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Private tour in Cotonou Sèna H
Royalty and slavery history private three-days tour
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Hello! My name is Sèna. I was born in Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin, where I spent all my childhood and adolescence. I will be honored to introduce you to the nature, landscapes, culture and hidden riches of my country. I am a computer scientist by training, I am self-taught and therefore very curious. I love music, biking and I love making new friends from around the world. I started guiding on the sites of Southern Benin in 2013. I started with one or two days trips and few months later I started guiding multi-day tours across the country. Over time, I developed some tours including bicycle tours to discover Benin in a unique way. Discover Cotonou, Benin's biggest city and the country's economic heart; Explore the history of slavery; Take a boat to the floating market in Ganvié, the on-lake village; Get off the main roads for a bicycle tour in the nature; Discover the life of lake populations; taste our local meals cooked by the villagers. All the tours are customizable with the possibility of doing them by private vehicle, public transport or bicycle and I can do the tours in English as well as in French. Registered National Pendjari Park guide Licensed driver for small cars 7 years working with local communities I have no restrictions
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Abomey, Ouidah and Ganvié welcome you to introduce the Danxome kingdom
Overview of your Cotonou tour
This tour is designed for the discorvery of the kingdom of Danxomè, one of most famous kingdom in west africa and the role its kings played in the slave trade. Day 1: We meet in Cotonou in the morning and take the road to Abomey. Let's visit the museum of Abomey registered as UNESCO world heritage site. A city tour will make you discover Abomey. Day 2: Road to Ouidah. We visit the python temple, a vodoun temple dedicated to people who worship the python. We visit "La casa do Brasil" a building where we will learn more about the slave trade as it was practiced in Ouidah. We will then follow the last 4 kilometers of the slaved journey to the beach where they are packed in the ships. Day 3: We visit the sacred forest and will hear about its importance to the kingdom. Transfert to Calavi. We take a motor boat at the pier and go for the visit of Ganvié, the city on stilts. We will visit the on lake village and come back to Cotonou.
Your Cotonou tour itinerary
Day 1: - Meeting in Cotonou and road to Abomey - Visit of the Abomey museum - Abomey city tour Day2: - Transfert to Ouidah - Visit of the python temple - Visit of La casa do Brasil - Taking the slave route to the gate of non-return Day3: - Visit of the sacred forest - Transfer to Ganvié - Visit of Ganvié the on lake village - Back to Cotonou
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Type: Private Transportation
4x4 Private air-conditioned car - sits 4 comfortably * Please contact me if the group is bigger than four people I can arrange for a larger transportation * Please contact me if you want to do the tour in public transportation. It is possible when the group is less than 4 people and it helps to make the price lower
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