Ganvie, Benin

... to about 30,000 Tofinu tribe members, all of whom live in dwellings built about two meters above Lake Nokoue, Ganvie is one of Benin's leading tourist magnets.  The tribe allegedly came to this fishing-based lifestyle on the lake in the 1600s when ...

The height of a particularly wet rainy season may not actually be the most interesting time to visit a stilt village.  It was more like a village floating on the water but still really cool.  There's even a cute little rustic house-boatesque ...