Medical or companion stay
Staying near the CHIC.
The Centre Hospitalier International de Calavi receives patients from across Benin and the region. Ongoing treatment means weeks on the spot — and a family who has to sleep somewhere and be on time for the morning appointment.
Where the CHIC actually is
The CHIC is not in Cotonou: it sits at Abomey-Calavi, about ten kilometres to the north-west, on the road that runs from the bridge towards Calavi. It is the country's largest reference hospital — over four hundred beds, eight poles covering eighteen specialties — and its wards, its radiotherapy service and its laparoscopic surgery are running.
The furnished accommodation, meanwhile, is in Cotonou. That is where the maintained homes are, the guardians, the cleaning teams and a concierge that answers at night. Twenty minutes on the road early, up to forty-five at rush hour: we set the car's departure accordingly.
What Léna Escapes takes on
- Transport to the CHIC, booked ahead for each appointment
- A driver who waits if the consultation runs long
- A single-level home when mobility is limited
- A fitted kitchen to adapt meals to the treatment
- Fortnightly and monthly rates for long treatments
- A concierge reachable at night, a guardian on site
We give no medical advice and recommend no practitioner or department: that is not our trade. What we know how to do is house people properly and get them there on time.
The homes
For this kind of stay we favour Cadjèhoun and Cocotiers: quiet at night, central, with a direct run out towards Calavi.
Common questions
- Where can I stay near the CHIC in Calavi?
- The CHIC is in Abomey-Calavi, about ten kilometres north-west of Cotonou. Furnished homes are to be found in Cotonou, not in Calavi: homes in Fidjrossè, Cadjèhoun and Cocotiers are twenty to forty-five minutes from the hospital depending on the time of day and the traffic on the Calavi road.
- How long does it take to get from Cotonou to the CHIC?
- Allow twenty minutes early in the morning and up to forty-five minutes at rush hour. For a morning appointment, the car leaves before seven.
- Do you offer stays of several weeks?
- Yes, and this is the most common case for ongoing treatment. Beyond two weeks, the price switches to the fortnightly and then the monthly rates, which are much better value than paying by the night. You keep the same home from start to finish.
- Do you arrange transport to the hospital?
- Yes: an air-conditioned car and a driver who knows the road, booked ahead for each appointment, waiting on site if the consultation runs over.
- Can you recommend a doctor or a department?
- No. Léna Escapes provides a home and transport. Medical choices are for you and your doctor to make; Léna Escapes gives no medical advice and recommends no practitioner.
Give the dates
Give us the expected length and the first appointment. We answer with a home, a price and the transport arranged.