2-day cultural tour in Benin at Ouidah and Cotonou
Highlights
Ouidah, Cotonou
rural, cultural, historical
Group Tour
2 Days
Easy
English, French
Description
Delve into the culture of Beninese people through this 2-day trip and much more about Cotonou and Ouidah. Visit the famous Python Temple, Ouidah Museum of History, the Sacred Forest, the historic Door of No Return, lake people of Ladji in Cotonou, treck along the Lagoon of Cotonou, visit the voodoo market of Dantokpa and artisan center of Cotonou.
Itinerary
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Day 1: Reach Cotonou
- Meet your tour guide at Cotonou and get transferred to 3stars hotel in Cotonou by air conditioned car/ bus. A welcome snack will be served on checking in at the hotel.
- Treck along the Lagoon side of Cotonou,
- Visit the lake people of Ladji.Most of those people are fishers men
- Visit the artisan center of Cotonou.
- Visit the voodoo market of Dantokpa, there ifa Priest will tell you about voodoo powers
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Day 2: Reach Ouidah
- Transfer to ouidah after the breakfast
- Visit the following places in the day:
- Zinsou Foundation Museum: The Musée de la Fondation Zinsou hosts an annual selection of works from the Zinsou family collection.
- Python Temple: The Temple of Pythons is a site of historical and modern symbolism and spiritual practice in Ouidah, Benin. The snakes are a significant totem for followers of Vodun, a religion practised by groups of people within West and Central African nations such as Ghana, Togo, and Benin.
- Ouidah Museum of History: It contains a wealth of objects and illustrations of historic and cultural significance, which together gives the visitor an intimate understanding of the region's past
- Sacred Forest of Kpasse: The Sacred Forest of Ouidah is a high spiritual place. It was the best place of the King of Kpasse, the First King of Ouidah, who was living in Savi.
- Trek along the Slavery road, reach the Door of no Return at the seaside of Ouidah to walk along the seaside.
- Meet voodoo ifa Priest and know much more about voodoo in Ouidah
- End of the tour. Back to the airport in Cotonou.
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations within 24 hours before the tour -
Refund of 50% of the tour price.