Our Auberges (hotels) in the Republic of Benin are strategically located in order to provide convenient stopovers for business and tourist travellers.

In Benin we have 3 hotels (in Grand Popo, Dassa Zoume, Abomey), as well as a central reservation office in the country’s economic capital, Cotonou.

Three years ago our company decided to organise a railway tour to the north of Benin.
We wanted our guests to be able to travel by train, as was done in Benin 100 years ago, from Cotonou in the south to the end of the Railway line at Parakou in the north.

We purchased three 1920's railway coaches and refurbished them to a standard that would have been available to the first class travellers of that time.

And so "Train d’Ebene" (Ebony train) was born. It travels on a single narrow gauge track (1 m) from Cotonou to Parakou stopping at many of the interesting sights along the way and allows one to encounter the Beninese people, their culture, and their history.