Evening departure from USA

Meal(s) Included: No

Arrive Accra; meet assist and transfer to your hotel.

                                                           Photo: Accra billboard © Pat Ward Williams

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Paloma Hotel & Suites or Similar

This morning we will take a city tour to visit and photograph Accra's historic landmarks. We will see Black Star Square, where ceremonies and parades are held during national holidays. We will pay a visit to the Nkrumah Memorial, the grave of Kwame Nkrumah, the first Ghanaian president. We will visit Dubois House, the Ghanaian home of W. E. B. Du Bois, the American-born civil rights leader who spent his last years in Accra. We will end the day photographing at the Accra Craft workshops, where you can buy very fine woodcarvings, drums, and several types of colorful cloth, including the Ashanti kente. You are expected to haggle for a good price so bargain hard! The tour group will get together that evening for a group dinner with a traditional dance show.

                                                Photo: Coffin shop workers © Pat Ward Williams

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Paloma Hotel & Suites or Similar

Today you will have time to relax and play at the popular Labadie Beach.

Photo: Labadi beach © Pat Ward Williams

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Paloma Hotel & Suites or Similar

Free day to wander and photograph. What would you like to photograph? Let me offer you advice and directions. You may want to visit Osu, a popular meeting place for Western tourists. Situated on Cantoments Road, this area has internet cafes and restaurants of all kinds, even fast food like burgers, pizza, and ice cream.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Paloma Hotel & Suites or Similar

After breakfast, travel to Elmina, stopping to photograph in the Kankum National Forest. This forest park is a haven to exotic wildlife. A canopy walkway, above the forest floor, puts you in perfect range to photograph the exotic birds and other wildlife.

                                                                                     Photo: Forest © Pat Ward Williams

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Elmina Bay Resort or Similar

Spend the day photographing the fishing village of Elmina. You can walk along the beach photographing the boats and fishermen as they return from sea with their catch of the day. We will see and photograph traditional ceremonies to bless the fishing fleet. You may even take a boat ride.

                                                                Photo: Bakature Festival Parade © Pat Ward Williams

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Elmina Bay Resort or Similar

This will be a free day to wander the village and photograph the fish market, seaside landscape, or people of Elmina.

                                                               Photo: Magazine mask at the Bakature © Pat Ward Williams

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Elmina Bay Resort or Similar

Very much like the tour Obama took at the Cape Coast Castle, you can take the tour and photograph at Elmira Castle, one of the primary slave holding forts in the western area. Here you can view the infamous "doorway of no return". Fishing boats line the shores and cannons point out to the sea.

Photo: Elmina fishing village © Pat Ward Williams

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Elmina Bay Resort or Similar

After breakfast, we travel to Kumasi. Our driver knows our interests and is willing to stop for photo opportunities as we travel through the countryside

                                                                                  Photo: Roadside yam vendor  © Pat Ward Williams

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Miklin Hotel Kumasi or Similar

Meet and photograph a traditional Akan healer and diviner. Communication with the Akan Supreme Being is indirect. A diviner must interpret good luck or misfortune. Witness a ceremony of this indigenous practice firsthand and pour libations to the spirits. Later we will shop and photograph in the Kumasi Central Market, the largest traditional market in West Africa.

                                                                                             Photo: Traditional healer © Pat Ward Williams

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Miklin Hotel Kumasi or Similar

Today we travel to the town of Bonwire to photograph the production of Kente cloth. Kente cloth of every description and price range is available. Open-air workshops make it easy to chat with the artisans and photograph the traditional looms. On the way we will stop at the village of Ntonso and watch Adinkra fabric being produced using traditional wax resist methods. Then we travel to Ahwaai, which is a production center for traditional and custom woodcarvings, all done in outdoor workshops.

                                                                Photo: Printing Adinkra fabric © Pat Ward Williams

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Miklin Hotel Kumasi or Similar

Take a free day for last minute shooting and packing.

                                                                          Photo: Village children © Pat Ward Williams

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Overnight at Miklin Hotel Kumasi or Similar

Van travels back to Accra. Depart for USA.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

First tour the modern cosmopolitan capital city of Accra, where we will photograph historic and national landmarks as well as cultural hotspots. Next travel to the fishing village of Elmina to witness and photograph a traditional parade of chiefs and linguists. The group will then travel to Kumasi in the heart of the Ashanti kingdom. Kumasi will serve as our base and gateway city for escorted excursions (one or more days) to cultural sites and local events specifically to take photographs. Program participants can be at any level of camera proficiency. Academic credit can be arranged.

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Tour Includes
• Meeting and assistance upon arrival and departure
• Roundtrip airport/hotel transfers
• Hotel accommodation in the indicated properties
• Transportation in private vehicle
• Experienced tour guide
• Admission to listed sites and events
• Meals indicated by  Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Not Included
• Cost of visa
• Meals not listed
• Travel Insurance
• Gratuity to driver and guide

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