12-Day Voodoo Culture Tour of Ghana, Togo and Benin with Ganvié

• Meet your arriving flight at Lomé-Tokoin International Airport in Lomé.
• Travel to your hotel in an air-conditioned vehicle.
• Refresh and relax. Neighborhood or Lomé city orientation as time permits.

Overnight in a budget hotel next to the beach in Lomé.

• City tour of Lomé, including Independence Square and the Grand Marché.
• Visit the Akodessawa Fetish Market, the world's largest voodoo market.
• Visit Togoville on Lac Togo, the original home of Haitian voodoo. See the chief's house with its throne.

Overnight in a mid-range hotel in Ouidah.

• Spend the day in Ouidah, the birthplace of voodoo culture in Benin. Explore the unusual fetish market for animal parts, special medicines, and charms. Visit the Temple of Snakes, the Sacred Forest, and the Point of No Return.

Overnight in a mid-range hotel in Ouidah.

• Visit the unique stilt village of Ganvie, home to 20,000 residents in a floating city. Travel by canoe through the market and other places to see this "Venice of Africa." Late afternoon arrival at Abomey, capital of the ancient Dahomey Kingdom.

Overnight in a mid-range hotel in Abomey.

• Visit the unique stilt village of Ganvie, home to 20,000 residents in a floating city. Travel by canoe through the market and other places to see this "Venice of Africa." Late afternoon arrival at Abomey, capital of the ancient Dahomey Kingdom.

Overnight in a mid-range hotel in Abomey.

• Visit the Musée Historique d'Abomey, once one of Africa's great palace compounds. Explore Animist sites in the 14th-century kingdom of Dassa-Zoumé, the "City of 41 Hills."
• Visit the burial place of kings and unique homes built in and around the rock formations.

Overnight at a mid-range hotel in Natitingou.

• Morning departure to Tata Somba town to see its unique housing structures.
• Visit the Musée d'Arts et de Traditions Populaires de Natitingou.
• Continue to visit women producing shea butter for cooking and cosmetic use.

Overnight in a 3-star hotel in Sokodé.

• Morning departure passing through Gorge Faile Aledgo, via Sokodé toward Atakpamé.
• Visit Akloa Waterfall through coffee and cocoa groves for some hiking. Late afternoon arrival in the Volta Region of Ghana. Refresh and relax for the day.

Overnight at a budget hotel near Wli Falls.

• Depart for the monkey sanctuary at Tafi Atome for fun with habituated Mona monkeys.
• Take a short hike through the Agumatsa Forest Reserve to Ghana's tallest falls. Continue to the Volta River for a motorboat ride from Adomi Bridge to Akosombo Dam.

Overnight at a budget chalet on the banks of the Volta River.

• Depart early on a scenic drive through the lush Eastern Region to the Ashanti Kingdom.
• Visit craft villages around Kumasi showcasing traditional crafts. Experience Kente weaving at Adanwomase, Adinkra stamping at Ntonso, and carving at Ahwiaa.

Overnight at an upscale hotel in central Kumasi.

• Follow the slave trail to the coast, stopping at a former slave market and cemetery. Tour the World Heritage Site and former slave dungeon of Cape Coast Castle.
• Those of the Diaspora may have a "Door of Return" ceremony at the castle for an extra fee.

Overnight at an upscale beach resort.

• Morning visit to the rainforest canopy walkway at Kakum National Park.
• Visit nearby crocodile ponds.
• Visit central Elmina to see the busy fishing lagoon. Take the grand walkway to hilltop Fort San Jago. Enjoy a special cultural performance.

Overnight at an upscale beach resort.

• Enjoy a relaxing morning on the beach, socializing with the locals.
• Visit the Kwame Nkrumah Monument, Independence Square, Makola Market, historic Jamestown, the W.E.B. Du Bois Center, and fashionable Oxford Street in Osu.

Safe delivery to the airport 2 hours before your evening flight.