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A guest at the entrance to Marché Ganhi in Cotonou

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Cotonou

The pulse of Benin — markets, monuments, music, and the Atlantic shore.

Cotonou is Benin's economic capital and its loudest, hungriest, most generous city. It is home to Dantokpa, one of the largest open-air markets in West Africa, and to the Amazon of Dahomey — Africa's tallest statue.

Tours that visit

Travel to Cotonou.

The Amazone statue rising over Cotonou on the Basic package tour
Benin RepublicEasy

Basic Package: The Cotonou Tour

One day, the whole city — markets, monuments, beach and after dark.

1 day1–15
70,000 FCFA
A guest with a royal python across his shoulders at Ouidah's Temple of Pythons
Benin RepublicEasy

Standard Package: Cotonou & Ouidah

The city, then the coast that carries the history.

2 days1–15
110,000 FCFA
The equestrian statue of a Dahomey king, a stop on the Premium package
Benin RepublicEasy

Premium Package: Cotonou, Ouidah & Ganvié

Add the Venice of Africa — a whole city built on the water.

3 days1–12
166,000 FCFA
MrUSB travellers on the steps of an Afro-Brazilian colonial building in southern Benin
Benin RepublicModerate

Platinum Package: Porto-Novo, Cotonou, Ouidah & Gogotinkpon

The whole south — five days, five worlds, ending with a mud bath and a zip line.

5 days1–12
226,000 FCFA
A tall ship lit up on the water off Cotonou at night
Benin RepublicEasy

Cotonou After Dark

Markets, monuments, grilled fish and the rhythms of the coast.

3 days2–8
290,000 FCFA
Guests painting side by side at easels during a MrUSB Sip & Paint on the Cotonou coast
Benin RepublicEasy

Sip & Paint on the Coast

A canvas, a brush, a cold coconut, and the Atlantic behind you.

1 day6–40
25,000 FCFA