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Last Update: 16 Dec 2010

Riding Holidays | Benin

Benin is situated between Togo and Nigeria. Tourism in Benin is still in its infancy and the country has a hot and humid climate, not ideally suited to sustaining horses. There are a few horse riding stables attached to large hotels in coastal tourist regions, but no known longer horse riding trails in Benin are available. Most horses in Benin are still used primarily as work animals.

We are always looking for new riding destinations and regularly update the information on this site. If you have information about horse riding in Benin please do contact us.

Intersting facts about Benin: Formally known as Dahomy the country was renamed to the Republic of Benin in 1990 and named for the Bight of Benin to the south of the country. It is a recently evolved democratic republic and the capital city is Porto-Novo. The country has varying terrain with low lying sandy coastal plains, lagoons and lakes in the south, an area of flat savannah and occasional low hills and forest further inland and a range of mountains in the north. There are two National Parks in the north, called the Reserve du W du Niger and Pendjari National Park.