Benin - West Africa - page 97

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Getting There & Away

BUSH TAXI & BUS
Cotonou has a confusingly large number of stations for minibuses, buses and bush taxis.
It's easiest to ask a taxi or a zemi-john to take you to the right one.
Gare Jonquet OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (Rue des Cheminots) , just west of Blvd
Steinmetz, services western destinations such as Grand Popo (CFA4000, two hours).
Bush taxis for Porto Novo (CFA500 to CFA700, 45 minutes) leave from Gare du Dantokpa
OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (Ave de la Paix) at the new bridge; those to Calavi-
Kpota (for Ganvié; CFA500, 25 minutes), Ouidah (CFA1000) and Abomey (CFA3000,
two hours) leave north of Stade de l'Amitié. Gare Missébo OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP (Ave van Vollenhoven) services Abomey (CFA2500).
For more-distant destinations, such as Natitingou, take the bus. The most reliable com-
panies at the time of writing were ATT OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (

95 95 34

18; Pl de l'Étoile Rouge) and Confort Lines OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (Pl de l'Étoile
Rouge) . Both have daily services for Natitingou (CFA8500).
There are also international services.

Getting Around

TO/FROM THE AIRPORT
The international airport is on the western fringe of town. A private taxi from the city
centre to the airport costs around CFA3000, although drivers will demand double this
amount from the airport. Z emi-johns will be happy to load you and your luggage for
much less.

TAXI
A zemi-john will whiz you around town for CFA100 to CFA500, depending on the dis-
tance.
Fares in shared taxis are CFA150 to CFA400.