IBENO BEACH AKWA IBOM STATE. One of the numerous fine
beaches in Nigeria is the Ibeno beach in Akwa ibom state. A lover of water
sport finds the beach which stretches to James town on the Atlantic coastline
with opportunities for water sporting.
Located in south-south region of the country, Akwa Ibom is
an oil-rich state as it is the second largest producer of crude oil in the
country. The state is made up of a homogenous group of people believed to have
originated from a single ancestral stock, and speaking closely related
languages. The cultural similarity amongst the people of the is also epitomized
in folklore, songs, dances, food, beliefs and mythology.
The Ibeno beach is a beautiful sand beach which stretches to
James Town on the Atlantic,
providing recreational facilities for water
sporting. Other impressive beaches are located at Eket, Ikot Abasi, Adadia, Nwaniba,
Uta Ewa and Oron. The state is well known for her exciting and rich culinary
culture, and highly reputed for her irresistible and salivating variety of
cuisines which are predominantly vegetables and sea foods.
Visitors can have a taste of popular local dishes such as isi-ewu,
Afang, Edikan Ikong and top it up with fresh palm wine. Oron Museum offers some
finest carvings, relics, artifacts and other valuable
antiquities such as
masquerade costumes, traditional/instruments, pottery. The museum also contains
an attractive, shaded water front garden where visitors can watch small boats
drifting on the creeks.
Others includes mobile tank farm, the Oron
museum, the Ibom connection.
