Taraba State
Discover Taraba State
Taraba State is a state in North East Nigeria. The state consists of beautiful landscapes and high mountain ranges like the Gotel Mountains and Mambilla Plateau ranges, which serve as sources of numerous rivers and streams like the Donga and Taraba rivers. Tea is grown around the Mambilla region. The largest people group here is the Jukun, which is made up of various subgroups. Taraba state was founded during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida in 1991, the state was created from the former Gongola State.
Taste of Taraba State...
Taraba state people are well known for local dishes such as the Tuwo Shinkafa, Fura, and Suya. In some parts of Taraba state like the Wukari town, food can be bought from roadside vendors, food hawkers, and also eateries or restaurants. The City has a good number of eateries where visitors and travelers to the State can purchase a variety of indigenous as well as foreign delicacies. If you want to take any drink in Taraba state, you make your way to any bar or restaurant around, sit, order your drink and have a good time. However, there are some drinks peculiar to Taraba state such as: Kunu, also known as "kununzaki": a popular drink that is made from grains such as millet, sorghum, and maize. When it is made from sorghum, it is a milky light-brown colour. When it is made from millet or maize, it is whitish. Kunun gyada, also known as "groundnut milk", is a light porridge made from raw groundnuts and rice. It is similar to akamu/pap/ogi, which is consumed in the southwestern region of the country. Zobo: This is a popular drink mostly taken cold. It is made from dried Roselle plant flowers. The bright red drink is made from a boiled combination of dried Roselle plant, ginger and pineapple. Some might add sugar to taste. Fura da nono: Fura is millet dough balls. The word 'Nono' in Hausa means "cow’s milk". To make fura da nono, the millet dough balls are added to the cow's milk or yoghurt, and sugar is added to taste.
Climate
Taraba state has a tropical wet and dry climate. Dry season lasts for a minimum of five months (November to March) while the wet season spans from April to October. The Jalingo Airport caters for local travels (travels within Nigeria) only. The process is normal, after booking your ticket and you arrive at the airport, of course, you will pass through some screenings, which might be time taking at times, and once you are cleared, you will then board the plane. Different transport companies offer transportation from any part of Nigeria to Taraba State. All you need to do is to get to the bus garage of wherever state you are, ask someone (of course you need to be sure to ask the right person) to direct you to where the Taraba Bus is, and once you see the bus, you pay the fare and the bus takes you straight to Taraba. Getting around in Taraba state is not a difficult thing, you just need to get into a bus or cab plying your route, and you can easily get around in Taraba state.
Essential Information
Getting There
Multiple OptionsThe Jalingo Airport caters for local travels (travels within Nigeria) only. The process is normal, after booking your ticket and you arrive at the airport, of course, you will pass through some screenings, which might be time taking at times, and once you are cleared, you will then board the plane. Different transport companies offer transportation from any part of Nigeria to Taraba State. All you need to do is to get to the bus garage of wherever state you are, ask someone (of course you need to be sure to ask the right person) to direct you to where the Taraba Bus is, and once you see the bus, you pay the fare and the bus takes you straight to Taraba. Getting around in Taraba state is not a difficult thing, you just need to get into a bus or cab plying your route, and you can easily get around in Taraba state....
Getting Around & Staying
Getting Around
Getting around in Taraba state is not a difficult thing, you just need to get into a bus or cab plying your route, and you can easily get around in Taraba state. Notable among these road Transport Companies include; the Waidun Ahadun Transport Company and the Mallam Mohammed Transport services with a Bus Park located at no 18 Majidadi Road and another terminal/bus park at the Millionaire street in the Government Reserved Area axis of Jalingo, Taraba State respectively. The cost of moving around in Taraba state is fairly Okay. The state has a lot of places that could be a center of attraction for tourists, places that every tourist to Taraba State should endeavor to visit. Other festivals are Purma of the Chamba in Donga, Takum and Jibu culture dance in Bali, the Tagba of Acha People in Takum, Kuchecheb of Kutebs in Takum and Ussa, Kati of the Mambilla and host of others. Taraba state people are well known for local dishes such as the Tuwo Shinkafa, Fura, and Suya.