Benin, a small country in West Africa and a former slave coast where the shadow of the slave trade still looms large. When you travel through Benin, you will be struck by how the country seems to be out of time. It is surprising to see a small country with a multitude of cultural values. Animism and ancestor worship are part of daily life. The power of the kingdom of Abomey, through its kings, was formidable and unprecedented, even before B\u00e9hanzin, it represented the symbol of colonial resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Day 1 : COTONOU (1 night on arrival)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Meals on arrival:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Day 2: COTONOU-ABOMEY (1 night in Abomey)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit to Abomey: Historic Muss\u00e9, Place Goho, The Vodoun village, The royal Vodoun temple, Rural Abomey, Sacred forest, The night market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lunch in Abomey:<\/span> an example of a meal from the Abomey region or region<\/p>\n\n\n\n Day 3: ABOMEY-DASSA-SAVE: (1 night in Sav\u00e8)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit to Dassa :<\/span> Hike the princes’ hill, Chakaloke hike, Awaya hike, Lion hill hike, Visit to the palace of the 23rd king, The slave market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lunch at Dassa:<\/span> example of a meal from Dassa or region<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit to Sav\u00e8 :<\/span> Hiking ak\u00e9 adjagbo\/ les mamelle de sav\u00e8, The hike of omo ok\u00e9\/hill of heat, The 2 year old baobab of 6m 50 in perimeter Day 4: SAVE-SAVALOU-COTONOU: (1 night return to Cotonou)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit to Savalou :<\/span> Hike the twin hill of kpataba, Hike opt hill, The route of the old administration, The sacred pond of caiman<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lunch at Savalou: <\/span> example of Savalou meal<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dinner and Night at Cotonou :<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Day 5 : COTONOU-OUIDAH-GRAND-POPO : ( 1 night at Grand-popo)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit to Ouidah :<\/span> The python temple, Sacred Forest, The house of Brazil, The slave route, The Vodoun circuit\/FA consultation, Canoe ride on the Dj\u00e8gbad-ji route)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lunch at Ouidah :<\/span> exemple of Ouidah meal<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dinner and Night at Grand-Popo :<\/span> exemple of grand-Popo meal<\/p>\n\n\n\n Day 6 : GRAND-POPO-ALLADA-COTOBOU : ( 1 night at Cotonou)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit to Grand-popo :<\/span> The Agou\u00e9 and Grand-Popo memorial, 22km walk on the water, Traditional fishing, the king\u2019s mouth<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lunch at Grand-Popo: example of a meal from Grand-popo or region<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit to ALLADA :<\/span> The sacred tree, The royal palace Dadjahouto, The sacred lake Awouto. Meeting with King T\u00e8do Davi\u00e9 (first occupant of the city, founder of zangbeto), Artistic entertainment, Tasting of snail meat + pineapple sugar bread dessert<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dinner and Night at Cotonou:<\/span> Day 7 : COTONOU-PORTO-NOVO-GANVIE-COTONOU : ( 1 night at Porto-Novo)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit to Porto-Novo :<\/span> The black river of Ajadra, the colonial core\/administrative district, the Afro-Brazilian district and the traditional district<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lunch and Dinner in Porto-Novo:<\/span> exemple of Porto-Novo meal<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit to Ganvi\u00e9 :<\/span> Dinner in Cotonou :<\/span> Day 8: RETURN TRIP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Your meal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benin, a small country in West Africa and a former slave coast where the shadow of the slave trade still looms large. When you travel through Benin, you will be struck by how the country seems to be out of time. It is surprising to … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3243,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categorie-circuit":[123],"class_list":["post-2861","circuit","type-circuit","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-circuit-decouverte","latest_post"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["fr","en"],"languages":{"fr":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-tours-safari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/circuit\/2861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-tours-safari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/circuit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-tours-safari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/circuit"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-tours-safari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-tours-safari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-tours-safari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-tours-safari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categorie-circuit","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-tours-safari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorie-circuit?post=2861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Dinner in Sav\u00e8 :<\/span> example of a meal from Sav\u00e8 or region<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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