Calabar

Cross River State · Nigeria

Calabar, Nigeria
Photo: Tom The Pom, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November to February; December for the Calabar Carnival
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
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A laid-back river port near the Cameroon border, Calabar is known for its December street carnival, colonial-era museum in the old British residency, and some of Nigeria's best cuisine. The Drill Ranch primate sanctuary rehabilitates endangered drill monkeys in the city itself.

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