Benin

Benin Tours
Mylène Adifedilor
mylene.adifedilor@benintours.bj
www.benintours.bj

Services: Benin Tours offers customised travel services across Benin, including cultural tours, Vodun and festival tours, guided excursions and multi-day itineraries for individuals, families and groups. The company also arranges nature and responsible-tourism trips, and provides transfers, accommodation and meetings for business travellers in Cotonou and Porto-Novo.

Your Trusted DMC in Benin for Culture, History and Vodun Heritage

Benin Tours is an experienced and local tour operator and DMC in Benin. They design tailor-made trips across the whole of Benin, working with local partners and giving each traveller a dedicated contact for planning, on-trip support and follow-up.

Travellers can choose from 7- to 14-day itineraries, including Classic Benin, Vodun & Culture, Nature & Escape and a Family Tour, and every one can be customised to your group’s interests, pace and dates. Half-day and two-day excursions can be added or booked on their own, covering the stilt village of Ganvié on Lake Nokoué, Ouidah and its slave route, the royal palaces of Abomey, Porto-Novo, Grand-Popo and Dassa-Zoumè.

Cultural travel is at the heart of what Benin Tours does, from Vodun ceremonies and the annual Vodun Days in Ouidah to the UNESCO-listed Guèlèdè mask dance. Hands-on experiences include indigo dyeing and mask workshops, and all programmes are built around respect for local heritage.

They also arrange transfers, accommodation and meetings for business travellers in Cotonou and Porto-Novo.

Contact Benin Tours, your local DMC in Benin, to start planning your trip!

Top Travel Highlights in Benin

Cotonou – Tour Benin’s largest city, taking in Notre Dame des Apôtres Cathedral, Dantokpa market and the artisans’ market for local crafts.

Vodun Days, Ouidah – Attend the annual Vodun festival in Ouidah, held around 10 January, with processions and ceremonies at the heart of Benin’s Vodun heritage.

Masked Dances – See Guèlèdè, Egungun and Zangbeto masked performances, including the UNESCO-listed Guèlèdè tradition.

Ganvié – Take a boat through the channels of this stilt village on Lake Nokoué, widely described as Africa’s largest lake village.

Ouidah Slave Route – Walk the route to the Door of No Return and learn about the slave trade from the coast.

Ouidah’s Brazilian Quarter and Python Temple – Explore the Afro-Brazilian architecture of Ouidah and visit its Python Temple.

Indigo Dyeing in Ouidah – Learn the craft of indigo dyeing in a hands-on workshop and take home your own dyed cloth.

Route des Pêches – Drive along the coastal road west of Cotonou and stop for fresh seafood by the beach.

Grand-Popo – Travel through mangroves to the King’s Mouth on the coast.

Lake Ahémé and Possotomé – Meet a Vodun high priest and learn about the Zangbeto cult on the shores of Lake Ahémé.

Dassa-Zoumè – Explore the “city of 41 hills” in central Benin.

Royal Palaces of Abomey – Visit the UNESCO-listed palaces of the former Kingdom of Dahomey.

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Your Trusted DMC in Benin for Culture, History and Vodun Heritage

Top Travel Highlights in Benin

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