• Pick-up from the airport and transfer to the hotel.

• Transfer by car and canoe to the marshlands of Sô Ava and Ganvié, the ‘Venice of Africa’. 

• Discover the local birdlife. 

• Have lunch and return to Cotonou for dinner and overnight stay.

• Head to Abomey, which is the town of Kings.

• Visit the surprising underground village of Agongouinto, which served as a hiding place for warriors. 

Have dinner and overnight at the hotel.

• Take a guided tour of the ancient royal palace of Abomey, listed as a UNESCO world cultural heritage. 

• Transfer to the shore of lake Ahémé. 

• Have lunch at Possotomé beach and discover the traditional use of plants for medicinal and food purposes. 

• Enjoy the programme with legends and stories in the evening. 

Overnight stay at the eco-guesthouse.

• Take a boat trip on the lake Ahémé with its changing colours to take part in fishermen's daily life and practice throwing a net.

• Go on a voodoo hike and learn about the divinities of the village. 

• Spend your evening with some music.

Overnight stay at the eco-guesthouse.

• Track the Mona monkeys in the sacred forest of Kpétou. 

• Have lunch in the homestay.

• Participate in the womens' activities like mat-weaving and market gardening. 

• Return to Possotomé for dinner and overnight stay.

• Travel to Avlo, a magnificent fishing village enclosed between the river Mono and the Atlantic ocean. 

• Take a boat ride to the 'Boca del Rio' where the river meets the ocean. 

• Enjoy a swim and tour the village in the afternoon.

Overnight stay at the ecolodge at Avlo beach.

• Visit the town of Ouidah, where captured slaves started their journey to the New World. 

• Proceed to the museum at the old Portuguese fort.

• Follow the slave road that was walked by chained men, women and children to the 'Gate of No Return’'. 

• Continue to Cotonou and visit the enormous market of Dantokpa and the Centre of Promotion of Artisan work.

• Get transferred to the airport.