The Itinerary Benin itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Benin, each 7 days — with what every trip actually costs.
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Planning a trip to Benin
Pulled from the route below — so it says what it does, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Nov–Feb — the months this route recommends.
How long you need
Every route here runs 7 days.
What it costs
≈ AED 350 per person per day. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
e-Visa online before you go, 30 days. A vaccination certificate is asked for. Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with the embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Cotonou · Ganvié · Ouidah · Grand-Popo · Abomey · Porto-Novo.
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Best for: The birthplace of Vodun, and a city of twenty thousand people built on stilts
Benin in 7 days: Ganvié, Ouidah and the palaces of Dahomey
Cotonou → Ganvié → Ouidah → Grand-Popo → Abomey → Porto-Novo
A lake town where twenty thousand people live above the water and trade from canoes, the port a million captives were shipped from, the palaces of a kingdom whose army included a regiment of women — and the January festival that is the single best week to see any of it.
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