Benin Voodoo Festival

City Tour of Cotonou, including the major landmarks.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Hotel Du Lac or Similar

Tour of Cotonou continues including tours of the residential quarter with unique multi-coloured villas. Visit the lagoon market and Artisans Center. The balance of the day is at leisure. Overnight in Cotonou.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Hotel Du Lac or Similar

Spend the day in Ouidah, the birthplace of Voodoo. Visit the Museum of History where the exhibits focus on the slave trade and Benin’s links with Brazil and the Caribbean. Visit Kindji market square. Visit the Cathedral and the famous Temple of Sacred Pythons.
Tour of Ouidah continues including the slave trading post , the sacred forest. Walk the “Road of the slaves”, visit the place of the common grave, the tree of forgetfulness and the “gate of no return.”
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
Overnight at Hotel Du Lac or Similar

Explore the mysteries of the Voodoo religion at Ouidah’s annual voodoo festival, where thousands of people gather to honor the land and demonstrate their faith. In addition to religious ceremonies, there are clothing displays, seafood markets, and traditional African music. This is one of Benin’s largest festivals and is considered to be a celebration of culture.

As the sun sets, the Zangbetos begin their concluding dance, their rattles making an amazing sound in unison. The voodoo drums begin to beat harder and faster, reverberating off the surrounding hills.

Meal(s): Breakfast,Dinner

Overnight at Casa Del Papa

Morning departure to Abomey with visits to the Royal Palace Museum and an audience with the King of Abomey. Abomey still retains many reminders of its magnificent past including the Palace, the Historical Museum and the Royal Sepulchres bearing witness to a brave and powerful people. Watch the craftsmen create works in iron, copper and bronze.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Hotel Dako Ler Bohicon or Similar

A major highlight of a visit to Benin is Ganvie, “THE VENICE of AFRICA”. More than 12,000 live in houses built on stilts in Lake Nokoue. Learn the reason for and history of this unique housing arrangement.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Hotel Du Lac or Similar

Visit the Natitingou Museum for an interesting overview of the Somba culture.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Hotel Tata Somba or Similar

Visit the Ethnographic Museum, the Brazilian Church and the 300 year-old Palace of King Toffa. Enjoy a performance of the 'Guardians of the Night' spirit dancers.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Hotel Du Lac or Similar

Travel to Alladah to see the birthplace of Toussaint L’Ouverture, the liberator of Haiti. Visit the town to interact with the people and the King at his Palace.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Hotel Du Lac or Similar

Today decide on your itinerary with the assistance of your guide & driver. In the evening, depart for your flight home.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast