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Artists Alliance Gallery
1h · Admission ticket included
Experience the city’s highlights during this Accra orientation. The capital of Ghana since 1877, Accra is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region. In addition, it’s the country’s most populous city.
Travel through the administrative and economic districts of Accra. Also, see the Artists Alliance Gallery, the W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Pan African Culture and the Independence/Black Star Square.
Learn about important events in Ghana’s history and the country’s first president who helped lead Ghana to independence.
Continue your tour to The National Museum of Ghana is in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. It is the largest and oldest of the six museums under the administration of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board. The museum building was opened on 5 March 1957 as part of Ghana's independence celebrations.
Visit the Arts Center, where participants can sharpen their bargaining skills to shop for goods from Ghana and West Africa in an open-air market.
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W.E.B. DuBois Center
1h · Admission ticket included
Experience the city’s highlights during this Accra orientation. The capital of Ghana since 1877, Accra is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region. In addition, it’s the country’s most populous city.
Travel through the administrative and economic districts of Accra. Also, see the Artists Alliance Gallery, the W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Pan African Culture and the Independence/Black Star Square.
Learn about important events in Ghana’s history and the country’s first president who helped lead Ghana to independence.
Continue your tour to The National Museum of Ghana is in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. It is the largest and oldest of the six museums under the administration of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board. The museum building was opened on 5 March 1957 as part of Ghana's independence celebrations.
Visit the Arts Center, where participants can sharpen their bargaining skills to shop for goods from Ghana and West Africa in an open-air market.
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Center for National Culture
2h · Admission ticket included
Experience the city’s highlights during this Accra orientation. The capital of Ghana since 1877, Accra is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region. In addition, it’s the country’s most populous city.
Travel through the administrative and economic districts of Accra. Also, see the Artists Alliance Gallery, the W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Pan African Culture and the Independence/Black Star Square.
Learn about important events in Ghana’s history and the country’s first president who helped lead Ghana to independence.
Continue your tour to The National Museum of Ghana is in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. It is the largest and oldest of the six museums under the administration of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board. The museum building was opened on 5 March 1957 as part of Ghana's independence celebrations.
Visit the Arts Center, where participants can sharpen their bargaining skills to shop for goods from Ghana and West Africa in an open-air market.
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Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
2h · Admission ticket included
Experience the city’s highlights during this Accra orientation. The capital of Ghana since 1877, Accra is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region. In addition, it’s the country’s most populous city.
Travel through the administrative and economic districts of Accra. Also, see the Artists Alliance Gallery, the W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Pan African Culture and the Independence/Black Star Square.
Learn about important events in Ghana’s history and the country’s first president who helped lead Ghana to independence.
Continue your tour to The National Museum of Ghana is in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. It is the largest and oldest of the six museums under the administration of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board. The museum building was opened on 5 March 1957 as part of Ghana's independence celebrations.
Visit the Arts Center, where participants can sharpen their bargaining skills to shop for goods from Ghana and West Africa in an open-air market.
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Kakum National Park
3h · Admission ticket included
After breakfast, check out of your hotel and depart to Cape Coast and drive through the historic Denkyira Kingdom to Kakum National Park, one of West Africa’s surviving tropical rain forests. Choose between a 2 km nature walk through the rain forest to discover the wide variety of exotic flora and fauna species and the medicinal values they offer or take a walk on the canopy walkway hanging 40 meters above the forest ground.
After lunch on your own, embark on a tour of the infamous Forts, Castles, and Slave Dungeons of Ghana. History will unfold the story of the slave trade which the impact is still felt beyond the shores of Africa today. Visit the Cape Coast Castle built by the Swedes in 1653 and was later taken over by the British. It is an opportunity to be up and close with history – to stand in the dark and stuffy dungeons, imagining the experience and conditions that millions of Africans endured.
This castle also houses the West African Historical Museum
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Cape Coast Castle
4h · Admission ticket included
After breakfast, check out of your hotel and depart to Cape Coast and drive through the historic Denkyira Kingdom to Kakum National Park, one of West Africa’s surviving tropical rain forests. Choose between a 2 km nature walk through the rain forest to discover the wide variety of exotic flora and fauna species and the medicinal values they offer or take a walk on the canopy walkway hanging 40 meters above the forest ground.
After lunch on your own, embark on a tour of the infamous Forts, Castles, and Slave Dungeons of Ghana. History will unfold the story of the slave trade which the impact is still felt beyond the shores of Africa today. Visit the Cape Coast Castle built by the Swedes in 1653 and was later taken over by the British. It is an opportunity to be up and close with history – to stand in the dark and stuffy dungeons, imagining the experience and conditions that millions of Africans endured.
This castle also houses the West African Historical Museum
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Elmina Castle
4h · Admission ticket included
After breakfast, visit Elmina Castle, also known as St. George’s Castle, which was built by the Portuguese in 1482. Here, learn about the relationship between the western slave traders and the African tribes that participated in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Here participants will witness the dark and stuffy dungeons local people were forced to endure before being sent on a long and perilous passage across the Atlantic.
On your own, explore Elmina, a fishing village that’s both picturesque and gritty, charming and though-provoking. What better way to appreciate it than to immerse oneself in its main industry – fishing! Meet with local fishermen to learn the intricacies of their trade and the challenges they face in their day-to-day work. Next, meet the fish mongers in the village who will demonstrate the various stages of smoking the fish in earthenware ovens.
This is a unique way to experience one of Ghana’s oldest and important trades.
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Elmina
2h
After breakfast, visit Elmina Castle, also known as St. George’s Castle, which was built by the Portuguese in 1482. Here, learn about the relationship between the western slave traders and the African tribes that participated in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Here participants will witness the dark and stuffy dungeons local people were forced to endure before being sent on a long and perilous passage across the Atlantic.
On your own, explore Elmina, a fishing village that’s both picturesque and gritty, charming and though-provoking. What better way to appreciate it than to immerse oneself in its main industry – fishing! Meet with local fishermen to learn the intricacies of their trade and the challenges they face in their day-to-day work. Next, meet the fish mongers in the village who will demonstrate the various stages of smoking the fish in earthenware ovens.
This is a unique way to experience one of Ghana’s oldest and important trades.
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Elmina
1h
Embark on a journey from your hotel after breakfast to Kumasi, the seat of the Ashanti Empire. Along the way, stop at the former slave site in Assin Manso, a poignant location that served as the final transit point for many enslaved Africans. Explore the historical significance of "Donkor Nsuo," the former Slave River and market.
Upon reaching Kumasi, visit the Manhyia Palace Museum to learn firsthand about the legacies of the Ashanti kingdom. The city tour includes iconic sites like the Kejetia market, the National Cultural Centre with the Prempeh II Jubilee Museum, and various artisan studios, offering a rich immersion into Kumasi's cultural heritage.
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Assin Manso Ancestral Slave River Park
3h · Admission ticket included
Embark on a journey from your hotel after breakfast to Kumasi, the seat of the Ashanti Empire. Along the way, stop at the former slave site in Assin Manso, a poignant location that served as the final transit point for many enslaved Africans. Explore the historical significance of "Donkor Nsuo," the former Slave River and market.
Upon reaching Kumasi, visit the Manhyia Palace Museum to learn firsthand about the legacies of the Ashanti kingdom. The city tour includes iconic sites like the Kejetia market, the National Cultural Centre with the Prempeh II Jubilee Museum, and various artisan studios, offering a rich immersion into Kumasi's cultural heritage.
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Kumasi
3h
Embark on a journey from your hotel after breakfast to Kumasi, the seat of the Ashanti Empire. Along the way, stop at the former slave site in Assin Manso, a poignant location that served as the final transit point for many enslaved Africans. Explore the historical significance of "Donkor Nsuo," the former Slave River and market.
Upon reaching Kumasi, visit the Manhyia Palace Museum to learn firsthand about the legacies of the Ashanti kingdom. The city tour includes iconic sites like the Kejetia market, the National Cultural Centre with the Prempeh II Jubilee Museum, and various artisan studios, offering a rich immersion into Kumasi's cultural heritage.
