Introducing Ghana, 6 Days
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5x Breakfast
5x Breakfast
Accommodation included: 5 nights
Accommodation included: 5 nights
Meeting and assistance upon arrival...
Meeting and assistance upon arrival and departure
โข Round-trip airport/hotel transfers
โข Round-trip airport/hotel transfers
โข Hotel accommodation in the...
โข Hotel accommodation in the indicated properties or similar
โข Transportation in private vehicle
โข Transportation in private vehicle
โข Experienced cultural tour guide
โข Experienced cultural tour guide
โข Meals (Breakfast daily)
โข Meals (Breakfast daily)
โข Bottled water per person...
โข Bottled water per person per day
Entry/Admission - Kwame Nkrumah Memorial...
Entry/Admission - Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
Entry/Admission - The Manhyia Palace
Entry/Admission - The Manhyia Palace
Entry/Admission - Bonwire Kente Weaving...
Entry/Admission - Bonwire Kente Weaving Centre
Entry/Admission - Ancestral Slave River...
Entry/Admission - Ancestral Slave River Park
Entry/Admission - Kakum National Park
Entry/Admission - Kakum National Park
Not included:
โข Visas and Round-trip international...
โข Visas and Round-trip international Flights
โข Travel insurance
โข Travel insurance
โข Gratuity for driver and...
โข Gratuity for driver and guide
โข Meals not listed
โข Meals not listed
โข Personal expenses
โข Personal expenses
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ยAbout experience
Itinerary
Day 1: ARRIVE ACCRA, GHANA
Stop At: Accra, Accra, Greater Accra
Upon arrival at Kotoka International Airport, proceed through immigrations, claim luggage and clear Custom procedures, exit and meet our expert Cultural Tour guide.
**Depending on the time of arrival in Accra :
You may take a short tour of the beautiful and vast campus of University of Ghana, Legon in our private air conditioned vehicle and visit the infamous Oxford streets with its colorful African shops.
Continue to the hotel; after check-in, your guide, who will be with you throughout your stay, will brief you on what to expect during your stay in Ghana.
Meal (s) Included: None
Duration: 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Best Western Plus Accra Beach Hotel * 3 star
Day 2: ACCRA
Stop At: Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, High St., Accra Ghana
Highlights:
โข W.E.B Dubois Centre
โข The Independence/Black Square
โข The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
โข Jamestown Fishing Community-The Lighthouse
โข The Brazil House
Welcome to the bustling city of Accra which today is a blend of modern day edifices and colonial days structures that give you a feel of a great experience
This 120 years old city has a number of historical things to offer as you set off after a sumptuous breakfast at your hotel.
Our first visit will be to W.E.B Du Bois Centre honoring the life of the prominent Pan-Africanist who chose to live and work in Ghana.
We shall continue to Independence Square where you will see the enclosed flame of African Liberation, which was lit by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in 1961. The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, final resting place of Ghanaโs first president. Set in attractive gardens, there is an adjoining museum, which contains photos, artifacts and an insight into Dr. Nkrumahโs life.
Our dayโs visit ends at Jamestown Community-One of Accraโs most historic neighborhoods where history resides on every corner. Best known for its lighthouses (the first of which was constructed in 1875 by the British) as a navigational aid for trading vessels sailing through the Gulf of Guinea. The original structure was ruined but a larger and more improved lighthouse completed in 1921 is still functioning today.
You may visit โBrazil Houseโ and learn about the seven Afro-Brazilian families who returned to settle in Ghana in 1836. Familiar Brazilian/Portuguese last names such as De Souza, Palmares, Azumah, Amorin, Da Costa, Santos, De Medeiros and Olympio are abundant in this section of Accra
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Best Western Plus Accra Beach Hotel * 3 star
Day 3: ACCRA - KUMASI
Stop At: The Manhyia Palace, Ashanti New Town Road, Kumasi, Ghana
Highlights:
โข Manhyia Palace Museum
โข Okomfo Anokye Sword Site
After breakfast, drive through the forest zone to Kumasi, the seat of the Ashanti Empire to explore the legends of the famous Ashantis, whose legacies are still evident today.
Arrive early afternoon and visit Manhyia Palace, official residence of Ashanti Kings (Asantehene) until 1974, now a museum containing treasured items relating to the Ashanti Kingdom.
Continue to the Okomfo Anokye Sword site, an important symbol of Ashanti unity that marks the spot where the Golden Stool โdescended from the skyโ and has been in place for 300 years. Legend says the Ashanti Kingdom would collapse should the sword ever be removed.
Transfer to your hotel for your overnight stay; evening at leisure
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Noda Hotel * 3 star
Day 4: KUMASI
Stop At: Bonwire Kente Weaving Centre, Juaben, Ghana
Highlights:
โข 3 craft villages of Ahwiaa, Ntonso and Bonwire
โข Kumasi Central Market
After breakfast, you will visit the 3 craft villages of the surrounding lush countryside of Kumasi.
Bonwire will be our first craft village where weโll see how the famous Kente Cloth is handmade on looms in a time-honored tradition passed down through generations. See the Kente styles and the opportunity to make purchases. We may pay a courtesy call to the paramount chief of this community.
We will continue to the village of Ntonso where Artisans hand-stamp patterns on Cotton cloth to make Adinkra Textiles. Black-on-Black and Black-on-Red Adinkra Cloth is worn for funerals and other solemn occasions; learn how the Black Dye is made in the village from the bark of trees and creates your own Adinkra sash to take home. You may also purchase large pieces of the Adinkra Cloth handmade in the village.
We proceed to the woodcarving Village of Ahwiaa, known for the talented craftsmen who fashion Royal stools, walking sticks and Fertility Dolls from wood; with the opportunity to purchase hand carved items of all kinds.
This evening, visit the Kumasi Central Market (also known as the Kejetia Market), the largest open market in West Africa, where more than 10,000 vendors sell their wares. Here you will find just about everything, food, fabric, beauty products and handmade crafts.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Noda Hotel * 3 star
Day 5: KUMASI- ASSIN MANSO-ELMINA
Stop At: Ancestral Slave River Park, Assin Manso Ghana
Highlights:
โข Assin Manso Slave River
โข Cape Coast Castle
After breakfast, drive to Cape Coast; with a stop at Assin Manso, the burial site of two former slaves from the U.S. and Jamaica whose remains were re-interred in August 1998 during Ghanaโs first Emancipation Day celebration. You will see the โSlave Riverโ where captured Africans were washed before being confined in the Slave castles to await shipment to the Americas and the Caribbean.
Arrive Cape Coast in time for lunch; in the afternoon, visit Cape Coast Castle a UNESCO World Heritage site, and was one of the departure points for Africans being sent to slavery in the Americas. The Castle is home to the โDoor of No Returnโ.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Coconut Grove Beach Resort * 3 star
Day 6: ELMINA-KAKUM NATIONAL PARK- ACCRA DEPART
Stop At: Kakum National Park, Cape Coast Ghana
Highlights:
โข Kakum National Park
โข Abandze Village
After breakfast, visit Kakum National Park. Kakum is one of Ghanaโs most famous parks. Take a brief walking tour on the forest floor; see birds, butterflies and perhaps catch a glimpse of the forests over 40 species of mammals including monkeys and the reclusive forest elephant. Proceed to the canopy walk. Kakum is home to Africaโs only aerial walkway through the tree canopy, a 1000-foot-long and seven-bridge walkway with viewing platforms that reach heights of over 150 feet above ground.
In the afternoon return to Accra: enroute visit the village of Abandze, the ancestral home of Louis Armstrong, the famous American Jazz Musician.
Arrive in Accra late afternoon. In the evening, transfer to the airport for your onward flight
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 1: ARRIVE ACCRA, GHANA
Stop At: Accra, Accra, Greater Accra
Upon arrival at Kotoka International Airport, proceed through immigrations, claim luggage and clear Custom procedures, exit and meet our expert Cultural Tour guide.
**Depending on the time of arrival in Accra :
You may take a short tour of the beautiful and vast campus of University of Ghana, Legon in our private air conditioned vehicle and visit the infamous Oxford streets with its colorful African shops.
Continue to the hotel; after check-in, your guide, who will be with you throughout your stay, will brief you on what to expect during your stay in Ghana.
Meal (s) Included: None
Duration: 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Best Western Plus Accra Beach Hotel * 3 star
Day 2: ACCRA
Stop At: Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, High St., Accra Ghana
Highlights:
โข W.E.B Dubois Centre
โข The Independence/Black Square
โข The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
โข Jamestown Fishing Community-The Lighthouse
โข The Brazil House
Welcome to the bustling city of Accra which today is a blend of modern day edifices and colonial days structures that give you a feel of a great experience
This 120 years old city has a number of historical things to offer as you set off after a sumptuous breakfast at your hotel.
Our first visit will be to W.E.B Du Bois Centre honoring the life of the prominent Pan-Africanist who chose to live and work in Ghana.
We shall continue to Independence Square where you will see the enclosed flame of African Liberation, which was lit by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in 1961. The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, final resting place of Ghanaโs first president. Set in attractive gardens, there is an adjoining museum, which contains photos, artifacts and an insight into Dr. Nkrumahโs life.
Our dayโs visit ends at Jamestown Community-One of Accraโs most historic neighborhoods where history resides on every corner. Best known for its lighthouses (the first of which was constructed in 1875 by the British) as a navigational aid for trading vessels sailing through the Gulf of Guinea. The original structure was ruined but a larger and more improved lighthouse completed in 1921 is still functioning today.
You may visit โBrazil Houseโ and learn about the seven Afro-Brazilian families who returned to settle in Ghana in 1836. Familiar Brazilian/Portuguese last names such as De Souza, Palmares, Azumah, Amorin, Da Costa, Santos, De Medeiros and Olympio are abundant in this section of Accra
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Best Western Plus Accra Beach Hotel * 3 star
Day 3: ACCRA - KUMASI
Stop At: The Manhyia Palace, Ashanti New Town Road, Kumasi, Ghana
Highlights:
โข Manhyia Palace Museum
โข Okomfo Anokye Sword Site
After breakfast, drive through the forest zone to Kumasi, the seat of the Ashanti Empire to explore the legends of the famous Ashantis, whose legacies are still evident today.
Arrive early afternoon and visit Manhyia Palace, official residence of Ashanti Kings (Asantehene) until 1974, now a museum containing treasured items relating to the Ashanti Kingdom.
Continue to the Okomfo Anokye Sword site, an important symbol of Ashanti unity that marks the spot where the Golden Stool โdescended from the skyโ and has been in place for 300 years. Legend says the Ashanti Kingdom would collapse should the sword ever be removed.
Transfer to your hotel for your overnight stay; evening at leisure
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Noda Hotel * 3 star
Day 4: KUMASI
Stop At: Bonwire Kente Weaving Centre, Juaben, Ghana
Highlights:
โข 3 craft villages of Ahwiaa, Ntonso and Bonwire
โข Kumasi Central Market
After breakfast, you will visit the 3 craft villages of the surrounding lush countryside of Kumasi.
Bonwire will be our first craft village where weโll see how the famous Kente Cloth is handmade on looms in a time-honored tradition passed down through generations. See the Kente styles and the opportunity to make purchases. We may pay a courtesy call to the paramount chief of this community.
We will continue to the village of Ntonso where Artisans hand-stamp patterns on Cotton cloth to make Adinkra Textiles. Black-on-Black and Black-on-Red Adinkra Cloth is worn for funerals and other solemn occasions; learn how the Black Dye is made in the village from the bark of trees and creates your own Adinkra sash to take home. You may also purchase large pieces of the Adinkra Cloth handmade in the village.
We proceed to the woodcarving Village of Ahwiaa, known for the talented craftsmen who fashion Royal stools, walking sticks and Fertility Dolls from wood; with the opportunity to purchase hand carved items of all kinds.
This evening, visit the Kumasi Central Market (also known as the Kejetia Market), the largest open market in West Africa, where more than 10,000 vendors sell their wares. Here you will find just about everything, food, fabric, beauty products and handmade crafts.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Noda Hotel * 3 star
Day 5: KUMASI- ASSIN MANSO-ELMINA
Stop At: Ancestral Slave River Park, Assin Manso Ghana
Highlights:
โข Assin Manso Slave River
โข Cape Coast Castle
After breakfast, drive to Cape Coast; with a stop at Assin Manso, the burial site of two former slaves from the U.S. and Jamaica whose remains were re-interred in August 1998 during Ghanaโs first Emancipation Day celebration. You will see the โSlave Riverโ where captured Africans were washed before being confined in the Slave castles to await shipment to the Americas and the Caribbean.
Arrive Cape Coast in time for lunch; in the afternoon, visit Cape Coast Castle a UNESCO World Heritage site, and was one of the departure points for Africans being sent to slavery in the Americas. The Castle is home to the โDoor of No Returnโ.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Coconut Grove Beach Resort * 3 star
Day 6: ELMINA-KAKUM NATIONAL PARK- ACCRA DEPART
Stop At: Kakum National Park, Cape Coast Ghana
Highlights:
โข Kakum National Park
โข Abandze Village
After breakfast, visit Kakum National Park. Kakum is one of Ghanaโs most famous parks. Take a brief walking tour on the forest floor; see birds, butterflies and perhaps catch a glimpse of the forests over 40 species of mammals including monkeys and the reclusive forest elephant. Proceed to the canopy walk. Kakum is home to Africaโs only aerial walkway through the tree canopy, a 1000-foot-long and seven-bridge walkway with viewing platforms that reach heights of over 150 feet above ground.
In the afternoon return to Accra: enroute visit the village of Abandze, the ancestral home of Louis Armstrong, the famous American Jazz Musician.
Arrive in Accra late afternoon. In the evening, transfer to the airport for your onward flight
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
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