Attractions and Places to Visit in Calabar

The city of Calabar has an international museum, a botanical garden, a Free Trade Zone, an international airport and seaport, an integrated sports stadium complex, a cultural centre, one of the most prominent universities in the country – the University of Calabar, a slave history park and several historical and cultural landmarks. It also has several resorts and amusement parks. The former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor lived in the old colonial palace in the city, under an agreement that led to the end of his country's civil war.

Chief Ekpo Bassey's House

This national monument is situated at 19 Boko Street, Calabar and was the residence of the famous Chief Ekpo Bassey.
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National Museum, Calabar

This was built in 1959. It is notable as home to the relics of slave trade including names of people that aided it, the currency of slave trade. The National museum calabar designed and built in Glasgow by colonial masters is home to souvenirs from slave trade.

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Slave Museum

Located on the site of a fifteenth-century slave-trading warehouse in Marina Beach, the Slave History Museum derived its name from the activities that took place in Calabar, the embarkation point for a significant percentage of the slaves who left African shores during the transatlantic slave trade.

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