Ghana 8 Day Special

Day 1: ARRIVE IN ACCRA, GHANA

Arrive at Kotoka International Airport, go through immigration, collect your luggage, get through customs, and then leave and meet with our experienced Cultural Tour guide. Depending on your arrival time in Accra, you may choose to take a brief tour of the stunning and enormous University of Ghana, Legon campus, in our private air-conditioned vehicle. Your guide, who will be with you the entire time, will give you a briefing on what to expect during your stay in Ghana once you check into the hotel

Hotel: Pelican Hotel

Day 2: ACCRA CITY TOUR

Welcome to the thriving metropolis of Accra, which today combines modern buildings with those from colonial times to offer you a sense of a wonderful experience. After a lavish breakfast at your hotel, you go out to see this 120-year-old city’s historical attractions. The W.E.B. Du Bois Center, which honors the life of the well-known Pan-Africanist who decided to reside and work in Ghana, will be our first stop. We’ll keep going to Independence Square, where you can witness the encased African Liberation Flame, which was established there in 1961 by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. The first president of Ghana’s last resting place is the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park. There is a nearby museum that is adjacent to lovely gardens and displays images, artifacts, and information on Dr. Nkrumah’s life. Continue through Makola Market, Ghana’s largest open-air market.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Hotel: Pelican Hotel

Day 3: ACCRA | MANKESSIM | CAPE COAST

HIGHLIGHTS:

· Posuban

· Cape Coast Castle

Following a leisure breakfast, we will depart for yet another adventure of the Coastal lands of Ghana- Cape Coast & Elmina. This region has had the most significant effect on the lives of Africans in the diaspora. En route, we shall make a stop at Mankessim, a famous settlement of one of Ghana’s Akan tribes and you will see the Posuban Shrines.

Upon arrival in Cape Coast, visit Cape Coast castle, a UNESCO world heritage site. The castle is a thought-provoking monument to a harrowing period in the region’s history. You will take an emotional journey through the castle which held more enslaved Africans than any other in the region, viewing the dungeons and the infamous “Door of no return”.

There is a significant historical museum inside, which explains the history of the castle and of Cape Coast itself. You can purchase literature on Ghana’s forts and castles, as well as the cultural history and traditions of Ghana. You will be transferred to your hotel. Dinner at the hotel.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Hotel: Ridge Royal Hotel

Day 4:CAPE COAST | KAKUM | CAPE COAST

HIGHLIGHTS:

· Kakum National Park

· Mesomagor Bamboo Performance

Visit Kakum National Park after breakfast. One of Ghana’s most well-known parks is Kakum. Take a quick walk through the forest, where you can watch birds, butterflies, and perhaps even over 40 different species of mammals, such as monkeys and the rare forest elephant. Go to the canopy walk now. Africa’s only aerial walkway across the forest canopy, a 1000-foot path with seven bridges and viewing platforms that rise more than 150 feet above the earth, is located in Kakum.

This evening you will enjoy performance by the local bamboo orchestra, Mesomagor. The group consists of young villagers who have revived a traditional art by performing music and dance with bamboo percussion instruments. This is a contagious artistic performance you will not find anywhere else (Minimum 8 required for this activity).

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Hotel: Ridge Royal Hotel

Day 5: CAPE COAST | ASSIN MANSO | KUMASI

After a well deserving breakfast and check out, we depart to Kumasi, the seat of the Ashanti Empire, where legend is still evident today. The Ashanti forms the biggest Akan ethnic group in Ghana. For centuries they were the rulers in this region because of their well-organized society. Enroute, stop at Assin Manso, where two former slaves from the United States and Jamaica were re-interred in August 1998 as part of Ghana’s first Emancipation Day celebration. You will visit the “Slave River,” which was used to wash captured Africans before they were held in slave castles and prepared for transport to the Americas and the Caribbean.

Upon arrival in Kumasi late afternoon, we will tour Manhyia Palace, which served as the Asantehene’s formal residence until 1974. The palace is now a museum that houses precious artifacts from the Ashanti Kingdom.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Hotel: Lancaster Kumasi

Day 6: KUMASI & VICINITY

You will see the three craft communities in Kumasi’s surrounding verdant countryside after breakfast.

· Our first artisan village will be Bonwire, where we can observe how the renowned Kente cloth is manufactured by hand on looms according to a long-standing custom that has been handed down through the years. View the Kente fashions and take advantage of the opportunity to buy. We could pay the paramount chief of this village a courtesy visit.

· In the town of Ntonso, artisans’ hand-stamp designs onto cotton fabric to create Adinkra textiles.For funerals and other somber events, black-on-black and black-on-red Adinkra cloth is worn; discover how the black dye is manufactured in the village from tree bark and make your own Adinkra sash to take home. Additionally, you can buy sizable pieces of the village-made Adinkra cloth.

· We travel to the Ahwiaa Woodcarving Village, where skilled artisans carve Fertility Dolls, regal seats, and walking sticks from wood. Here, customers can buy a variety of hand-carved objects. We drive to the Ahwiaa Woodcarving Village, where skilled artisans carve Fertility Dolls, royal stools, and walking sticks from wood. Here, visitors can purchase a variety of hand-carved objects.

· Drive through the largest open market in West Africa this evening, the Kumasi Central Market (also known as the Kejetia Market), where more than 10,000 sellers sell their items. Almost anything may be found here, including food, clothing, cosmetics, and handcrafted goods.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Hotel: Lancaster Kumasi

Day 7:KUMAS| ACCRA

After sumptuous breakfast, depart Kumasi to Accra. Upon arrival, check in and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Hotel: Pelican Hotel

Day 8: ACCRA | DEPART

Today is a free day; choose your excursions and activities with the help of your driver and guide. Visit the places in Accra and the surrounding area that you have not yet visited. For your subsequent journey home, you will be taken to the airport.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast