3 Country Adventure Tour Of Highlights Of Benin ,Togo & Ghana
Description
Experience history on this trip as you have a view of Egungun and zangbeto in Benin Republic. Learn about the birthplace of Voodoo in ouidah. Explore the akodesewa fetish market in Togo. Enjoy the hospitality of Ghana whilst visiting Elmina and capecoast slave dungeons.
Highlights
- Touch base in Cotonou
- Visit Abomey royal palace museum in the city of Benin
- Follow the infamous slave routes and see the slave relics and memorials
- Tour of Ouidah, the capital of voodoo
- Accra city tour and check out the Elmina and capecoast castle.
Itinerary Expand All Collapse All
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Day 1: Arrival in Cotonou expand_more
- Arrival and pick up. Drop off at the hotel for overnight at your hotel
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Day 2: Benin Tour expand_more
- Visit the Cotonou craft market
- Visit the Amazon statue
- Ganvie stilt village
- This will be followed by a tour of the Temple of pythons, a site of historical and modern symbolism and spiritual practice in ouidah Benin Republic.
- The Sacred forest and the point of no return
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Ouidah-Abomey expand_more
- Leave ouidah to Abomey. Arrive and take a tour of Abomey, capital of the former Dahomey Empire. This empire which lasted 300 years, rivals that of the Ashanti both of which established their power by constantly being at war and capturing prisoners for the Slave Trade.
- Visit one of the 12 magnificent palaces built by the Dahomey Kings which is now a Museum.
- We will visit the war room, the common grave of the 42 wives of King Glele and the throne room.
- visit the chameleon Temple and a fetish market.
- Return trip to ouidah for overnight at your hotel
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Day 4: Grand popo-Lome expand_more
(– Togoville-lome: Leave for grandpopo, visit the turtle santuary and the salt village and maybe Witness a Zangbeto ceremony in grandpopo. Continue the trip to the border of Togo. After immigrations, continue to Togoville on a boatride to Togoville to visit the ancient German Cathedral and the traditional museum of the King of Togoville. Continue to Lome for overnight stay at hotel Napoleon lagune.
(Day 5) Lome Akodesewa- Aflao-Accra Ghana: A quick early morning visit to the Akodesséwa fetishes market, where we can find magic remedies and local voodoo charms used by local sorcerers and then the grand marche . continue to the border into Ghana and then leave to accra.Overnight stay at the best western premier hotel.
(Day 6) Accra –Capecoast- Elmina : Picked up from the hotel for a trip to the Central Region with a stopover at Fantasy Coffin makers that makes special coffins that reflects somes job whilst alive. Continue to Cape Coast Castle (Fort Carlsborg). Experience a cultural drum and dance session on with the akumapa dance group. Overnight stay at the elmont resort or the elmina beach resort in Elmina
(Day 7) Elmina – Takoradi (75km) – Elmina (75km) Set off for the Western Region to visit the Bisa Aberwa Museum, dedicated to promoting African values and celebrating Pan-African heroes. Continue to Nana Nketsia's Palace for a naming ceremony amidst traditional drumming and dancing and be given traditional Akan names. Join the Paramount Chief for lunch and for an interaction on PANAfricanism. Return to the beach resort in the late afternoon. Overnight stay at the elmont resort or the elmina beach .
(Day 8) Elmina-Accra: depart from Elmina to Accra. On arrival in Accra, we drive by the Independence Square and the Osu Castle to the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial park (the final resting place of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first President), the Accra Arts Centre. Spend the night at the Best western premier hotel.
(Day 9) Accra - Africa home lunch and Departure. Today we shall relax a little and later pick up to experience a cooking session which will be our lunch before drop off at the airport for final departure.
Includes:
Airport pick-up
Guide fee
Entrance fees
Fuel
Transport in air-conditioned car
Airport drop off
Letter of invite for visa for those who wants to apply in their country
Hotel accommodation ( 3 star )
Not Included: Everything not listed on what is included or what the tour cost covers
What's Included
- Includes:
- Airport pick-up
- Guide fee
- Fuel
- Transport in air-conditioned car
- Airport drop off
- Hotel accommodation
What's Excluded
Food and drinks
Accommodation
Purchases of a personal nature
visa fee
flight
entrance fees
Know before you go
Meeting Point
Lagos, Nigeria
Cancellation Policy
For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.Price Details
The group size and price | |
1 To 2 | USD 3560 Per Group |
This is a private tour |