Heritage Museum
  • Take a boat ride to Gberefu Island and walk the path of no return
  • Learn about the history of slavery in the Badagry region
  • Enjoy free time at the beach to relax, play games, and make new friends

Activity location

    • Lagos
    • Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Lagos
    • Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

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Lagos: Badagry Day Trip with Boat Ride to Gberefu Island

  • Activity duration is 10 hours10h
    10h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 08:00
Price details
€249.75 x 1 Adult€249.75
Total
Price is €249.75

Lagos: Badagry Trip to Gberefu Island + Border Transfer

  • Activity duration is 11 hours11h
    11h
  • English

After your experience at Badagry, you will be transferred to the Seme Border with border protocols into Benin Republic.

Language options: English
Starting time: 08:00
Price details
€301.42 x 1 Adult€301.42
Total
Price is €301.42

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guided tour of Slave Baraccoon
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Visit to the first Storey building in Nigeria
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entry to the Heritage Museum
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Boat ride across the lagoon
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Walk to the Point of No Return
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Time at the beach front

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Swimming
  • Not suitable for: People with mobility impairments
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

Take a drive through the buzzing city of Lagos and feel the drift as you are welcomed by the gentle breeze of calmness and peace as you approach the Badagry town. A town that borders Benin Republic has a mixed occupancy of both nationals cohabiting peacefully. As you gaze into the Atlantic ocean, you definitely will travel in time, in deep reflection.
You will be glad you took this trip to further enrich your knowledge of the history of slavery in the Badagry region.

As you drive along, you will be filled with imaginations of what to expect. Feel free to engage your guide as you drive along.

Upon arrival in Badagry, you will be received by the locals who are always excited to tell their stories to visitors. Your first point of call would be Slave Baraccoon. Its quite a touchy experience here, we recommend concentration in other to follow through the historic recall of the slave era.

As you finish from the Baraccoon, you will be guided to the first Storey building in Nigeria. This building holds so much especially as regards the popular Samuel Ajayi Crowther, who translated the bible into Yoruba.

The Heritage museum gives a vivid account of the lives of the missionaries that worked in the region during the time. It also hold a lot of information about the transatlantic movement at the time. You also get to see some relics displayed to capture the essence of your visit.

This is where the touchy part begins. The walk to the point of no return starts with a boat ride across the lagoon. Get captivated by the special lilies floating on the lagoon as if welcoming you to Gberefu Island. Attractions as you commence a 2km walk after the boat ride includes, the attenuation wells, a mini market where souvenirs are on display for sale.

Upon arrival at the Atlantic, there is a high degree of temptation to dive into the waters, but we always warn you to be careful as the currents are high. Tourists are advised to have fun at the beach front. Make new friends, play games and spend some quality time together.

Location

Activity location

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    • Lagos
    • Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Lagos
    • Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria