Benin is actually a small country but promising to reward on Benin holiday tours through foreign travel and holidays in Benin as well as adventure enthusiasts.  There are many ways to experience Benin holiday tours for example camel riding, outdoor camping, cruises on Niger river, experiencing the thrill of Benin cultural festival and touring each of the different national parks and nature reserves.

Tourist attractions on Benin Holidays

In Port Novo, also known to be the capital of Benin are lots of sights of Portuguese colonial era, ethnographic museum, the royal palace of King Toffa and museum, vibrant markets and good nightlife. Cotonou is the largest Benin City with the international airport, the old Cotonou Cathedral and the central mosque.

Grand Popo is a popular beach resort town located west of Benin, good for Benin beach holidays and adventures. Remember to visit the charming fishing village of Ganvie, take a trip on the lagoon using a dug out canoe and try fishing too. Abomey town is the former capital of Dahomey Kingdom and most of its building and life pay tribute to this great kingdom. The royal palaces here are a world heritage site worth visiting

In the northern part of Benin, there are two national major nature conservancies that form the base of Benin Tourism, safari tours and travel. Benin is surrounded in the northeast by the Niger River and still collaborates with the bigger Airli-W-Singou complex to have conservancies that enclose the national of the Niger River that conforms to a W shaped series of bends.

The area is taken to be the most vital conservation region in West Africa along with the two crucial parks of Benin such as Pendjari National park in addition to W national park, these parks settle so many wildlife species although the birdlife specie is the most common because of the coast of Benin along with the sandy beaches that easily attract the species.

Culture is very vital in this country with different languages along with ethnic groups as it is in West Africa. The difference in these cultures has made the country a beautiful place to stay with a diversity of music, dance and art. Besides the traditional, they have hip hop, reggae as well as local folks that remind people of the ancient times.

Culturally, Benin remains extraordinarily diverse, with the population divided unevenly between a Christian majority and a Muslim minority, overlaid by an intermingling of traditional worship and custom. The latter is defined mainly by the organized animist/monotheistic religion of Vodun, a precursor to Voodoo, thought to have been exported to the Caribbean by the slave trade from this particular region of West Africa.

When to Visit Benin

It is not easy to schedule Benin holiday tours but it worth the try. Benin has equatorial climate, temperatures and humidity vary in the south and north. The southern part of the country usually enjoys the tropical climate of the West African coast where as the northern part receives nothing because the area is a Sahel, dry and an arid area.

Benin has two seasons thus wet and dry and the worst months are April, July, September to October. The hottest months are between February and April of which the temperatures tend to rise to 40 C. The Harmattan winds are between December and March and this is the best time to visit Benin

Benin Tours and Travel tips

Benin is such a great Africa safari and tour destination that is trying to boost its tourism industry so as to be recognized by other Countries. You can make Benin Holidays as add-ons to safari and holidays in either Senegal, to Togo or for Nigeria holidays.

There are plenty of Benin city hotels in almost every town with luxury five star hotels from Cotonou Benin hotels and others in Porto Novo.

Remember that Benin is with Malaria zone thus the need to pack your Malaria treatment, drugs and prescriptions. Good safari clothing is a must with trousers and long sleeved shirts, a camera, binocular, a pair of good walking shoes and anything you may need on the real Benin African safari

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