Île de GoréeSenegal
Senegal
Teranga, Senegalese hospitality, from Gorée to the Saloum creeks.
- Île de GoréeUNESCO
- Saint-LouisUNESCO
- Delta du SaloumUNESCO
Cultural & responsible travel · 9 countries
Ancestral Africa. Living cultures. Authentic experiences.
Communities that welcome you. Stories that connect you to the roots. Choose your interests and dates: we design a tailor-made trip with you.
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Experiences
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Destinations
SenegalTeranga: warm hospitality, sabar rhythms and colourful pirogues between river and Atlantic.→GuineaGreen plateaus, waterfalls and Mandinka and Fulani cultures, where Africa's great rivers are born.→Côte d'IvoireSacred masks, tropical forests and palm-fringed beaches with a colonial soul.→GhanaThe Ashanti kingdom, kente weaving and coastal forts that keep the memory of the diaspora.→TogoTammari fortress-houses, coffee and cocoa hills, and markets bursting with colour.→BeninCradle of Vodun and legendary kingdoms: lake villages, ceremonies and living masks.→NigeriaYoruba land: sacred groves, drum festivals and a vibrant art scene.→CameroonAfrica in miniature: sultanates, volcanoes, savannahs and rainforest in one country.→GabonUntouched equatorial rainforest, gorillas, forest elephants and wild beaches.→
Tours
Our authentic tours
Pick a tour and book it in two clicks. All are adaptable to your dates and group.
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Ancestral dances and ceremonies, all year roundNo need to wait for a festival: we arrange traditional dances with the communities at any time, on request.Request a ceremony
The year's great festivals
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Destinations
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Fouta-DjallonGuinea
Guinea
West Africa's water tower: the Fouta Djallon highlands and Manding culture.
- Fouta-Djallon
- Îles de Loos
- Kankan
Grand-BassamCôte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
Masks of the west, Grand-Bassam's memory and Abidjan's energy.
- Grand-BassamUNESCO
- Man et ses masques
- Yamoussoukro
Cape Coast & ElminaGhana
Ghana
The Ashanti kingdom, kente and the Gold Coast forts.
- Cape Coast & ElminaUNESCO
- Kumasi
- Bonwire (kente)
KoutammakouTogo
Togo
Koutammakou tower-houses, Kpalimé forests and the Vodun coast.
- KoutammakouUNESCO
- Kpalimé
- Lac Togo
OuidahBenin
Our baseBenin
Cradle of Vodun and the Danxomè kingdom. Our home.
- Ouidah
- Palais royaux d'AbomeyUNESCO
- Ganvié
Osun-OsogboNigeria
Nigeria
Yoruba culture, the Osun sacred grove and the Lagos art scene.
- Osun-OsogboUNESCO
- Lagos
- Badagry
FoumbanCameroon
Cameroon
Grassfields chiefdoms, the Bamum sultanate and the Kribi coast.
- Foumban
- Bandjoun
- Kribi
LopéGabon
Gabon
Equatorial forest, Bwiti traditions and the Lopé rock engravings.
- LopéUNESCO
- Lambaréné
- Libreville
What our travellers say
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Ecotourism
Become an eco-traveller
We travel light: respect for the environment, the communities and their rites. Here are our commitments, and yours.
The eco-traveller pact
Your flight's footprint
The flight is most of a trip's impact. Estimate it; offsetting is optional.
Return-trip estimate to Cotonou—Method: great-circle distance × 2 × 0.117 kg CO₂e per passenger-km (long-haul, economy, altitude effect included). Order of magnitude.
Would you like to offset it? It's optional.
eVisas
Your eVisa: we help you step by step
Choose your country: each link opens the government platform where you apply and pay for your eVisa. We can help you fill it in if needed.
Each country's official portal
ECOWAS citizens: no visa for Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea and Senegal. Most of these countries require a yellow fever vaccination certificate. The final decision rests with the authorities.
Leave stress-free: reminders until departure
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Who we are
The authentic, lived from within
Ethnic Adventure Tours is an inbound agency based in Benin. For 10 years we have opened the doors of ancestral Africa to travellers: Vodun ceremonies, kingdoms and convents, Egungun and Zangbeto masks, markets and villages no tour bus ever reaches.
We reach the most remote villages because people there know us. Every visit is agreed with the community, the protocol of each rite is respected and part of the trip goes straight back to them.
- AuthenticityNo shows staged for tourists: rites and daily life as they really are.
- Ancestral heritageGuides from the communities explain the meaning of every mask, dance and sacred place.
- Remote villagesOff the usual routes, in small groups and with the consent of our hosts.
9countries
10years of experience
4languages
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