Benin Republic · Cotonou, Ouidah & Ganvié
Premium Package: Cotonou, Ouidah & Ganvié
Add the Venice of Africa — a whole city built on the water.
Duration
3 days
Group size
1–12 travelers
Difficulty
Easy
Starts from
Cotonou
About this journey
Three days covering Cotonou, Ouidah and Ganvié. The full city day plus the Zone 5 experience, all of Ouidah including the cathedral and the Bateau des Déportés, then a day on Lake Nokoué among the floating market, the acadja fish farms and the stilt homes of So-Ava.
Highlights
What you'll do.
- Cotonou: graffiti wall, Amazone esplanade, street food, Tokpa & Ganhi, Fidjrossè, Haie Vive, Zone 5 and the nightlife
- Ouidah: Python Temple, Fondation Zinsou, the cathedral, the Sacred Forest, the Point of No Return, Casa del Papa and the Bateau des Déportés
- Ganvié: the floating market and the acadja fish farms
- Stilt homes, So-Ava and the Gbegamey art market
Day by day
The itinerary.
Indicative — every trip is fine-tuned to your group.
- D1
Cotonou
The longest graffiti wall, the esplanade of the Amazone statue, the street food experience, Tokpa and Ganhi markets, Fidjrossè Beach, Haie Vive and Zone 5, then the nightlife.
- D2
Ouidah
The Python Temple, the Fondation Zinsou museum and Ouidah cathedral, the Sacred Forest, the Point of No Return, Casa del Papa and the Bateau des Déportés.
- D3
Ganvié — the Venice of Africa
Pirogue out to the floating market and the acadja fish farms, the stilt homes and traditional lake life at So-Ava, with time at the Gbegamey art market on the way back.
The fine print
What's included.
- Transportation for all three days
- Professional tour guide services
- Entry fees to all tour sites
- Pirogue crossing to Ganvié
- Accommodation
- Meals and drinks
- Personal expenses
The journey
In pictures.
From the field — recent departures.
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