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Home8-hour Culture And History Tour Of Ganvié From Abomey Calavi
Description
Understand the lifestyle of Ganvié people with an 8-hour tour of Ganvié. Dive into the history of fish sellers and get to know about major fishing techniques, including "acadja". Also, go for a sightseeing tour of Ganvié and interact with a local family.
Highlights
- Learn about fishing techniques and the history of fishermen in Ganvié
- See the lover's road and the cemetery of Ganvié
- Visit the area of the floating day market and partial lake villages
- Interact with a local family and observe their lifestyle
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- Meet your tour guide at the specified meeting point in Abomey Calavi and start your boat tour.
- Know the history of fish sellers of Abomey-calavi jetty and "acadja", the major fishing technique of the fishermen of Ganvié and other fishing techniques
- See Ganvié from afar and reach the place of an early floating market.
- See other places of Ganvié, including the area of the floating day market, the lover's road, water stations, the former place of Ganvié people today and the cemetery of Ganvié.
- Interact with a local family
- Visit an ifa priest who has talking voodoo
- Have lunch at a hotel in Ganvié
- Visit other partial lake villages
- Back to Abomey-Calavi Jetty
What's Included
- Boat transportation
- Water life jackets
- Local Ganvie tour guide
- Visit of Ganvié
- Interact with a local family
- Taxi at Abomey-Calavi Jetty
What's Excluded
- Extract activities
- Photos
- Personal expenses
- Lunch
- Land transportation
- Fare for the visit to an ifa priest
What to bring
- Camera
- Personal important effects
Know before you go
- Yellow fever vaccination
- Malaria prevention
- COVID-19 vaccination
- Following measures against COVID-19 (carrying a hydroalcoholic gel, wearing a mask, etc.)
- We can organise an atchi dance to welcome you (a group of people in uniform in canoe, playing drums, singing and dancing)
- Other activities can be offered
Meeting Point
Abomey Calavi, Bénin
Cancellation Policy
For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 50% of the tour price.Price Details
| The group size and price | |
| 1 To 2 | EUR 81 Per Group |
| 3 To 4 | EUR 112 Per Group |
| 5 To 6 | EUR 153 Per Group |
| 7 To 8 | EUR 200 Per Group |
| 9 To 10 | EUR 250 Per Group |
| 11 To 12 | EUR 281 Per Group |
This is a group tour | |
Starting From
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USD 89 / group