Hotel Germain - Ganvié Holiday Resort

L’emplacement au calme, tout proche du cœur de Ganvié. La restauration copieuse, la gentillesse et disponibilité de l’équipe, les transferts aéroports et les visites guidées de Ganvié en barque.

Christopher, propriétaire et guide, est une personne prévenante, intéressante et smart. Quand on visite un lieu unique comme Ganvie, le plus important est la personne qui vous fait vivre le lieu! Il est impératif de.passer une nuit a Ganvie pour apprécier vraiment cette.cité lacustre. Certes le lieu, en rénovation, au confort précaire est peu avenant mais cela fait partie de l expérience ! Prévoir au prix de la chambre, le transport en bateau (cher car taxé) et évidemment les excursions indispensables (prix raisonnables). Bon dîner.

Basic and inexpensive room in stunning surroundings, no thrills, no air conditioning, but helpful, friendly staff. Interesting tours on offer at reasonable price. Recommendable, I had a wonderful experience.

Everything was organized perfectly.
Special thx to Steven.

Best thing was the staff. Always kind and courteous. I even accidentally left behind a photocopy of my documents when i left and they reached out to me to see if I needed it. Location is fantastic. It's right across from the school so when there was downtime, it was such a treat to just watch canoes go by and see kids get picked up/dropped off/canoeing home on their own. And if you have lunch or dinner there, which is so great in quantity that no normal human can eat it all, the sauce moyo is excellent! Christopher speaks excellent English and is extremely knowledgeable about Ganvie. Before arrival, he reached out via WhatsApp and provided a detailed excursion with options that suited your tastes and interests. I highly recommend a home visit. The family I got to visit was so inviting and provided such unique insight into their culture and lives, not just as an experience that you just photograph and walk away from but to really know who they are as people, what difficulties they face, what hopes and dreams they have for themselves and their family, and just the joy of being with their family.

Ganvié is an incredible place and having the opportunity to stay there over night and seeing the morning market is worth a trip to Benin.
Hotel Germain is one of the (best?) locations where you can spend the night and its owner/manager and his capt’n are doing a lot to make your trip an unforgettable experience.

We had a great stay at Germain's as a base to explore Ganvié. Christopher kept in touch with me before hand suggesting an itinerary to make the most of my stay. The options and pricing were really clear as well as the times. He made the transfers to and from Ganvié really easy. The staff were lovely. The food was great. It was a nice location outside the centre of town. Other hotels seemed more in the town where it was noisy. It's a unique experience and Germain's is the best place to do that.

The lake village of Ganvié is a very interesting place to visit, and it was good to spend a night there. The owner of the hotel was very clear with communication before I arrived, and pointed out the additional fees (boat transfer, canoe tour, dinner, breakfast). Good food. Good WiFi.

Ganvie is a fantastic place, not spoiled by mass tourism (yet). it should definitely go on your to-do list in Benin!

Christopher who was in charge was very helpful. He was extremely clear with communication and clearly pointed out in additional fees (dinner, breakfast, boat transfer, govt tax and boat tour price) ahead of me arriving which was very good. The boat tour was great, food decent and he even helped me find a Moto taxi when I was leaving.

Excellent ,relaxing location at the end of Ganviè .
Helpful owner and staff.
Clean,if small, rooms with all amenities for such a location.
Good wifi.
Diner and breakfast were delicious with copious portions.