COMMENTAIRE
The Republic of Benin is bordered by Nigeria to the West, Burkina Faso to the Northwest, Niger to Northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the South. The total area measures 112,600 square kilometres a former French colony, Benin is about 700 km long and 120 km wide in the south, increasing to 300 km in the North. It is about the size as the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population is 7 million.

It must be recalled that as part of the so-called Slaves Coast, Ouidah, one of the major and most active ports in the area at that time, was the centerpiece of the slave trade in the region. Over the past thirteen years the country has adopted a pluralistic democracy and a market economy that makes it a haven of political and economic stability.

The Republic of Benin has long held the belief that we, on the African continent, must come together with our brothers and sisters of the black Diaspora to cleanse our spirit of the damage inflicted during slavery and to begin on the long road to finding peace and reconciliation with others. Henceforth, for years, Benin’s leaders and people have been seeking in different ways to connect worldwide wide their kinsfolk of the Diaspora.

In 1998, at Benin’s opening ceremony of the da Silva museum in Porto-Novo (The capital City), his Excellency Mathieu Kerekou, president of republic of Benin had words:

“We owe to ourselves never to forget these absent ones standing among us who did not die of their own death, to acknowledge our share of responsibility in the humiliation and opprobrium, to fell shame for what our absent ones did, to look differently at the false images, to surrender to forgiveness in order to start afresh and pursue our goal towards progress, and free ourselves from misery without succumbing to vanity of material possession. For Africans, this awareness opens the way to forgiveness and reconciliation.”


BON A SAVOIR
AAT in cooperation with African Expressions Gallery of USA

Mailing Address Mailing Address:
01BP 2508 1530 fort Johnson Road Unit 4 D
Cotonou République du Bénin Carleston, SC 29412-8850 USA
Phone: 229 21315414/21315496/21311889 Phone & Fax: 843-795-2625 Cell: 843- Fax: 229 21315499 475-7568
Email: aat@leland.bj Email: eliekoukoui@hotmail.com or africanexpression@yahoo.com

AFRICAN EXPRESSIONS INC:
Is a company that promotes art, culture, and tourism for Africa, especially for Benin in West Africa.
We are based in United States and Cotonou (Rep. of Benin) with full commitment to your objectives and targets. We organize in cooperation of Agence Africaine de Tourisme of Benin with originality:

Guided and tailormade tours
Incentive tours
Conferences and conventions
Workshops and theme trips
Rites of passages… naming ceremonies

And provide all appropriate facilities and finest details for an unforgettable experience. We ensure you to get top services and shat this dynamic approach to business Tourism in BENIN. Every trip to Benin is festivity that celebrates with nature, culture, history, and with you. AFRICAN EXPRESSIONS INC.’S DETAILS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE…….

Benin is the real Africa of your dreams and offers the visitor a long standing tradition of warmness and hospitality. African expression Inc. continues that tradition by extending a heartily welcome to you and your guest at their arrival in Cotonou. The economic center of Benin is well serviced by international airline companies.

Whether it’s a Safari, a historical, or an incentive program, a west African drive or a tailor made package for individuals and groups, our professionally qualified and experienced staff will suit your specific need.

African expression Inc’s elementary concern is the traveller’s comfort and well-being, and access to “top services” through the duration of the trip to Benin and unforgettable experience of a lifetime.

We look forward working with you.

ITINEAIRE INDICATIF

Jour 1 : Departure
Departure from major cities of USA (New-York, Washington D.C, Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles) to Cotonou (Rep. of Benin) via Paris by Air France.


Jour 2 : Arrival
Arrival in Cotonou International Airport. Upon completion of immigration and customs formalities, you will be met by our representatives and transferred to your hotel. After check in there will be welcome Dinner. The evening will be spending at leisure.


Jour 3 : Porto-Novo
About 30 km from Cotonou, the administrative capital and historical city, offers many tourist attractions to the visitors

• Visit da Silva Museum


• The Cathedral that the Portuguese built in the 17th century


• Ethnographic Adande Museum


• Lunch at Songhai Center


• Visit Market Adjara if it Market day (It occurs every fourth day)


• Visit King Toffa Royal Palace Welcome Reception by traditional dancers Zangbetos ( The night Guardians)


• Visit Bimyns Tourism Center Dinner


• Back to Cotonou

• Visit of place of Goho and the Antiquities Museum


• Learn about the famous Amazones, the ladies warriors of Dan Home


• Visit the Royal Palace of Djime


• Welcom Reception by the Kng with traditional dancers


• Back to Cotonou

• Visit the memorial to Toussaint l’Ouverture


• Welcome reception with the Adjahounto Superior Chief Experience traditional dancers


• After lunch back to Cotonou


• Visit the private African Art collection CPA (CRAFT PROMOTION ARTISANAT)


• Back to the hotel

• Visit the Portuguese Historic Museum


• The sacred temple of Pythons


• The Christian Cathedral Notre Dame


• The house of Brasil


• The road of the Slaves


• Auction square


• Door of No Returm

• Transfer to Cotonou International Airport



• Assistance and formalities

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