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Yenagoa
Capital city of Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Yenagoa

Yenagoa is a Local Government Area and capital city of Bayelsa State, Southern Nigeria.

Plan a trip to Yenagoa→From Port Harcourt

It is located in the Niger Delta region of the country at coordinates 4°55′29″N 6°15′51″E.

Get in

Getting to Yenagoa

From wherever you are, to get to Yenagoa you need to fly in to Port Harcourt Airport and continue the journey to the city by road. Flights every hour from Lagos take around 1 hour and 20 minutes. From the terminus of God is Good Motors found in different parts of the country GIGM will suffice. It costs ₦10,500 from Lagos.Peace Mass Transport and Agofure also have terminals all over the country.

Do

Things to do

Swimming, fishing and boat racing.

Eat

Where to eat

Megroasty Foods, By Sunky Supermarket, 14 Azikoro Street, Ekeki, megroastyfoods@gmail.com. 7AM. Offers dine-in, take away and delivery. Bloozzom Bistro Salad Bar and Cafe, Along Old Assembly Quarters,. 24 hr. Dine-in, delivery. Foundation Bakery,. 8AM–8PM. Dine-in, take away.

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    Atlantic Flavour
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    D'Delicatessen
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    Cocopot Restaurant

    They offer various menus like soup, rice recipes, and yam recipes.

How locals move

Getting around Yenagoa the local way

  • Get aroundFrom here, travelers board shared motorized speedboats or charter private marine vessels to track the deep delta creeks.
  • Get aroundA shared speedboat ride from Swali down the river channels to Brass Island takes roughly 1.5 to 2 hours of high-speed travel.

From Wikivoyage: Bayelsa State, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Hadassah Photostorie group (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.