Slave Route & Heritage guides

• Royal Palaces of Abomey, Benin: UNESCO Site Visitor Guide

  What to see at the UNESCO-listed Royal Palaces of Abomey and the Slave Trade Museum, and how it fits an 8-day Togo and Benin tour.

• African American Heritage Travel to West Africa: Where to Go and How to Plan

  A guide for diaspora travellers tracing roots in West Africa: the Slave Route sites in Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana, and a private tour that links them.

• Badagry Slave Route in Nigeria: What to See and How to Visit

  A visitor guide to Badagry's Point of No Return and slave heritage sites near Lagos, and how to combine them with Benin, Togo and Ghana.

• Cape Coast Castle and Kakum Canopy Walk: Ghana Day Trip Guide

  How to visit Cape Coast Castle and Kakum National Park from Accra, what to expect, and how it fits a longer West Africa itinerary.

• Door of No Return in Ouidah, Benin: Visitor Guide

  What to see on Ouidah's Route des Esclaves, from the Door of No Return to the Python Temple, and how to fit it into a West Africa trip.