4-Day Private Tour of South Benin from Lome
Lome, Togo
Trip Type: Multi-day Tours
Duration: 4 days
Explore the best of South Benin including: Ouidah: a terminal for the slaves’ trade.
Ganvie: the largest and most beautiful African stilt village.
Porto Novo: old Portuguese town where one can still admire colonial architecture and colourful.
At Ketou meeting with His Majesty Alade Ife, the 50th Oba (king) of the largest Yoruba kingdom in South Benin.
Abomey: the Royal Palace. The walls of the palace are decorated with bas-reliefs representing symbols of the ancient Dahomey kings.
In a remote hidden village participation at a Voodoo ceremony
Ganvie: the largest and most beautiful African stilt village.
Porto Novo: old Portuguese town where one can still admire colonial architecture and colourful.
At Ketou meeting with His Majesty Alade Ife, the 50th Oba (king) of the largest Yoruba kingdom in South Benin.
Abomey: the Royal Palace. The walls of the palace are decorated with bas-reliefs representing symbols of the ancient Dahomey kings.
In a remote hidden village participation at a Voodoo ceremony
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Explore the best of South Benin including: Ouidah: a terminal for the slaves’ trade.
Ganvie: the largest and most beautiful African stilt village.
Porto Novo: old Portuguese town where one can still admire colonial architecture and colourful.
At Ketou meeting with His Majesty Alade Ife, the 50th Oba (king) of the largest Yoruba kingdom in South Benin.
Abomey: the Royal Palace. The walls of the palace are decorated with bas-reliefs representing symbols of the ancient Dahomey kings.
In a remote hidden village participation at a Voodoo ceremonyDay 1: LOME – OUIDAH
Ouidah, conquered by the Dahomey army in the XVIII cent and transformed into a terminal for the slaves trade.
Today, in Ouidah, with its Afro-Portuguese architecture, we find sitting face to face the python temple and the Catholic Cathedral.
Overnight Le Jardin Bresilien
Day 2: OUIDAH – GANVIE – PORTO NOVO
Crossing the Lake Nokwe with a motorized boat to reach Ganvie, the largest and most beautiful African stilt village. The approximately 25,000 inhabitants, of the Tofinou ethnic group, build their huts on teak stilts and cover the roofs with a thick layer of leaves. Fishing is their main activity. The village has been able to preserve its particular customs and environment as despite the long-lasting human presence in a closed environment, the lake is not over fished.
Porto Novo is an old Portuguese town where one can still admire colonial architecture and colorful markets including a large traditional herbal market.
Overnight Centre Songhai
Day 3: PORTO NOVO – KETOU – ABOMEY - BOHICON
Drive North to Ketou. Meeting with His Majesty Alade Ife, the 50th Oba (king) of the largest Yoruba kingdom in South Benin.
Continue to Abomey to visit the Royal Palace.
The walls of the palace are decorated with bas-reliefs representing symbols of the ancient Dahomey kings. Now a museum listed on the World Heritage by the Unesco
Overnight Hotel Dako
Day 4: BOHICON - LOME
Back to Lome down to the border with Togo via Lokossa.
In a remote hidden village participation at a Voodoo ceremony: The frenetic rhythm of the drums and chants of the adepts help to call the voodoo spirit who takes possession of some of the dancers who fall into a deep trance
Arrival in Lome in the late afternoon
Ganvie: the largest and most beautiful African stilt village.
Porto Novo: old Portuguese town where one can still admire colonial architecture and colourful.
At Ketou meeting with His Majesty Alade Ife, the 50th Oba (king) of the largest Yoruba kingdom in South Benin.
Abomey: the Royal Palace. The walls of the palace are decorated with bas-reliefs representing symbols of the ancient Dahomey kings.
In a remote hidden village participation at a Voodoo ceremonyDay 1: LOME – OUIDAH
Ouidah, conquered by the Dahomey army in the XVIII cent and transformed into a terminal for the slaves trade.
Today, in Ouidah, with its Afro-Portuguese architecture, we find sitting face to face the python temple and the Catholic Cathedral.
Overnight Le Jardin Bresilien
Day 2: OUIDAH – GANVIE – PORTO NOVO
Crossing the Lake Nokwe with a motorized boat to reach Ganvie, the largest and most beautiful African stilt village. The approximately 25,000 inhabitants, of the Tofinou ethnic group, build their huts on teak stilts and cover the roofs with a thick layer of leaves. Fishing is their main activity. The village has been able to preserve its particular customs and environment as despite the long-lasting human presence in a closed environment, the lake is not over fished.
Porto Novo is an old Portuguese town where one can still admire colonial architecture and colorful markets including a large traditional herbal market.
Overnight Centre Songhai
Day 3: PORTO NOVO – KETOU – ABOMEY - BOHICON
Drive North to Ketou. Meeting with His Majesty Alade Ife, the 50th Oba (king) of the largest Yoruba kingdom in South Benin.
Continue to Abomey to visit the Royal Palace.
The walls of the palace are decorated with bas-reliefs representing symbols of the ancient Dahomey kings. Now a museum listed on the World Heritage by the Unesco
Overnight Hotel Dako
Day 4: BOHICON - LOME
Back to Lome down to the border with Togo via Lokossa.
In a remote hidden village participation at a Voodoo ceremony: The frenetic rhythm of the drums and chants of the adepts help to call the voodoo spirit who takes possession of some of the dancers who fall into a deep trance
Arrival in Lome in the late afternoon
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