AIRPORT TRANSFER - HOTEL CHECK-IN

Kotoka International Airport - Arrive in Accra, Ghana, where Landtours representatives will warmly welcome you. They will assist with your transfer from the airport to your hotel and facilitate the hotel check-in process. Enjoy a refreshing welcome drink at the hotel and participate in an informative orientation session.

ACCRA CITY TOUR — JAMES TOWN WALKING TOUR

W.E.B. DuBois Center - After breakfast, embark on an Accra orientation tour to explore the city’s highlights. Accra, the capital of Ghana since 1877, is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region and the country’s most populous city.

Travel through Accra’s administrative and economic districts. Visit the Artists Alliance Gallery, the W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Pan-African Culture, and the Independence/Black Star Square.

Learn about significant events in Ghana’s history and the country’s first president who led Ghana to independence. Continue your tour to The National Museum of Ghana, the largest and oldest of the six museums under the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, opened on 5 March 1957 as part of Ghana’s independence celebrations.

Visit the Arts Center, where you can hone your bargaining skills to shop for goods from Ghana and West Africa in an open-air market.

James Town Lighthouse - Afterwards, visit Jamestown, the historic center of British Accra. Enjoy the vibrant colors, authentic flavors, and rich history of this charming district.

Explore Jamestown’s architecture, which uniquely blends Eurocentric and Ghanaian influences, reflecting its history as the seat of British Colonial rule before Ghana’s independence. Capture a photo of one of Ghana’s most iconic buildings, Jamestown’s red and white lighthouse overlooking the Gulf of Guinea.

Conclude the day’s tour at the Arts Center, where you can further practice your bargaining skills to shop for goods from Ghana and West Africa in an open-air market.

On display, you will find fabrics of various materials, designs, colors, and textures available for purchase.

Center for National Culture - Conclude the day’s tour at the Arts Center, where you can further practice your bargaining skills to shop for goods from Ghana and West Africa in an open-air market. On display, you will find fabrics of various materials, designs, colors, and textures available for purchase.

Gallery 1957 - Explore the creative expressions of resident artists in Ghana at Gallery 1957, located in the 5-star Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City.

Connect with talented artists and explore themes, ideas, and values important to them in their works.

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park - The Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, also known as the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park (KNMP), is the final resting place of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

It is dedicated to his remarkable campaign to liberate Ghana (then Gold Coast) from colonial rule on 6th March 1957.

Black Star Gate - In 1957, the Ghanaian politician and revolutionary leader Kwame Nkrumah led the Gold Coast, now Ghana, to its independence from Britain.

Nkrumah became the first prime minister and president of Ghana, and to celebrate the nation’s newfound autonomy, he commissioned the construction of a grand public square.

Conclude the day’s activities and return to the hotel for a relaxing evening.

VILLAGE NAMING CEREMONY

Torgorme Community - After breakfast, embark on a scenic drive to a picturesque village located on the lower course of the magnificent Volta River.

Experience a traditional naming ceremony, a cornerstone of Ghanaian cultural heritage. Participate in the ceremony, receive a traditional African name, and be welcomed into the local community by the chiefs and townspeople. Enjoy authentic traditional drumming and dancing during the ceremony. Other activities include a pottery-making demonstration, the main occupation of the village women.

KAKUM NATIONAL PARK & CAPE COAST CASTLE

Kakum National Park - After breakfast, depart early for a drive to Kakum National Park, one of West Africa’s remaining tropical rainforests.

The most popular attraction is the Canopy Walkway, consisting of seven bridges extending 330m, hanging 30m (100 feet) above the forest floor.

Enjoy a 2 km nature walk through this forest to discover a wide variety of exotic floral species and their medicinal values.

Cape Coast Castle - Later, visit the Cape Coast Castle, built by the Swedes in 1653 and later taken over by the British. Like Elmina Castle, Cape Coast Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a poignant memorial to the millions of Africans who were victims of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

This castle also houses the West African Historical Museum, established by the Smithsonian Institute in collaboration with the Ghanaian Government in 1994.

ELMINA CASTLE & ELMINA FISHING VILLAGE WALKING TOUR

Elmina Castle - After breakfast, check out of the hotel and depart for Cape Coast to tour Elmina Castle (also known as St. George’s Castle), built by the Portuguese in 1482. Designated as an official UN World Heritage Site, Elmina Castle is a significant symbol of the traumatic history of the Trans–Atlantic slave trade.

Tour the castle and learn how the legacy of the slave trade has shaped Africans and the African Diaspora for generations.

The colorful harbor nestled below Elmina Castle, full of pirogues preparing to go to sea, offers one of West Africa’s greatest photo opportunities.

ELMINA – ASSIN MANSO – KUMASI CITY TOUR

Assin Manso Ancestral Slave River Park - Travel from Elmina to Assin Manso, the site of “Donkor Nsuo,” a riverbank that served as a slave market and final transit point for many enslaved Africans during the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade. This is the final resting place for two ancestors whose remains were returned from the USA and Jamaica and reinterred there.

Manhyia Palace Museum - Continue your journey from Assin-Manso to Kumasi, where you will visit Manhyia Palace Museum to gain firsthand information on the legacies of the Ashanti kingdom. Enjoy a drive through the city with monuments dedicated to the memory of the great Ashanti people.

ASHANTI CRAFT VILLAGES

Bonwire Kente Weaving Centre - This day is dedicated to visiting the three renowned Ashanti craft villages. After breakfast, depart for Ahwiaa, the woodcarvers’ village, Ntonso, the home of Adinkra cloth, and Bonwire, the Kente weaving village. You will have the opportunity to see how African crafts are made and to purchase directly from the artisans who create them.

KUMASI – BESEASE SHRINE - ACCRA

Besease Traditional Shrine - After breakfast, depart for Accra. En route, visit the Besease shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and experience the ancient customs of the traditional Ashanti religion.

The Besease Shrine is a traditional fetish shrine near the town of Ejisu. Each of these shrines is a home for a particular spirit, called obosom, that mediates between mortals and the supreme god Nyame.

Observe the unique architecture and experience the mode of ancestral worship to the ancient gods.

Upon arrival in Accra, check into your hotel and enjoy the rest of your day at leisure.

FAREWELL - DEPARTURE

Accra - Dedicate this day to some last-minute sightseeing and shopping. Later, transfer to the airport for your final departure home.

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Embark on an ancestral journey through Ghana’s rich black heritage. Walk in the footsteps of history as you immerse your feet in the same waters where our ancestors took their final baths. Tour solemn slave dungeons, where they spent their last days before the Middle Passage.

Honor influential figures in Black History by visiting monuments like the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, dedicated to Ghana’s first president, and the W. E. B. Du Bois Centre for Pan African Culture. Discover how their contributions shaped Black Excellence.

Reclaim your African name in a joyous Traditional Naming Ceremony, accompanied by singing, drumming, and dancing with the Chief, Elders, and villagers. Explore the legendary Ashanti Kingdom at the Manhyia Palace Museum, where you’ll uncover its regal history dating back to 1700.

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