Nigeria OVERVIEW
One might wonder what the necessary components a country should have to become a desired holiday spot are. Let's see. Hundreds of miles of coastline with sandy beaches rolling under your feet? Languid lagoons and magnificent waterfalls hypnotizing with sparkling reflections or tumbling water? Or maybe lush tropical forests for the best of exploration and animal watching? How about fascinating ancient sites telling a vibrant story of days gone by? An intricate wealth of native races and religions? Well, all of this can be found if you navigate towards Nigeria. And yet, this exciting country, whose history goes back to as far as 9000 BC, is pretty much off tourist itineraries. There are no flocks at the superb Yankari National Park with a stunning population of elephant and its crystal-clear Wikki Warm Spring to pamper you with a 31°C bath. No hordes of sightseers at West Africa's oldest city of Kano, once a famed trans-Saharan trade route and center of Islamic scholarship or Calabar, Nigeria's biggest slave trade port and a place of historical significance. Lagos, the country's former capital and economic powerhouse, scares off with bumper-to-bumper traffic, suffocating fumes and a repellent crime rate. Apparently, a brighter light is yet to shine for Nigeria.
In the meantime, this socially diverse country is like a hissing geyser. Torn by extremes where great wealth go cheek to cheek with poverty that is an affront to human dignity, Nigeria is often shook by civil strife and countless explosive incidents. Although it dominates West Africa politically and economically (oil rich regional superpower), it remains one of the world's poorest countries with decades of civil war, famine, corruption, ethnic violence and Muslim-Christian friction haunting the image. Sadly, today Nigeria is a destination to steer away from.
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