INTERESTING PLACE TO VISIT IN ABA

The Caves, Arochukwu

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The caves is a combination of five caves and is a place that will thrill any tourist that visits for the first time. It is a major tourist destination in the eastern axis of Nigeria and is located just behind Ogba hills. The caves is a UNESCO heritage site and is home to a colony of bats.

Arochukwu Cave, Arochukwu

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Arochukwu cave is many things to the people of Arochukwu. It is a very dark cave and is known to have lots of outlets with a number of them being hundreds of yards away from the entrance to the cave. This cave apart from being a shrine was also a route made use of by slave traders. It contains a spring as well as a gate of no return through which victims were sold into a lifetime of slavery.

Museum of Antiquties, Ujari

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The museum of antiquities is a section of the national war museum. It contains lots of artifacts that are related to the slave trade era. Some of these items include; canons, metal gongs, buckets, handcuffs, etc. A visit to this museum will help you have a clearer understanding of what life in the slave era was like.

Akwete Weavers, Akwete

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Your visit to Abia state will be easily forgotten if you do not purchase something from the natives that will help you remember your experience. Now, there won’t be a better place to buy something manufactured by the locals than Akwete.
Abia state might not be the most beautiful state in Nigeria, that notwithstanding, it has lots of amazing spots that everyone should visit.

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