Lagos City Tour with Perfume-Making Class: 8 Hours

Make your own scent while discovering Lagos history and culture

An 8-hour private Lagos city tour that moves through the National Museum Lagos and Freedom Park, includes a local meal, and closes with a hands-on perfume-making class where you blend and bottle a 100ml fragrance to keep. Live English-speaking guide, private transportation, and hotel pickup are included. Minimum age is 18.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Lagos culture and create perfume

• Visit National Museum Lagos
• Stroll through Freedom Park
• Enjoy authentic Nigerian meal
• Attend private perfume-making class

The experience

Eight hours covers four stops that build on each other: the National Museum Lagos first, where you move through exhibits of Nigerian sculpture, carvings, and archaeological pieces that ground the day in the country's heritage. Freedom Park comes next: a former colonial prison on Lagos Island that now holds galleries, a waterfall, and cultural spaces where local art and history sit side by side. A meal at a local eatery breaks the walking and gives you the food people in Lagos actually eat, not a tourist version of it.

The perfume-making class is the reason to book this one. You work with a guide to blend scents inspired by the city, then bottle a full 100ml fragrance that is yours to take home. It is not a demonstration you watch. You make the thing yourself. The class sits at the end of the day, so the museum and the park and the meal all feed into what you choose to create.

The tour runs in an air-conditioned vehicle with a private driver. Pickup happens at your hotel. The total 8 hours includes travel time between stops. Soda, bottled water, and snacks come with the ride. All areas are wheelchair accessible, and the pace suits any fitness level.

What’s included

• Private transportation with an air-conditioned vehicle and driver.
• hotel pickup.
• a live English-speaking guide.
• entry to the National Museum Lagos and Freedom Park.
• a meal at a local eatery.
• soda, bottled water, and snacks.
• and a hands-on perfume-making class where you create and bottle a 100ml fragrance to take home.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 08:00

Book up to3h before

AgesAdult (18 to 80 years) · Under 18: can't be booked

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 13 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller-friendlyPublic transport nearby

Operated by Lade

Is this one for you?The full 8 hours includes travel time between stops, so the pace is steady rather than rushed. You move through the museum and the park without hurrying, then settle into the perfume class at the end. This suits anyone who wants to absorb Lagos culture across multiple sites and end the day making something tangible.

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Top questions

What will I see at the National Museum Lagos?

The National Museum Lagos holds a notable collection of Nigerian art: sculpture, carvings, and archaeological and ethnographic pieces that tell the story of Nigerian culture and heritage.

What is Freedom Park and what can I do there?

Freedom Park is a memorial and leisure area on Lagos Island that was once Her Majesty's Broad Street Prison. It now serves as a national memorial with historical landmarks, galleries, a waterfall, and cultural and arts spaces.

Do I get to keep the perfume I make?

Yes. You create a customized 100ml bottle of perfume during the class, and it is completely yours to keep.

What language does the guide speak?

The guide speaks English throughout the tour.

Is hotel pickup included?

Yes, private transportation and hotel pickup are included in the tour price.