ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TRAVEL
Jalingo, a city located in Taraba State exactly in the middle of the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The City is also the State’s Capital and boasts an estimated population of about 765,866 City inhabitants. Like the many other states that surround Jalingo, it has a climate of Tropical Savanna Climate with an annual average temperature of 34 degrees centigrade.
There are a couple of Markets in the capital city and these include the Jalingo new Modern Market and the Gindin Doruwa Market. The City also has a rich cultural heritage showcased by the City ’s numerous festivals which include the Kati Harvest Festival, the Yonko Yam Festival, and the Asamu Festival.
Jalingo offers Visitors an interesting array of tourist attractions with some of these landmarks located within the City and some others just on the outskirts. Some of these tourist attractions include the Mambilla Plateau, the Gashaka-Gumti National Park, and the Marmara Crocodile Pond. Also, Visitors have a plethora of mouthwatering cuisines to choose from some of them are the Tuwo Masara, Tuwo Shinkafa, and the Miyan Kuka. Temperatures in Jalingo gets as high as 40 degrees centigrade in the dry seasons. Prospective visitors to Jalingo who are not favourably disposed to extreme weather may be better off with scheduling their visits to fall between May and September when the Weather in the City is at its coolest.
Getting To Jalingo
Travelling to Jalingo can be facilitated by a number of means which include:
Travelling by Air
The city has a single functional airport that prospective travellers coming to the City and will prefer travelling down in via. This airport underwent a massive upgrade that climaxed in 2014 is directly accessed by a number of local airlines from different parts of Nigeria. The average cost of travelling to Jalingo by air from places within Nigeria is 18,000 naira.
Travelling by Road
Jalingo is connected by Road to neighbouring Cities and States which include Yola, Gombe, and Bauchi. Several Bus transport companies offer shuttle services from these neighbouring Cities and other parts of Nigeria to Jalingo. These Bus Transport Companies include the Waidun Ahadun Transport Company with a Bus Park at no 18 Majidadi Road and the Mallam Mohammed Transport services with a terminal and bus park at the Millionaire street in the GRA axis of the City.
Several smaller transporters also convey people from other parts of Taraba to Jalingo. The average cost of travelling to Jalingo by Road from places in Northern Nigeria is 2500 naira.
Getting Around In Jalingo
Moving around in Jalingo is facilitated by a handful of intra-city transport providers which include the commercial motorbikes known as Achaba, tricycle operators, and the Minibuses plus taxi Cab operators. The average cost of a trip from one point in Jalingo to another via these intra-city transport options is 50 Naira.
