La Campagne Tropicana is a one of a kind African themed Beach, determined to give guests that authentic African Beach experience with minimal Western Influence. La Campagne Tropicana is white sand beach on the Atlantic Ocean with a lagoon whose water source is from River Oso, a fresh water river, the beach also boasts of a 65 acres palm fringed mangrove forest with the rich selective beach wildlife of a typical African forest. Yes when I say wildlife I mean you get to see monkeys, squirrels, kingfishers, parrots and a whole lot of typical beach animals.
Oh don’t worry they are not the dangerous aggressive wild animals to be scared of.
In this article I will be taking you on a journey to get to know what to expect at La Campagne Tropicana Beach, to help guide you and help you make an informed decision should you decide to make a trip to La Campagne Tropicana Beach.
About La Campagne Tropicana Beach
La Campagne Tropicana Beach treats its guest to the beautiful of African hospitality and culture which starts the very minute guest arrive at their door steps as the staff welcomes guest with the unique Yoruba way of greeting “ekabor” and offering guests some freshly tapped palm wine or fresh coconut water to help set their mood right for a beautiful African fun beach experience.
La Campagne Tropicana remains an exceptional beach for wide range of outdoor camping activities as guest have options to:
- Camp by the white sand clean Beach,
- Camp by the riverbank,
- Fishing at the lagoon,
- Camp in the mangrove forest,
- Sea camping on a guided cruise boat.
The Lodge at La Campagne Tropicana are called chalets and they were built with a mix of traditional architecture and furnishings with modern amenities you expect to find in any standard 5 Star Resort. A few of the most talked about chalets are the Executive Kodi, Kodi, Amosan, Oso, Obailerigi chalets. Interestingly some chalets have designated swimming pools to be used by their lodgers only to give lodgers more time and less crowded swimming rooms.
La Campagne Tropicana Location
La Campagne Tropicana Beach is located at Ikegun, Ibeju-Lekki Area, Off Lekki/ Epe Expressway, Lagos State, Nigeria. The beach is approximately 2 Hours Drive from The Muritala International Airport and a 30 Minutes Boat cruise from Victoria Island.
Gate Fee At La Campagne Tropicana
La Campagne Tropicana offers two options one for day visitors/campers who can enter and leave the same day while the other options are for lodgers who pass the night at the different chalets.
The Day Visitors pay an Entrance fee of:
| Each Adult | 6,000 Naira |
| Each Teenager within ages (14-18 years) | 4,000 Naira |
| Each Child (Below 14 years) | 2,000 Naira |
Day campers/visitors can enjoy the beauty of the beach from 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Daily.
Lodgers are expected to contact the beach reservations and inquiry lines, make enquiries and book their reservations ahead of their trip, unlike day campers, lodgers do not need to pay any entrance fee so long as they made appropriate reservations before coming in.
Is Food Allowed at La Campagne Tropicana Beach?
Food is not allowed as the Beach runs a full restaurant however considering that the beach gets a lot of day campers coming in for a daytime picnic, campers are allowed to come along with their cooler of food this attracts a Corkage Fee of within 1,000 – 5,000 Naira depending on the campers negotiation powers.
The Food At La Campagne Tropicana Beach
Those who will be dining at the La Campagne Tropicana Beach Restaurant should get ready for some of the best tasty African dishes presented with some continental genius and international cuisine served with a little Special African twist. What could be as good as Mouth watering African meals to go with healthy natural African drinks.
Things To Do At La Campagne Tropicana Beach
La Campagne Tropicana boasts of a long list of land activities, enough to keep adults and children engaged all through their stay at the Beach, land activities such as swimming, swinging, table tennis, beach soccer, badminton, board games, catapulting, aim the bucket, volleyball (beach and water), horse riding, lawn tennis, and tri cycle rides for the children
Activities are not limited to land as there are also long list of water activities for guest who intend to enjoy the warmth of the water such as a guided boat ride, yatch ride, kayaking, jet ski, fishing, sea tubing, canoeing, floating, sea scooter, pool volleyball trust me the list goes on and on.
At La Champagne Tropicana you get to first experience a welcome palm wine testing, thanks to the hectares of palm trees you can be sure to get a taste of freshly tapped palm wine.
You also get to experience the Legendary African Talking Drums.
There is a dance crew waiting to celebrate birthdays with guests.
The 2000 meters of soft Golden beach sand and shades of majestic coconut palms offers enough room for an amazing beach time as well as for a corporate hangout.
La Campagne Tropicana Beach is perfectly suitable for a fun beach party with friends, a wedding proposal, wedding events, couples honeymoon, birthday celebrations. Honestly any fun activity that can be done at the beach can be done at La Campagne Tropicana Beach.
Rules And Regulations At La Campagne Tropicana
- The only cameras allowed are phone cameras.
- For a video or photo shoot a fee of 50,000 Naira is required after sending a request to Beaches official email address.
- The Beach Management does not allow Night parties. Parties can be held during the day.
- For security reasons lodgers are to present their government approved Identity Cards ID’s or international passport while lodging in, failure to do so may result in denial of lodging into the resort lodge.
- Lodgers are not allowed to bring food onto the resort
- No Pets Allowed into the resort
- No Cooking in the lodge
Is La Campagne Tropicana Beach Expensive?
The answer to the question if La Campagne Tropicana Beach is an expensive place to go relax, unwind and have fun really depends on the plans of anyone planning to visit, for day campers who go along with their cooler of food and drinks asides the gate fee and maybe paying for a few different fun rides this would not be expensive. While those who intend to stay for some days and have a really good time may want to make the trip to La Campagne Tropicana with loaded pockets.