From Port-au-Prince · Haiti
Port-au-Prince to Cotonou.
Haitian vodou was born here. The loas, the drums, the names of the spirits: Haiti's ritual language is that of the Bight of Benin, and Ouidah is forty minutes from Cotonou.
The journey
There is no direct link: you connect through North America or Europe, and the journey takes a full day. Give us your flight, we track the arrival and someone meets you at Cadjèhoun, fifteen minutes from our homes.
The visa
Electronic visa to request before leaving.
The money
Benin uses the CFA franc (XOF). Plan to change money on arrival; we take card, bank transfer and Mobile Money, and our rates are published in FCFA.
Hotel or furnished home?
A journey of memory is not made from a hotel room. A house, a kitchen, a driver who knows Ouidah and Abomey, and a concierge who answers at night when the day has been heavy.
Where to stay in Cotonou
Common questions
- Does Benin grant citizenship to Afro-descendants?
- Yes. Law 2024-31 of 2 September 2024, amended in July 2025, recognises Beninese nationality for any adult who establishes, through their genealogy, descent from a sub-Saharan African ancestor deported from the continent during the transatlantic slave trade. Applications are filed online on the government platform myafroorigins.bj. We handle no files: we house people, and we know the country.
- Do I need a visa for Benin?
- Yes, outside ECOWAS. Benin issues an electronic visa to apply for online before departure, with no embassy visit. A yellow-fever vaccination card is checked on arrival.
- What should I see first?
- Ouidah: the sacred forest of Kpassè, the Temple of Pythons, then the four kilometres of the Slave Route down to the Door of No Return. Then Abomey and its royal palaces, on the UNESCO list. We arrange the driver and the guide.
Tell us your dates
We answer in French or English, and the home is held as soon as the deposit lands.
+229 01 67 60 80 60