Ghana

A CULTURAL TOUR

Price Full Package:
(including flights from New York-JFK)
$5,399 per person

Price for Land Only:
$4,199 per person

*Prices per person based on double room occupancy.

*Full Package price based on 2020 flight prices, price is subject to change if flight prices increase in 2021.

Single Room Supplement:
$1,100 per person

Dates:
July 28 – August 08, 2021

Duration: 
12 days

Locations Visited: 
Accra
Kumasi
Elmina

Accommodations: 
4-5 Star

Deposit: 
$300
Due by February 28, 2021

Final Payment:
Due by April 30, 2021

Travel Protection: 
$424 per person (Double)
$506 per person (Single)

GHANA FAQs

Time Zone:
Greenwich Mean Time

Money:
Ghanaian Cedi

Weather:
July & August Average Temp
78 Degrees

Language:
English

FLIGHT SCHEDULE

TBD

ITINERARY

DAY 1 – Wednesday, July 28 – Depart New York
Depart New York in the afternoon and head to Ghana.

DAY 2 – Thursday, July 29 – Akwaaba – Welcome!
Arrive in Accra, Ghana. Transfer from airport to your hotel. Check into your hotel. Have a 1st dressmaking consultation on this day.

Hotel: Movenpick Ambassador Hotel
Meals: Dinner

DAY 3 – Friday, July 30 – Accra City Tour - Fabric Shopping – Visit the Dressmaker
After breakfast, depart for a sightseeing tour of Accra. You will drive through the administrative and economic districts of Accra, the capital of Ghana. This 137-year-old city has a blend of colonial and modern architecture that summarize her history. You will visit a fabric shop, the dress maker the W. E. B. Dubois Centre for Pan African Culture,

Independence/ Black Star Square and Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park.

End your tour at the Arts Centre where you will have an opportunity to use your bargaining skills to shop from an open-air market for artefacts from Ghana and West Africa.

Hotel: Movenpick Ambassador Hotel
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

DAY 4 – Saturday, July 31 – Elmina Castle – Memorial and Reverential Night
After breakfast, check out of your hotel and depart to Cape Coast. Upon arrival, visit the Elmina Castle. Another infamous castle and slave dungeon, Elmina was built by the Portuguese in 1482 as St. George's Castle. This castle was the first European structure built in Sub – Saharan Africa. Explore the grounds and rooms full of haunting history. After dinner, you will have the opportunity to participate in “Reverential Night.” There will be candle light processions and a vigil to commemorate the Africans who died in the slave trade. There will also be a moving ceremony and re-enactment of the slave passage through the “Door of No Return,” followed by a midnight declaration of Emancipation Day.This is the highlight of the Panafest celebration.

Hotel: Coconut Grove Beach Resort
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

DAY 5 – Sunday, August 01 – Emancipation Durbar at Assin Manso
After breakfast, embark on a drive through the former slave route to Assin Manso. You will witness the Emancipation Day Celebration, which is opened with a Grand Durbar of Traditional Chiefs and people of the Central Region. Witness this grand, colorful and spectacular event that showcases the pomp and pageantry of Ghana's traditional rulers, dressed in rich Kente and adorned in glittering gold jewelry. Discover the African rhythm in you as you dance to the beat of the 'Fromtomfrom' drums.

Join the group for "kasa" (talk time). Kasa provides an opportunity to learn more about Ghanaian culture or simply talk to each other and share impressions of the tour experience. Kasa discussions are led by the tour leader or tour guide. (This activity is optional).

Hotel: Coconut Grove Beach Resort
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

DAY 6 – Monday, August 02 – Kakum National Park - Cape Coast Castle
After breakfast, drive through the historic Denkyira Kingdom to Kakum National Park, one of West Africa’s surviving tropical rain forests. Extending over 360sq km, Kakum is the home to over 40 large mammals and 400 bird species as well as many species of butterflies, flora and fauna. The most popular attraction is the Canopy walkway which is made up of seven bridges extending 330m, hanging 100 feet above the forest floor. Choose between a 2 km nature walk through this forest to discover the wide variety of exotic floral species and the medicinal values they offer or take a walk on the canopy walkway. Afterwards, 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. This castle also houses the West African Historical Museum established by the Smithsonian Institute in collaboration with the Ghanaian Government in 1994

Hotel: Coconut Grove Beach Resort
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

DAY 7 – Tuesday, August 03 – Cape Coast – Assin Manso – Kumasi City Tour
After breakfast, check out of your hotel and 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. En route, stop at Assin Manso. Visit the site of “Donkor Nsuo”, the former Slave River and market, the final transit point for a large number of enslaved Africans. This is the final resting place for two ancestors whose mortal remains were returned from the USA and Jamaica and re-interred there. Afterwards, continue your trip to Kumasi. Upon arrival, visit Manhyia Palace Museum to obtain firsthand information on the legacies of the Ashanti kingdom. A regal history that dates back to 1700 is told with relics and artefacts. Enjoy a drive through the city with monuments dedicated to the memory of the great Ashanti people. End the day’s tour at the National Cultural Center which features the Prempeh II Jubilee Museum and various studios of the brass makers, potters and batik makers. Overnight at

Hotel: Golden Tulip Kumasi Hotel
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

DAY 8 – Wednesday, August 04 – Ashanti Craft Villages
After breakfast, depart your hotel and devote this day to visiting the three famous Ashanti craft villages. After breakfast, depart for Ahwiaa, the wood carvers’ village, Ntonso, the home of Adinkra cloth, and Bonwire, the Kente weaving village. You will have an opportunity to see how African crafts are made and to buy directly from the artisans who make them.

Hotel: Golden Tulip Kumasi Hotel
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

DAY 9 – Thursday, August 05 – Kumasi – Besease Shrine – Accra
After breakfast, check out of your hotel and depart for Accra. En route to Accra, stop on the way at Besease shrine, a world heritage site. 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, visit the dressmaker for a fitting session, and then check into your hotel afterwards.

Hotel: Movenpick Ambassador Hotel
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

DAY 10 – Friday, August 06 – Fodzoku Village Naming Ceremony
After breakfast, depart for a scenic drive to a beautiful village located in the Volta Region. You will have the opportunity to pay a courtesy call on the paramount chief and elders amidst traditional drumming and dancing by the villagers and also participate in a naming ceremony, where you will be given a traditional African name. Upon arrival, visit the arts centre and the makola market for shopping.

Hotel: Movenpick Ambassador Hotel
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

DAY 11 – Saturday, August 07 – Half Day Shopping – Farewell/Departure
After breakfast, spend the remainder of the day packing and doing last minute shopping. Later in the evening, transfer to airport for check-in and final departure back home.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 12 – Sunday August 08 – Arrival in New York

Arrive in New York this afternoon.

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