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West Africa - Benin (Chapter)
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7th Edition
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October 2009
37 pp
This is the Benin chapter from Lonely Planet's West Africa guidebook.
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Once powerful Benin sports vivid remains of ancient palaces - and the slave trade that funded them. Check out voodoo markets, stilt villages and fort-like mud huts, and a handful of game parks bursting with elephants, crocodiles and lions.
- rub shoulders with nomads at Malanville
- maps
- follow the Route des Pêches from Cotonou's most happening beach to isolated fishing villages
- transport & directory
- get up close and personal with voodoo traditions on the shores of Lake Ahémé
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Cotonou & around, Ganvié, Route des Pêches, The South, Porto Novo, Ouidah, Grand Popo, Possotomé & Lake Ahémé, Abomey, Dassa Zoumé, The North, Parakou, Djougou, Natitingou, The Atakora Region, Parc National de la Pendjari, Kandi & around, Parc Regional du W, Malanville.
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