Photograph the Nelson Mandela Gardens beside Asaba airport

Ogbe-Ogonogo Modern Market on Nnebisi Road is Asaba's main market, with food, produce, clothes and fabrics, and it draws buyers from as far as Onitsha. Sources disagree on its busiest days, including a four-day Nkwo market rhythm, so do not plan around a fixed day. Ask your hotel or a trader which day is liveliest…

At Anwai, the Maryam Babangida Leisure Park and Film Village is a government-built complex with a zoo, leisure grounds and a film village whose amphitheatre hosts screenings and festivals. Visitors hoping to watch Nollywood crews at work may be disappointed, since a filmmaker said in late 2024 that it is run mainly as…

Delta State banned commercial motorcycles (okada) in Asaba and its environs from 24 May 2024, so keke tricycles, taxis and buses carry most trips. Keke often stay on tarred main streets, and 2024 reports describe fares above the old okada rates, so agree the fare before you board. Ask your hotel to call a taxi for…