Lagos
Worth seeing in and around Lagos
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
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Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Lagos
- Airports
- Murtala Muhammed (LOS), 16 km · Cotonou Cadjehoun (COO), 112 km · Lomé–Tokoin (LFW), 239 km
- Ilorin/Ogbomosho → Lagos253 km · quickest by road, 4h 9m · ₦16,000–21,350
- Asaba → Lagos370 km · quickest by air, 4h 28m · ₦86,420–134,100
- Port Harcourt → Lagos442 km · quickest by air, 5h 33m · ₦105,840–164,200
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Lagos
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Lagos. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAvoid taking an Okada for long distances, while it's raining and in the night Okadas and kekes (tuk tuks) were banned by the government in Lagos/Victoria Islands, Ikeja, Apapa, Yaba, and certain other Mainland districts of Lagos effective Feb of 2020 for safety reasons.
- Get aroundAvis is your best bet for this; either call or make use of their online services: Lagos Ferry Services Company runs scheduled routes between Lagos Island, Banana island, Mile 2 (Apapa axis) and the mainland.
- Get aroundModern ferries have been assigned to carry both passengers and cargo on the lagoon and on some creeks.
From Wikivoyage: Lagos City, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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If you know how people move in Lagos – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Lagos
Lagos is 2 km from Obalende, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Makokoinformal settlement in Lagos State, Nigeria4.7 km
- Mushinsuburb of Lagos and local government area in Nigeria8.8 km
- Shomolulocal government area of Nigeria9.5 km
- Lagos MainlandLGA and suburb in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria6 km
- Eko Atlanticcity in Lagos State, Nigeria6.1 km
- Ikoyineighbourhood of Lagos, Nigeria, located in Eti-Osa Local Government Area4.5 km