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Benin is one of the smallest countries in West Africa, where geopolitical borders are an obvious imposition on languages, traditions and cultures of the same matrix. The real borders are linked to the morphology of the territory: the North with its cliffs and arid savannahs where elephants, gazelles and lions survive, and the South with its tropical forests, extensive banana, pineapple and teak plantations, and the palm-fringed beaches of the Atlantic coast.

These two regions have in common a granite devotion to a traditional religiosity that gives meaning and order to the daily lives of the local people. In the north, animist spirituality with its cult of fetishes and ancestors governs village life, while in the south, Voodoo, which is even the state religion, predominates.

Nothing to do with pinned dolls and witchcraft, but an extraordinarily rich and complex cult that originated on the coasts of the Gulf of Guinea and later spread to Brazil and the Caribbean islands, following the path of the slave trade. A tragic chapter in the history of the country that, for almost three centuries, was the scene of the suffering of millions of people whose destiny was changed forever inside a boat bound for the Americas. A sad past of which traces remain in the territory, making Benin one of the most interesting countries to visit. But it is also the numerous natural beauties, the fortified villages and the elaborate traditional architecture, fairy-tale worlds in the harsh heart of the savannah, that will amaze and conquer.

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The straw and mud tatas of the Tamberma and Somba

Voodoo rites and ceremonies and the annual Ouidah festival

Ganvié and lake villages on stilts

The magical people of the mountains, the Taneka

The ancient royal palace of Abomey

Game drive in the Pendjari Park

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Ouidah Voodoo Festival

Benin
–Togo

Duration:9days

Dates:03/01/24 – 11/01/24

From2.190€ / person

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-100 Euro for bookings before 03/10/23

Custom tours on free dates

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Magic in deepest Africa

Benin

Duration:9days

Dates:09/2023 – 05/2024

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In the land of voodoo

Benin
-
Togo

Duration:9days

Dates:09/2023 -04/2024

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Voodoo safaris and forests

Benin
-
Togo

Duration:14days

Dates:10/2023 – 04/2024

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Rites and Traditions

Benin
–Togo
–Ghana

Duration:13days

Dates:09/2023 – 04/2024

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In the heart of black Africa

Benin
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Ghana
-
Togo

Duration:16days

Dates:09/2023 – 05/2024

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The charm of Porto Novo

Benin

Duration:1days

Dates:09/2023 – 05/2024

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