Ganvie
is a stilt village about one hour, by car, north from Cotonou, is also known as the Venice of Africa. Ganvie lays in Lac Nokoué/Lake Nokoué.
With it’s population of around 20.000 people it’s a large village and probably the biggest stilt village in Africa.
The Tofinu people founded the village in the sixteenth or seventeenth century, while running from the warriors of the King of Dahomey whom wanted them to be slaves.