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Description
Witness the culture "Kpodji" and "Agahoun" of Ganvié in your two days cultural tour.
Explore the local floating market, consult with the talking "AGUE" the Voodoo doll and learn to cook and enjoy traditional meals at a local family's house.
Highlights
- Interact with the talking voodoo doll, Ague
- Dress in local uniform like the local people and dance
- Participate in the traditional "Kpodji" and "Agahoun" festival
- Explore the early morning floating market
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Day 1: Reach Abomey Calavi - Ganvie expand_more
First day:
- Meet your tour guide and transfer from Cotonou airport to Abomey-Calavi jetty.
- Ride a boat to hotel Germain Holyday ressort in Ganvié. Check into your hotel and get welcome snacks.
- Consult with the talking "AGUE", the Voodoo doll.
- Playing games with some children.Children always gather themselves in specific place to have interesting games with their mates.It is also a moment to learn about their live.
- Enjoy "Kpodji" festival on the first day.Kpodji has two sticks on its two legs, wearing a special dress and a mask in his face.It dances at the rhythms of drums and songs.It makes accrobatic dances, the sticks are more than two meters from the land.Singers and drummers will be on two different stages with drums, singers will be singing at the rhythm of drums and other people and Kpodji will be dancing and singing the same songs. The tourists can also dance in the cloth of their choice.
- Return to hotel for the night.
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Day 2: Ganvié - Cotonou expand_more
Second day:
- Visit the nearby floating market early in the morning.
- Ganvié village sight seeing
- Witness "Agahoun" on the second day.Agahoun is hug drum left to the new generation by Ganvié ancestors.
- End of the tour and back to Cotonou.
What's Included
- Transportation by car/ bus and boat
- Local Benin tour guide
- Accommodation for one night/ two days
- Meals
- Clothing ( local uniform)
- All mentioned activities
- Welcome snacks
- Three bottles of mineral water per tourist for all the tour
- Life jackets for water transportation
- Photos
- Entrance tickets
What's Excluded
- Personal expenses
- Drinks
What to bring
- Camera
- Drone (Optional)
- Personal important things
Know before you go
- Rooms are on double sharing, no AC.
- It'll be better for the tourists to come early
- Sending their measures and complete picture for sewing uniform for each tourist.
- 10% of discant from 1st to 28 February 2022 for booking
Meeting Point
COO Airport, Rue 2100, Cotonou, Bénin
Cancellation Policy
No refund in case of any cancellation.
Price Details
| The group size and price | |
| 1 To 2 | EUR 1184 Per Group |
| 3 To 4 | EUR 1524 Per Group |
| 5 To 8 | EUR 1566 Per Group |
| 9 To 12 | EUR 2025 Per Group |
| 13 To 15 | EUR 2466 Per Group |
| 16 To 18 | EUR 2925 Per Group |
| 19 To 20 | EUR 3366 Per Group |
This is a group tour | |
Starting From
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USD 1299 / group