10 Days Ghana Cultural and Heritage Trip

This tour will portrays and expose you to the real Ghanaian culture, history and heritage in-depth. You will have a very well experienced and a fun guides(both male & female travel leaders) to be with. Expect a wonderful and amazing time on this tour. There will be a lots of laughs and banter from start to finish. If you are looking to discover Ghanaian history, culture and heritage, then this tour is for you.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive in Ghana

Pass By: Accra, Accra, Greater Accra
Arrive in Ghana. You will be pick up at the airport and transferred to your hotel. There will be a welcome dinner and drinks where you meet everyone else on the trip including your in country trip leaders.

Meals included:
• Dinner: There will be welcome drinks.
Accommodation included: GC Royal Hotel

Day 2: Explore Accra

Stop At: Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, High St., Accra Ghana
This is the last and final resting place of the first president of the Republic of Ghana. It houses a curious collection of Nkrumah's personal belongings, including the smock he wore while declaring Ghana's independence, as well as copies of personal correspondence and numerous photos of him and various world leaders.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Independence Square, Accra Ghana
Black Star Square is a site for Ghana's Independence Day parade, which falls on the 6th of March every year. The Independence Arch in Accra, Ghana, contains monuments to Ghana's independence struggle, including the Independence Arch, Black Star Gate, and the Liberation Day Monument. The Independence Square is the second largest City Square in the world after the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Makola Market, Kojo Thompson Rd, Accra Ghana
Accra’s largest open-air market which overflows with goods, people, scents and sounds, hustle and bustle. It is the best place to absorb the atmosphere of a West African market. It is quite an amazing place with lots of very narrow alleyways and women walking about with huge bowls and other packages on their heads. Good place to shop for most things but very crowded most times. Get almost everything you need for your home at reasonable rate. Your guide to show you the more interesting parts of the market and find some cool vantage spots for excellent photo opportunities. Plan to spend the day, there is plenty to see.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: National Museum of Ghana, Barnes Rd., Accra Ghana
At the national museum of Ghana, we will see a display on things that explains the Ghanaian culture and traditions. Some displays are chiefs' regalia; indigenous Ghanaian musical instruments; gold-weights; beads; traditional textiles, stools and pottery; exhibits on traditional dance, agriculture and iron making; exhibits on the slave trade in Ghana; Senfu masks from La Cote d' Ivoire; Zulu wooden figures and bead-ware from different cultures.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: GC Royal Hotel

Day 3: Drive to Aburi Botanical Gardens

Stop At: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Aburi Ghana
Today we will visit the Aburi Botanical Gardens where we learn about different type of African herbs and plant, the origin, age and medicinal properties of plants and it important to the society.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: W.E.B. DuBois Center, 1 Circular Road, Cantonments just few meters from the US Embassy and close to Ghana International School, Accra Ghana
Pan Africanism memorial centre. Here we will learn about WEB Du Bois. An American sociologist, socialist and historian.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Coconut Grove Bridge House

Day 4: Drive to Cape Coast. Explore Cape Coast.

Stop At: Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast Ghana
We will discover how slaves were kept in the dungeon awaiting for the ships and visit the door of no return.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Coconut Grove Bridge House

Day 5: Discover Elmina Ancient Town & Kakum Rain Forest and Canopy Walk

Stop At: Kakum National Park, Cape Coast Ghana
Kakum Rainforest and Canopy Walk is one of the few only existing canopy walks in the world. We will visit and explore the park
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Elmina, Elmina, Central Region
Elmina is Ghana's top most historical town. We will go on a walking tour and visit most of the historical buildings. We will also visit the 17th century Dutch Cemetery, the Posuban Shrine and the Asafo post.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Elmina Castle, Elmina Ghana
We will visit the Elmina slave dungeon which is the oldest and the largest European building in existence below the sub sahra. Over here, we will visit the dungeons, fore court and the door of no return.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Coconut Grove Bridge House

Day 6: Rest and Relaxation & Naming Ceremony

Stop At: Elmina, Elmina, Central Region
We will have rest and relaxation today in the morning. Later in the day, we will visit the chief palace about the traditions of the local people. We will also have a typical naming ceremony where we will be given names base on the day we are born as it is a custom in the Ghanaian culture and dressed in a African clothing.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Golden Hill Parker Hotel

Day 7: Drive to Kumasi via Assin Manso Slave River and Market

Stop At: Assin Manso, Assin Manso, Central Region
This is the final and the last point the slaves had their last bath before taken to the castles and were shipped to the unknown world. We will experience the reverential walk of return where we go through the process of reconnecting back to the motherland. We will talk a walk on the very soil to the slave river where our ancestors had their last bath. The walk to the river will be done bare foot which signifies connecting ourselves to the motherland and paying respect to our ancestors who took that journey and all lost souls. We will also visit the memorial wall of return where we will have names written on the wall to show sign of being able to return back home.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Golden Hill Parker Hotel

Day 8: Explore Kumasi

Stop At: Manhyia Palace Museum, Ahanti New Town Road off Antoa Road, Kumasi Ghana
This is the seat to the King Of The Ashanti Kingdom. We will be portrayed too and discover the rich history of the Asante Empire
Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Kejetia Market, Kumasi Ghana
This is West African's largest and busiest open air market.

Stop At: Okomfo Anokye Sword Site, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi Ghana
We will visit the Kumasi Cultural Center. From there we will visit the Okomfo Anokye Sword site where we see and learn the history behind the mystical 400yrs unremovable sword planted
Duration: 45 minutes

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Royal Lamerta Hotel

Day 9: Drive to Accra via Visit to Bonwire Kente Village

Stop At: Bonwire Kente Weaving Centre, QGRG+WVP, Juaben, Ghana
We will learn about different kind of Ghanaian cloths and symbols and its meaning with its significance to the Ghana culture.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: GC Royal Hotel

Day 10: Depart Ghana

Stop At: Accra, Accra, Greater Accra
Today will be our last day in Ghana. We will visit the Accra Arts Center to make our last souvenir shopping. We will drop you off at the airport in time to enable you catch your flights with not much stress.
Duration: 45 minutes

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.