Arrive in Ghana
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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.
Explore Accra
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Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
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: 60 minutes
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Independence Square
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
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Makola Market
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: 60 minutes
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National Museum of 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: 60 minutes
Drive to Aburi Botanical Gardens
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Aburi Botanical Gardens
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: 60 minutes
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W.E.B. DuBois Center
Pan Africanism memorial centre. Here we will learn about WEB Du Bois. An American sociologist, socialist and historian.
Duration: 60 minutes
Drive to Cape Coast. Explore Cape Coast.
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Cape Coast Castle
We will discover how slaves were kept in the dungeon awaiting for the ships and visit the door of no return.
Duration: 60 minutes
Discover Elmina Ancient Town & Kakum Rain Forest and Canopy Walk
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Kakum National Park
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: 1.5 hours
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Elmina
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: 60 minutes
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Elmina Castle
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: 60 minutes
Rest and Relaxation & Naming Ceremony
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Elmina
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
Drive to Kumasi via Assin Manso Slave River and Market
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Assin Manso
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: 60 minutes
Explore Kumasi
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Manhyia Palace Museum
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: 60 minutes
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Kejetia Market
This is West African's largest and busiest open air market.
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Okomfo Anokye Sword Site
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
Drive to Accra via Visit to Bonwire Kente Village
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We will learn about different kind of Ghanaian cloths and symbols and its meaning with its significance to the Ghana culture.
Duration: 60 minutes
Depart Ghana
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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
