Badagry Heritage Tour: Slave Museum & Point of No Return

The Badagry Slave Museum holds the chains and shackles. Gberefu Island holds the ocean where the ships departed.

A guided tour of Badagry's slave trade history in Nigeria, visiting the Badagry Slave Museum, the Point of No Return on Gberefu Island, and the Attenuation Wells, with an English-speaking guide, lunch, and hotel pickup included. The tour runs eight to ten hours and covers the barracoon where enslaved Africans were held, the Heritage Museum's missionary records and recovered artifacts, and the Atlantic coastline where the transatlantic journey began.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Badagry heritage sites

• Visit slave barracoon and relics
• See resting place of Williams Seriki Abass
• Tour Heritage Museum and exhibits
• View First Storey Building
• Stop at Attenuation Wells
• Visit new historical monument site
• Reflect at Gberefu Island shoreline

The experience

The Badagry Slave Museum opens the tour inside the slave barracoon, a preserved space holding original chains, shackles, and relics from the transatlantic slave era. You'll also visit the resting place of Williams Seriki Abass, whose life shaped the region's slave-trade narrative, and the Heritage Museum, where photographs, missionary records, and recovered wreckage document how education, religion, and social change unfolded during this period. The First Storey Building in Nigeria, constructed in 1845, stands as a landmark of cultural transformation.

The journey then moves to Gberefu Island, where you stop at the Attenuation Wells. The site where enslaved Africans were forced to drink water believed to erase their memories of home. A new historical monument under construction there will preserve additional relics from the slave era. The tour culminates at the Atlantic Ocean shoreline, the point where countless enslaved Africans were taken onto ships bound for unknown lands. Standing on this coastline offers a moment to reflect on the stories of resilience and loss that shaped the region.

An English-speaking guide leads the entire experience, providing context and insight at each stop. The tour includes an air-conditioned vehicle for transport between sites, a boat ride to Gberefu Island, lunch, bottled water, and a Motley Goody Bag. Hotel pickup and drop-off are arranged, so you don't need your own transport. The tour spans eight to ten hours, allowing time to absorb the weight and significance of each location.

What’s included

• Hotel pickup and drop-off in an air-conditioned vehicle.
• English-speaking guide for the full tour.
• entry to the Badagry Slave Museum and Heritage Museum.
• boat ride to Gberefu Island.
• lunch.
• bottled water.
• all fees and taxes.
• Motley Goody Bag.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery day

AgesAdult (13 to 68 years) · Child (2 to 12 years) · Infant (under 2)

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 3 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller-friendlyPets welcomeInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Motley Travels

Is this one for you?The tour includes hotel pickup, so you don't need a car or arrange your own transport to reach Badagry from wherever you're staying. The guide meets you and handles the full day's logistics, leaving you free to focus on the history and reflection the sites demand.

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Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (2 to 12 years); Infant (under 2).

What exactly is inside the Badagry Slave Museum?

The Badagry Slave Museum preserves the slave barracoon where enslaved Africans were held, displaying original chains, shackles, and artifacts from the transatlantic slave era. The Heritage Museum section holds photographs, missionary records, and recovered wreckage that document the lives of early missionaries and the social transformation they influenced during this period.

What happens at Gberefu Island and the Point of No Return?

Gberefu Island is where you stand at the Atlantic Ocean shoreline: the actual point where enslaved Africans were forced onto ships bound for unknown lands. On the way there, you visit the Attenuation Wells, where enslaved Africans were forced to drink water believed to erase their memories of home, and a new historical monument being built to preserve additional relics from the slave era.

Is the tour private or shared with other travelers?

This is a private tour tailored to your group, with an English-speaking guide dedicated to your party throughout the eight to ten hours.

What's included in the tour price?

The tour includes hotel pickup and drop-off, an air-conditioned vehicle, a boat ride to Gberefu Island, lunch, bottled water, all fees and taxes, and a Motley Goody Bag. An English-speaking guide accompanies the entire experience.