The West Africa Road Trip: Accra, Lomé & Cotonou

Three countries. One road. Zero regrets. This is a West African road trip done properly — starting in Accra, crossing through Lomé in Togo, and ending in Cotonou, Benin, where the adventure genuinely peaks. It's the kind of trip that feels like a story before you've even finished it. You'll cross two land borders, eat food you'll spend months trying to recreate at home, and discover that West Africa has a version of itself that most people never slow down enough to find. Cotonou alone earns the whole trip — the road network that will make you question everything, the beaches that stay with you, the graffiti wall that does not end, and Ganvie, the floating village on Lake Nokoué that is simply one of the most extraordinary places in Africa.