Bhenin

Ngaphandle kokudodobala okudlulileyo, namhlanje iBenin ngumzekelo wozinzo kwilizwekazi kwaye imele ibali lelizwe elizimeleyo laseAfrika elinesiphelo esihle. Ukuba iBenin inomtsalane kwinto ethile, yenzelwe ubume bayo obumnandi obumelwe kwiPendejari National Park nakunxweme oluzele yimithi yesundu eyenza ukuba abathandi bolwandle kunye nolwandle bathandane.

Nangona kunjalo, iyachukumisa izindlu zayo ezihleliweyo, kwilifa layo laseAfro-Brazil laseOuidah kunye nePorto Novo kunye nenkcubeko yayo enomdla eSomba. IBenin yinto entle ukuhlala. Ngaba le iya kuba yindawo yakho elandelayo?

Uya nini eBenin?

Elona xesha lilungileyo lokundwendwela iBenin lisukela ngoNovemba ukuya kuFebruwari xa imozulu yomile kwaye ifudumele, ilungele ukubona izilwanyana zelizwe. Elona xesha lishushu kakhulu lisukela ngoMatshi ukuya kuMeyi, emva kokuba imimoya yehattattan ibuyela umva xa isibhakabhaka sicacile kwaye kukho iimvula ezizodwa emazantsi. Iinyanga zikaJuni ukuya ku-Okthobha zihlala zifana nemvula, ethi yehle ukusuka phakathi kuJulayi ukuya kuSeptemba emazantsi.

Ungaya njani eBenin?

Akukho zindiza ngqo phakathi kwekomkhulu laseBenin (eCotonou) naseSpain, ke ukuze ufike kweli lizwe kufuneka okungenani ume kancinci. Iindiza eziya eBenin zisuka eParis, eBrussels, eIstanbul okanye eCasablanca.

Ngaba ndifuna i-visa yokungena eBenin?

Ewe kunjalo, kodwa ukuyifumana kulula kwaye kuyakhawuleza, kuba inenkqubo ye-agile yezicelo ezikwi-Intanethi kwiwebhusayithi yayo esemthethweni. Nje ukuba uxwebhu luzaliswe kwaye luhlawulelwe, lukhutshwa kwisithuba esimalunga neeyure ezingama-48 kunye nexesha elifanelekileyo eliqala okoko kukhutshwa i-visa.

Ekuphela kwento efunekayo kukuba nepasipoti isebenze ngaphezulu kweenyanga ezi-6 ukusuka ekungeneni okucwangcisiweyo ukuya eBenin kwaye ukhethe ukuba yeyentsuku ezingama-30 okanye ezingama-90.

Ngaba kukho ugonyo olunyanzelekileyo lokungena eBenin?

Ukuya eBenin, iyeza lokugonya i-yellow fever kunyanzelekile. Kukwabalulekile ukuphatha isiqinisekiso sokugonya samazwe aphesheya apho iyeza lokuthintela livela khona kwisutikheyisi yakho. Ngokumalunga nezitofu zokugonya ezicetyiswayo, unyango lwe-typhoid fever kunye ne-malaria, i-tetanus, i-meningitis, ne-hepatitis A kunye ne-B.

Yintoni ongayibona eBenin?

IPaka yeSizwe yePendjari

Ebekwe phakathi kwendawo entle yeentaba zeAtora ze-Atakora kunye ne-savannah, iPendjari National Park yenye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo kwindalo eNtshona Afrika., ngobuninzi bezilwanyana zasendle ezinjengeengonyama, izingwenkala, iimfene, iimvubu, amahlosi neendlovu, phakathi kwezinye iintlobo. Elona xesha lilungileyo lokuyibona le paki ye-2750 km2 isesiphelweni sexesha elomileyo, xa badibana kwimingxunya yokuseza.

Ganvie

Eyaziwa ngokuba yi-'African Venice ', abantu abangama-30.000 bohlanga lwaseTofinu bahlala kwesi sixeko sothusayo sezindlu ezakhiwe ezindlini zoqalo eLake Nokoué. Bazinza ngaphakathi echibini ukuba babalekele ubukumkani base-Abomey ababebathengisa njengamakhoboka kubantu baseYurophu. UTofinu wayeyazi intshaba yabo yokoyika amanzi kwaye ngekhe bafike echibini ukuze bababambe. Namhlanje esi sixeko sidadayo ekuthiwa yiGanvié siyaqhubeka nokuqhubeka sikhona kwaye singaqwalaselwa kusetyenziswa isikhephe.

Yindawo ebalulekileyo ukutyelela ngexesha lokuya eBenin kuba iGanvié sisiqwenga sembali kwaye siyinxalenye yenkcubeko kunye nendlela yokuphila yeTofinu.

ILake Ahémé

Ime emazantsi-ntshona eBenin, yindawo apho kubonakala ngathi ixesha alimile. Unxweme lwayo oluchumileyo yindawo entle onokuchitha kuyo iintsuku ezimbalwa, ngakumbi kweyona dolophu ibaluleke kakhulu: iPossotomé.

Apha ungenza ukhenketho olwahlukeneyo ukuze wazi iindawo ezikungqongileyo, uye kukhwela iphenyane echibini, uqubha okanye ufunde ubuchule bokuloba bemveli. Ukwamkelwa ngobubele kwabahlali sisipho kuba bavumela abahambi ukuba bababone besebenza kubugcisa babo okanye bajoyine uhambo olude oluya konwaba abathandi bendalo njengoko kuchazwa izityalo ezikhoyo kunye neepropathi zabo.

Umzila wamakhoboka wase-Ouidah

Kuqikelelwa ukuba ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezibini zabantu ababanjwe bubukumkani baseDahomey bathengiswa njengamakhoboka kubarhwebi ukuba bathunyelwe eMelika. Kunxweme lwaseBenin, e-Ouidah, isikwere sefandesi sisekhona kwaye ungabona indlela egubungela amanqanaba ahlukeneyo abo babephulukene nenkululeko yabo ukuba bathengiswe kwaye bathunyelwe kwiinqanawa ezazisiya eMelika. Inkumbulo ebuhlungu yokwenzeka kwabo bantu kwiinkulungwane ezidlulileyo.

Ibhotwe lase-Abomey

I-Abomey yayilikomkhulu lobukumkani bamandulo baseDahomey, ookumkani babo baxhamla kwintengiso yamakhoboka ababewafumana kwiilali ezikufutshane. Ibhotwe lasebukhosini lisusela kwinkulungwane ye-XNUMX neye-XNUMX kwaye zithathwa njengeNdawo yeLifa leMveli yeHlabathi. Abanye babo njengoGhezo okanye uGlelé banokundwendwelwa kwaye babonise amandla obu bukhosi babenabo eBenin.