There are several different tours throughout Benin, the land of Voodoo. What cannot be missed are the festivals honouring this religion, where incredible masks’ dances make it an unforgettable experience.
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GHANA, TOGO & BENIN Our fantastic cultural odyssey to the most remote regions of Ghana, Togo, and Benin to discover lost tribal worlds ruled by traditional chiefs and ancient spirits. Along the coast, in the heart of voodoo original regions, we encounter practitioners, watch trance dances and learn about the great influence voodoo spirits still have on people. DEPARTURES: 23 July 2023 16 November 2023 26 December 2023 PRICE FROM: 3270 €
GHANA - TOGO - BENIN Yam is one of the main ingredients of the staple diet in West Africa. In August, the population of the Central Regions of Benin gathers around notables and kings to celebrate a ritual of continuity. Eating together the new tubers bring two meanings. On the one hand, it means thanking the gods and the ancestors for the good harvest and on the other hand, it means asking for this to continue for the coming years. DEPARTURE: 11 August 2023 PRICE FROM: 3270 €
TOGO AND BENIN Enjoy a trip to two countries running alongside the Gulf of Guinea, tiny and fascinating. In Togo and Benin, you will experience tribal villages and ways of living embedded with powerful cultural traditions. This itinerary will take you from Lomé to the Atakora Mountains. DEPARTURES: 25 August 2023 10 November 2023 01 March 2024 12 April 2024 22 November 2024 PRICE FROM: € 2389
GHANA, TOGO & BENIN The celebration of the Millet Festival, among the Krobo people, is an incredible feast, rich in colors and jewels, taking place every year during the harvest season. Apart from this specific festival, our fantastic cultural odyssey will bring us to the most remote regions of Ghana, Togo, and Benin to discover lost tribal worlds ruled by traditional chiefs and ancient spirits. DEPARTURES: 19 October 2023 19 October 2024 PRICE FROM: 3270 €
IN MOROCCO AND THE WESTERN SAHARA PROVINCE, MAURITANIA, SENEGAL AND CASAMANCE, GAMBIA, GUINEA BISSAU, AND BIJAGOS ARCHIPELAGO, GUINEA CONAKRY, SIERRA LEONE, LIBERIA, IVORY COAST, GHANA, TOGO, AND BENIN EXPERIENCE a “Grand Expedition” that crosses the Sahara from north to south and reaches savannas, forests, coasts, and islands in the Gulf of Guinea. We will traverse the main natural, cultural and religious environments of the African continent. OR JOIN A LEG OF THE EXPEDITION. DEPARTURE: 18 November 2023 (North-South itinerary); PRICE FROM: 18891 €
SENEGAL, GAMBIA, GUINEA BISSAU, GUINEA CONAKRY, SIERRA LEONE, LIBERIA, IVORY COAST, GHANA, TOGO AND BENIN Start from Cap d’Almadine in Dakar, the western point of African continent. Continue South and East: The Gambia and his birds, Casamance and the animistic mask dances, the navigation through the Bijagos remote Archipelago, the discover of the less known part of Guinea Bissau with a “tribal concert” of the Griot: descendent of traditional musician and storytellers lineage uninterrupted from 12th century. In Sierra Leone a hidden trail brings to diamonds diggers sites and to the rare female masks... DEPARTURE: 9 December 2023 (north-suth itinerary); PRICE FROM: 11831 €
GHANA, TOGO & BENIN January 10th is always a very special day in Benin, a day for celebrating ancestral cults. In particular, all the Voodoo's adepts meet in Ouidah and then convey in a long procession. DEPARTURE: 8 January 2024 PRICE FROM: 3534 €
BENIN, TOGO, GHANA, IVORY COAST, LIBERIA , SIERRA LEONE, GUINEA CONAKRY, GUINEA BISSAU and THE BIJAGOS ARCHIPELAGO, THE GAMBIA, SENEGAL and CASAMANCE, MAURITANIA, MOROCCO and THE WESTERN SAHARA PROVINCE Be at the forefront of a "Great Expedition" that starts from the coast of the Gulf of Guinea, crosses forests and savannahs to reach and cross the Sahara from south to north. The itinerary traverses the main natural, cultural and religious environments of the African continent. DEPARTURE: 7 March 2024 PRICE FROM: 16984 €
