Share-taxis to the landing stage at Abomey-Calavi
leave from the Dan Topka market
at the end of Boulevard Saint Michel,
in Cotonou.

And then the rip-off begins....

Called an African Venice because fifteen thousand people live in the dwellings that are perched on piles in the lake, Ganvie is a lot more to the Tofinu peoples.

To the Tofinu peoples, Ganvie means:
"the collectivity of those who found peace at last".