A 9 Days Experience Of The Motherland Ghana

Day 1 · ACCRA

1. 1

   Accra

   one hour

   Your driver and tour guide will pick you up at the Airport and transfer you to your booked hotel.

2. 2

   Accra

   one hour

   You will be welcome to your hotel with a Traditional Cultural Performance by the Kpalungo Cultural Troupe.

Overnight stay at the Urbano Hotel in Accra

Day 2 · Accra

1. 1

   W.E.B. DuBois Center

   one hour Admission included

   Visit the former residence and library of the late Writer, Anti-segregationist, Communist, Pan Africanist and the leader of the all Pan African Congresses between 1919-1927.

2. 2

   Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

   one hour Admission included

   Visit the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, which is the third and final resting place of Ghana's independent leader and first President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

3. 3

   Makola Market

   one hour Admission included

   Visit the famous Makola Market which is one busiest opening air market in West Africa.

4. 4

   James Town Lighthouse

   one hour Admission included

   Visit the British James Town which is the first British settlement in Accra. It is very famous for it light house and the Usher fort.

   We will also visit the the local fishing harbour and community.

5. 5

   Center for National Culture

   one hour Admission included

   Visit the biggest Arts market in Ghana.

Overnight stay at the Urbano Hotel in Accra

Day 3 · KUMASI

1. 1

   Manhyia Palace Museum

   one hour Admission included

   Visit the residence and the museum of the great Ashanti King.

2. 2

   Prempeh II Museum

   2 hours Admission included

   Visit the Prempeh II Jubilee Museum in the Kumasi Cultural Centre to learn the history of this Great Ashanti king, Nana Agyeman Prempeh.

3. 3

   Okomfo Anokye Sword Site

   one hour Admission included

   Visit the Mystic Sword Site of the Great traditional priest called Okomfo Anokye who brought the Ashanti kingdom together with his super natural mystic powers.

4. 4

   Kejetia Market

   one hour Admission included

   Visit the Kejetia market which is the biggest open air market in Ghana and West Africa. The market was built in 1924, it has 20,000 vendors.

Overnight stay at the Sweet Gardens Hotel in Kumasi

Day 4 · KUMASI

1. 1

   Stop 1

   3 hours

   Visit the kente weaving village of Adansomaso to learn about the history of this world famous Ghanaian cloth called Kente.

   You will also visit a local cocoa farm, a local healers shrine, also experience a traditional local naming ceremony where you will be given a local name.

2. 2

   Ntonso Adinkra Craftsmen

   2 hours Admission included

   Visit the Ntonso Adinkra cloth making village to learn more about the history and process of making this ancient traditional Ashanti cloth.

   You will also have the opportunity to try your hands on making your own Adinkra cloth.

Overnight stay at the Sweet Gardens Hotel in Kumasi

Day 5 · Bono East Region

1. 1

   Boabeng Fiema Monkey Sanctuary

   2 hours Admission included

   Visit the Ancient Traditional Village of Boabeng-Fiema to visit the Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary to have a look of the Mona and the Black and white Colobus Monkeys.

   We will also make a courtesy call on the monkey priest of the villages.

2. 2

   Kintampo Falls

   2 hours Admission included

   Visit the spectacular Kintampo Water Falls and also enjoy the newly constructed kintampo falls canopy walk way.

Overnight stay at the Sweet Gardens Hotel in Kumasi

Day 6 · Cape Coast

1. 1

   Assin Manso Ancestral Slave River Park

   6 hours Admission included

   Visit the Slave River and Park in Assin Manso to visit the river where the captive slaves where taken to have their last bath enroute to the Slave Castles in the Cape-coast and Elmina during the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade.

Overnight at the Lemon Beach Resort in Elmina

Day 7 · Cape Coast

1. 1

   Cape Coast Castle

   2 hours Admission included

   Visit the the historic Cape-coast castle and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

2. 2

   Kakum National Park

   2 hours Admission included

   Visit the Kakum National Park which has alot of animal species, trees and alot of bird species.

   Also have fun on the famous Kakum canopy walk way.

3. 3

   Elmina Castle

   2 hours Admission included

   Visit the Elmina Castle which the first colonial buildings in the sub Saharan Africa. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Overnight stay at the Lemon Beach Resort in Elmina

Day 8 · ACCRA

1. 1

   Center for National Culture

   one hour Admission included

   Enjoy a traditional druming lesson at the Centre for National Culture

2. 2

   National Museum of Ghana

   one hour Admission included

   Visit the National Museum of Ghana which houses the Historic, Cultural and archaeological heritage of Ghana.

Overnight stay at the Urbano Hotel in Accra

Day 9 · DEPARTURE

1. 1

   Stop 1

   20 min Admission included

   Depart for the Airport two hours before your check-in time