The Trails of Benin and Togo on Enduro
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Lomé
1200 miles
8 days
The Trails of Benin and Togo on Enduro
Lomé
| 1200 miles
| 8
days
starting from
$2,070.00
With your motorcycles, ride through virgin forests and navigate winding roads and tracks. Follow the beautiful Lake Ahémé and sandy expanses. Discover the sacred mountains of Dassa and Savalou, and ride through hills and coffee plantations. Stop in typical villages where entertainment, colors, atmospheres, and colorful markets enliven these places. Take trails that wind and where the terrain becomes steep, and admire exceptional panoramas throughout your motorcycle journey in Africa! An 11-day formula is also available for this circuit, do not hesitate to inquire with our local partner for more information. For knowledge of departure dates, feel free to make a quote request!
Prerequisites
| Permit required |
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Inclusions
- Accommodation for 7 nights
- Airport welcome and transfers
- Organization, supervision, and guidance
- Motorcycle rental
- Full board from the night of arrival to the lunch of the last day. (Double room in an inn and hotel)
- Tourist taxes and visits mentioned
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Day 1: France - Lomé
You arrive at the airport in the evening and are transferred to your hotel for a welcome drink! You spend the night there.
Day 2: Lomé – Vogan – Possotomé (Benin - 99 miles)
After a good breakfast, you collect your motorcycles to leave Lomé. Take winding roads and tracks, cross typical villages of Togo and then head northeast towards Benin. The latter is separated from Togo by the Mono River. After some thrilling riding sensations, you arrive at Grand Popo, then join the beautiful Lake Ahémé for a final tour before spending the night at the campsite.
Day 3: Possotomé – Ouidah (74 miles)
Spend the morning navigating the lake to discover the legends of the country and the different fishing techniques used, depending on the species. Next, head to Ouidah and its Portuguese fort turned into a museum dedicated to the slave trade in Benin. The city is also a place of Vodoun worship, deities, and rites. You will spend the night in an inn by the ocean.
Day 4: Ouidah - Abomey (105 miles)
On this new day of your journey in Togo, you will follow the sandy stretch to Cotonou on your motorcycles. There, take a canoe that leads you to Ganvié. Then take your motorcycles to Abomey. Visit this city known for its ancient palaces of Kings and its historical museum, a former royal palace listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You spend the night at the hotel.
Day 5: Adomey - Atakpamé (93 miles)
On this new day, head towards Togo and the Nangbéto dam, where it is possible to spot hippos early in the morning and late afternoon! Through winding forest tracks, reach Atakpamé, a town perched on a hill. This completes the "coffee-cocoa triangle" formed by Kpalimé, Badou, and Atakpamé. Night in a Motel.
Day 6: Atakpamé – Badou (93 miles)
Mount your motorcycles for a beautiful day of riding. Wind between tracks and roads at the Okpabé pass while crossing typical villages where animations, colors, atmospheres, and colorful markets are omnipresent! After several kilometers of tracks, arrive at Badou, a town nestled in the hollow of wooded hills and coffee plantations. Leave your motorcycles for a walk through the tropical forest and the magnificent Akloa waterfall. Overnight in a campsite in the village of Tomégbé.
Day 7: Badou – Kouma Konda (93 miles)
On the penultimate day on your motorcycles, ride through the forest where the terrain becomes very steep, and the track is very winding. Beautiful sensations await you. Head to the Dayes plateau, offering exceptional panoramas! Arrive at the village of Kouma Konda, sitting at an altitude of 600 meters. In the evening, walk around and discover coffee and cocoa cultures, the forest, and its rich flora: iroko, mahogany, avocado, cacao, pepper plant, liana, and thousands of colorful butterflies... Overnight in an inn in the village.
Day 8: Kouma Konda - Lomé (105 miles)
On the last day, two options are available in the morning. You can choose between a walk around the village or an enduro course. After lunch, depart for Lomé. Ride on sandy tracks between palm and coconut groves. Cross Lake Togo by canoe to finish your motorcycle raid in style. End of your motorcycle circuit.
Important Information
*Pilot Price: price for a single person, in a private single room or shared room
The price does not include:
- Flights
- Visas
- Motorcycle fuel
- Drinks, mineral water
- The potential dinner in Lomé on the first and last day (depending on flight time)
- 4x4 assistance
- Cancellation – repatriation insurance
