100Caliber:
Do you think it should be renamed "Cross river Mountain Resort " or "Calabar Mountain Resort" since Calabar is already popular.

Ekugbeh:
pleas how much for lodging, food and all that

Malawian:
They better change the name of that place from "cattle" ranch to just "resorts" otherwise, they will wake up one day and see a thousand herd of Fulani cattle at their gates walking majestically to their new home.

100Caliber:
But Obudu is too far away from Calabar to be called Calabar mountain resort , unless they build highspeed train which connects it really fast within 1 hour , but there are other Hills and mountains close to Calabar in Akampka which can host a resort .

princefrank76:
A night lodging at the ranch is 25k minimum..!
I was there two weeks ago.
As a matter of fact obudu is my L.G.A
But brace yourself for cold especially at night and early hours of the day..!

U can contact me if u have an interest of visiting the ranch.
Here are my digits 08128431699

100Caliber:
I was at Obudu Mountain Resort recently and had a good time. I saw some foreign people there too. The place still looks very beautiful like Europe despite low domestic patronage . Maybe they need good managers and marketing team, and a good road network connection.
I've come to realize that average Nigerians just don' have the spending power ,and that's why most businesses like Resorts and shopping centers don't thrive too well .

A business thrives when local and foreign consumers combine, It won't thrive if it's only patronized by foreign. Even rich Nigerians prefer to vacation abroad. The Nigerian spending power is too low and needs to be boosted before such places can thrive.

The idea of resorts and national parks like Tinapa, Obudu Mountain resort, Cross river National park, etc. are great, if not for the low spending power of average Nigerian.
For now, it's just a shame.

donbachi:
Make dubai build similar thing...nigerians go full inside.

zomby:


Nice write up, but I disagree with your statement that a business like resort thrives only when patronized by both local and foreign consumers..it won’t thrive when it is only patronized by foreigner.

Without a doubt, a business may be more profitable When Patronized by local and foreign consumers, But business can also do extremely well when the main Focus Is on foreign consumers: for Example 99% of the resorts in Mexico only focus and depend on foreigners.

Obudu Mountain Will do much better if it is setup well to attract or entice foreigners. Foreign consumers are more reliable and spend more money with very little hesitation.

A resort that is setup to attract local consumers will fail...Attracting foreigners is the main key to a successful resort business...Forget the locals.

100Caliber:
I was at Obudu Mountain Resort recently and had a good time. I saw some foreign people there too. The place still looks very beautiful like Europe despite low domestic patronage . Maybe they need good managers and marketing team, and a good road network connection.
I've come to realize that average Nigerians just don' have the spending power ,and that's why most businesses like Resorts and shopping centers don't thrive too well .

A business thrives when local and foreign consumers combine, It won't thrive if it's only patronized by foreign. Even rich Nigerians prefer to vacation abroad. The Nigerian spending power is too low and needs to be boosted before such places can thrive.

The idea of resorts and national parks like Tinapa, Obudu Mountain resort, Cross river National park, etc. are great, if not for the low spending power of average Nigerian.
For now, it's just a shame.

othermen:
Like Europe? Not like the Amazon?

Modified
If anyone is interested in seeing scenic places and landscape, Europe is not the second or third choice. Australia, New Zealand, the South America and even Asia 'are' comparable and comes to mind; Obudu is a deep, and same with Amazon, so you can compare...that is the idea behind this remark. Really interesting that I have been referred to as having inferiority complex for such a simple assertion, question and clarification.

Vyzz:
It's actually beautiful...



One of the reason why people don't visit there or whatever is because of the name...


For a Nigerian who hasn't heard about this cattle ranch will always pick shoprite or somewhere else over here because the first imagine that will come to him/her is a place filled with cows and stinks of cow poop...


Who will blame them... The need some marketing

I have heard about the ranch but the only picture of it I have seen is that cow head at the gate


Thanks Op

doe:
If the poster have been recently why use stock photos?
I have been there. The place is beautiful but dying a slow death. It looks nothing like the photos. And the cable car was not in service when I was there.
The biggest problem for the ranch is accessibllity. Easier to travel from Enugu as it's just over 4 hours. Then a taxi from obudu town to the village at the foot of the hills. From there it's another taxi to the ranch.
A tiring journey but we'll worth the visit.
No electricity during day, cellular service is limited, very cold at night but rooms have heating.
Not much to do but to enjoy nature. There are guides at the resort that provide guided tours for a few in keke Napa.

Factfinder1:


Please how much budget can make 2 people have a good time here for just a day??

omonla10:
59k

Simplyleo:


This is what happens when you have serious issues with complex.

Yes, to a human being with brain who appreciates nature, it is even prettier than Europe. Not even because of sentiment but from a neutral view point devoid inferiority complex.

This is about nature, not technology.

A human being with a working brain is more comfortable in an environment where he is treated as a human than where he is seen as a gorilla.

But to a human being having issues with complex, even an European poo is more delicious than food in Nigerian eatery. Smh.