Romantic Benin Trips & Honeymoon Packages

You'll head to the lively Voodoo Festival in Ouidah with your partner, staying at the cozy Diaspora Hotel and watching devotees dance to traditional drums while making offerings at sacred sites. After checking out the High Priest of Bopa's skulls temple in Possotome, have a romantic dinner at lakeside Hotel Chez Theo.

Stay at Hotel du Lac in Cotonou and Diaspora Hotel in Ouidah while checking out the Royal Palace of Abomey's art museum and sacred temples, a UNESCO site. Walk through Porto Novo's Afro-Brazilian neighborhood and spend time on Grand Popo's quiet beaches after seeing Sakpata voodoo ceremonies in Allada.

You'll paddle by motorboat across Lake Nokoué to Ganvie, where 37,000 people live in stilt houses above the water—it's called the Venice of Africa. Walk through Ouidah's sacred forest to the ancient tree where the King of Kpasse supposedly transformed, then trace the poignant slavery route together. Stay at Sun City Hotel in Abomey and Hotel Cathas in Savalou.

Get up close with Red-bellied monkeys at Drabo Forest in Abomey Calavi, then wander through Porto Novo's Jardin des Plantes. You'll stay at Hotel Du Lac and Pendjari Camp, where private wildlife viewing lets you spot lions and elephants in UNESCO-listed Pendjari National Park. Walk through Tata Somba villages in Boukombe and learn about Otammari scarification traditions.

You'll visit the UNESCO-listed Royal Palaces of Abomey, where 12 powerful kings once ruled, then watch a traditional Guelede dance in Cove. Your beachfront stay at Awale Plage hotel in Grand Popo puts you right on the water, and you'll take part in a sacred twins ritual before seeing where the river meets the ocean at La Bouche du Roi.

Couples stay at Diaspora Hotel in Ouidah and Grand Popo Hotel, rowing through mangroves to Gbècon village and walking the quiet beach at La Bouche du Roi where the river meets the Atlantic. You'll see traditional voodoo dances at sacred forest ceremonies led by Daagbo Hounon, check out the stilt village of Ganvie, and have divination sessions using the African oracle FA.