Enjoy outdoor relaxation? Nelson Mandela gardens is a fun place to be. I enjoyed my time there, definitely going back to the swimming pool. The attendants are polite, there is someone ready to show you around. The place also have a mini zoo. There were monkeys, ostrich, peacock, tortoise. They sell drinks and chips like my usual chips and potato and also barbecue. It’s a good place for family outing, birthday party and picnics.

A beautiful garden by the airport. Accommodation, mini zoo, tennis courts, swimming pool and a lively garden. Was seriously amazed. Good job. Ooo fine service.

Everybody was ready and willing to help. It’s a very cool place for relaxation

Nelson Mandela Gardens is a serene environment, a great place for relaxation,meditation, picnics ,photoshoots,video shoots and more...

Nelson Mandela Gardens is located through Asaba Airport Asaba, Delta State. It ushers one into a cozy environment with well maintained green grasses and beautiful trees. Several fun areas exist starting with Paintball arena to the mini zoo and then to the children play zone. There is also a garden area where grilled chicken and chips and nkwobi could be shared with friends and family over a drink. Another interesting area is the swimming pool area. The swimming pool is large enough for over 50 persons at a time with several sitouts for relaxation. There is a lodging for those who wish to spend weekend getaways or vacations. There is a gym house too for such lodgers. All round, Nelson Mandela Gardens is a fun place to be. Next time your flight is delayed in Asaba Airport, you can just walk down to the Garden and give yourself a treat of nature's best.

Beautiful lovely, the zoo has lots of animals . Then our great hero jibunah Newton..who drove on land from London to Nigeria and Nigeria to London three times lives there . He has planted thousands of trees round the world and more than a hundred at the NELSON MANDELA'S garden

Authentic Traditional African resort befitting of The Great Madiba that it is named after. Kudos to the legendary Dr Newton Jibunoh, celebrated African icon in his own rights for the vision to conceive and commitment to the delivery and sustenance of Nelson Mandela Gardens @Asaba, Delta State of Nigeria.

Beautiful scenery of African heritage ... dedicated to greatest of all time... Nelson Mandela .... Beautiful and well scented rooms ... Standard pool

At Nelson Mandela garden,you will have your cool sit out,relax and feel yourself... you'd also get to see the airplane take off or land, because the garden is located right inside the airport....how cool is that? There is a mini zoo in there,very nice tree shades where you can sit and just relax,you can get some drinks as well....

A serene and nature inspired environment, away from the hustle and bustle of the heart of town.

It is located just within the Asaba international Airport, which provides extra security. It is composed of a beautiful garden and playground, accommodation lodges and the sports complex with facilities like the international swimming pool, gym and tennis court. The entire property and adorned in lush gardens with beautiful flowers and trees. No wonder it is a location for marriage proposals, photoshoots, wedding receptions too. The garden has a mini zoo and it is an absolute delight seeing some farm animals like the ostrich, tortoise, donkeys, rabbits, parrots and monkeys too. Did I forget the peacock? With the children playground Equipments, it is a haven for kids and families. From trampolines to swings, slides and playhouses, there's no dull moment for kids of all ages. Are you adventurous? Try out Badminton and paintballing with friends! There is also a gazebo where you can get drinks and small chops. There's also a grill bar for your barbecue fish, shawarma, chicken and chips and the likes. You can join in the free classes. The morning exercises and also the dance classes Nelson Mandela Garden is a must for both residents and tourists. Great accomodations and for relaxation, outdoor parties and communing with nature.

Serene Environment, cool games, fine natural settings, the pool is something else. You need to visit with your loved ones.

Best visited during rainy season... All greeness The place is not bad... But I believe the maintenance is poor, seeing as it is not government owned I expect more... But what can I say- maybe my plenty exposure has made my expectations very high...

Place to relax

Good and safe. But going through renovation now.

Beautiful sight at the Portharcourt zoo today, had the opportunity of seeing a life hunter lion(lioness) for the very first time. A peacock , Eagles, orstreach tortoise, donkey and lot more fun. The kids had the privilege to ride on a horse...it was amazing

It's a shadow of what it used to be. I went there to take photos though. I wish it would go back to it's original glory.. all photos were taken on my phone.

Business

I saw a cute peacock 🦚 for the first time and the first picture that dude was friendly and not friendly

A nice place to be. You will learn history here. Please visit.

The swimming pool is big as I like but we are not there for Olympics Na, you need to make some places like 3 feet so it can accommodate everyone, not everyone is a master swimmer and no children section, you guys need to work on the zoo section, no animals and there were not even arranged well or neat, I was disappointed with the zoo section, you guys need general renovation

Very wonderful place. It also has a zoo with different animals.

I didn’t want to leave. The environment is so lovely and their services are amazing 😊

It has a serene environment, allows you to interact with nature and enjoy the landscape.

The Serene environment and the surrounding nature view shows there uniqueness. I recommend

Lovely place to with family with good health food and services love to visit again

Nelson Mandela boasts of a very Serene environment.

Wao! It was interesting

This is one of the wonderful place to have funs with ur family and friends.

Still a work in progress but nice place to be

Was great hanging out there! Got all the quietness and serenity I needed?!

Mandela Garden is one of the most beautiful places I've been in Asaba. The Garden is neat and serenely beautiful. It's sure a nice place for picnics and hangouts. With beautiful trees and plant in sight. If you visit Mandela Garden, you would love and appreciate nature more.

Comfortable and serene environment

The best relaxation place to be in airport

Its a nice place

Nice place to visit....

The only garden I know of in Asaba. It's a nice place to have a quiet time. Built within the Asaba International Airport, Mandela Gardens serves as a nice relaxation centre for travellers and locals alike. I must commend the Management for the neatness of the environment. All the times I've been there, it has always been neat (no matter my arrival time) and that's really impressive to me. It's got a few animals that are not commonly seen around this locality, like donkeys, ostriches, etc. It's a welcome development. The only problem, in my opinion, is that of accessibility. For someone who is not driving, the trek from the airport entrance to the garden itself is really something. After such a long trek, you must need to catch your breath. My suggestion would be that a means of conveyance could be provided by the management and also some publicity may be needed. Not many people know about this nice place.

Calm place to relax

There's no enough things to play around with. Put in more structures pls

Serene environment. The central music can be ignored or tolerated if you have your own bluetooth speaker. Needs more vendors, wait staff, seats and maybe rooms. Imagine the traffic if you could spend the night (close to airport sha so...do with that what you will.)

Nelson Mandela Gardens is simply majestic. Located within the premise of the Asaba airport, it serves as a wonderful oasis for travelers from the entire mid west region to eastern Nigeria looking to relax, relate, and release. Embedded within are exotic animals, and possibly the most scenic environment you'll see for miles. An absolute recommendation.

Nelson Mandela Park, Asaba is a composite leisure and business park that offers hospitality suites in a natural environment. Currently it showcases well manicured lawns, a garden of 95 trees, a snack bar, a lawn tennis court. A semi Olympic size swimming pool, with pool pavilion, is under construction. The park hosts birthday parties, picnics, club activities, school excursions. A lovely, healthy environment for the whole family.

Green. Nice. Not so tranquil because it's close to the express. Drinks are very affordable. Foods are not allowed in and they don't sell food(kinda a silly rule). But I enjoyed my time there with friends.

Peaceful. Serene.

Ok

Just by Asaba International Airport

A great place to be and chill out. A gate fee of #500 for adults but it's worth it. There's a zoo with animals such as ostrich, tortoise and donkey. The swimming pool is currently not functional. It also has a bar where u can organize a small get together and have fun

Awesome place to visit for fone

I love the serenity

Was okay but needed more lighting at night

The place is super cool ...

Cool place to relax

Cool for relaxation

Nice place to be

Nature at it's peak

It's a very wonderful place for tour and relaxation.

Great place to be

Like this place

Awesome place

Earlier today with my sister Amazon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, YES the very one you know. Our call for development in Anioma shall be heard all over the world soon and people will begin to have reasons to spot Anioma on the global map for civilization ... KARIFEST Duchess Onyekaah Esq. (Iyanga Anioma).

Just pass by

Hard to believe we have such a chilled out place in Asaba. A nice place to hangout with friends and family during the weekends

Good

Good

There are no animals here and there is a lot of jobs to be done here, in order to put it back in shape and make it one of the best zoo in the country. So for now I will say that it is very poor.

Children will like it for the mere sound of its a zoo, but I don't know how much of live animals are in there but I know for sure that its not d focus of the government right now nonetheless it won't be so bad to visit the zoo and get a first hand ✋info.

No animal. It should be closed down

I lost my homie, where is Jim. He went to see the lion and never came back.

The only thing, anybody that has been here before, has are fond memories and nostalgia whenever this place is sighted or passed. An avenue for Tourism in Port Harcourt, but little or no interest is placed on it. Located on trans-amadi road, it can be accessed from at least 4 points, but the zoo itself has one entrance. It can be spotted from a distance due to the dense trees population in the compound. The ministry of culture and tourism should look into revamping it or else, lose it to criminal activities thereby leading to a total boycott by individuals.

There are no more animal's in the zoo. All are dead due to lack of care. It saddens my heart

Just a place for relaxation animals are few

There are working on the fence and their about to complete it, which is a good thing to do for zoo like that

Currently being innovated

Currently under construction

It needs improvement . A shadow of it former glory

Construction is going on with the zoo

Rebuilding process on now

Not satisfactory at all

Still on renovation, but it was fun, saw some animals,i rode a horse but no lion or snakes .

Government of Rivers State should convert this zoo to something else, since nothing is happening here. The environment is full of hoodlums. It is not wise to be here in the night. Thank God government is constructing here now

Don't waste your time and 200 naira if you're planning to go to this zoo to see exotic animals. There are none. Port Harcourt zoo is another victim of mismanagement and a failed system.

Nice

Bad

Port Harcourt Zoo is only a history... It's almost out of existence... The only animals there are just an ostrich, chimpanzee, crocodile, and turtle. The place is looking so dangerous and unkept... No special animal of attraction. No lion in the zoo. And the few animals left are malnourished.

Terrible Dirty Disheartening

The place is looking so abandoned and there are no much animals thier.

Very cool

Poor. A place to revive your depression while seeing very scanty depressed animals.

It has just been revamped by this current administration

Still a place for sight seeing.

An old zoo. With few animals

There's nothing happening there.

Less capacity and poor management

Nice and amazing

Nice fun place to visit with your family and friends.

Not attracted for site viewing no good animals also not decent

Cool environment

A contract has just been signed for the upgrade of the zoo

No animals there, the ones there are no properly taken care of.

Not a place to be for the now

Poor care of animals in the facility

Quack

A Very Cool and Quiet place

No Improvement since 2016 I last visited

It's a nice environment but it seriously lacks sufficient maintenance. The animals there are only peafowls, tortoise and two others. The pool is completely not functional, grasses are gradually covering the beauty of the environment. Let's hope you don't meet it that way.

It's a wonderful place. I love the way it looks. Beautiful place to visit..

Excellent scenery, super delicacies. Need to provide more Servers though.

Wonderful Environment...There is Room for Improvement...

Nothing much to see, just a nice place to spend your time while awaiting your flight. Drinks are affordable. Currently under renovation so might be better after

Nice greenery and we'll maintained garden at the Asaba Airport.

Lovely garden for a perfect picnic. Their grilled fish and chicken and chips so nice n tasty. The perfect environment for snapping and most importantly, their children playground is ok

It fun, ND I loved it

It's close to nature, pure air and refreshments. Good picnic site

It's actually a nice park for kids, they have various games and toys thats very exciting for kids, they have a mini zoo for friendly animal like rabbit, donkey, peacock, ostrich and a few others You can also find refreshment ranging from food to barbecue There are trees that serve as shades, they've got iron seats that a quite comfortable. In general the place is good

Cool park for hangouts. Especially group hangouts. If you want somewhere quiet and lit at the same time

I think there is an improvement from the last time I was there... they have a pool now with a mini bar... u can host some out door events there..

It's a very good place for relaxation.

I don't understand how and why there won't be shades in this place.. After paying 100k we stayed under the sun? This is supposed to be a picnic hotspot. No shade, no mats or seats, the staff are never at the stores so you'd wait a while to buy something.. Too many issues.. The zoo shouldn't even be called a zoo.. Less than 10 animals 😂😂..

It had quite a picnic vibe but that was all. Just wish it had more important features but it was definitely a different feel.

The environment was good today.

It's a nice spot to chill and stay in

NELSON MANDELA GARDEN IS DEFINITELY A NICE PLACE TO BE, CALM, SERENE ENVIRONMENT, WILD LIFE AND A VERY NICE SWIMMING POOL.

Yeah it's a nice place but the swimming pool guards are rude but I really loved the animals

It was lovely, would recommend for great for business, the meals there are topnotch.

Nice serene environment for family and friends with beautiful sights and exotic animals as well as kiddies play ground for the youngsters.

Serene and conducive environment. Very cool garden.

Love the park, the only one in Asaba that is truly taken care of. Food is great and customer service really pleasant compare to many other places where you are met with rudeness and I competency.

The museum experience was one a kind and they've also got very courteous staff.

An ideal place for family picnic

Loved my stay at the resort

Very tranquil. The place to be at every gotten chance.

The pool are this resort was the highlight of my stay there. I absolutely love it!!!

This is the perfect place to relax and enjoy, literally a home away from home

The fact that the Nelson Mandela Gardens is right inside the airport in Asaba is a huge plus. But that is not all that makes this place a delight. It's serene, clean and has several attractions. The legacy of the founder, Dr Newton Jibunoh, also adds to the allure of this place. I enjoyed my stay here and I am happy to recommend it.