Day 1: Fly overnight to Ghana
Day 2: Accra
Meet your Tour Director at the airportDay 3: Accra
Take a guided tour of Accra
With your expert local guide you will see:
- W.E.B. DuBois Centre for Pan African Culture
- Black Star Square
- Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and mausoleum
Peruse artisanal products at the National Center for Culture
Visit Trashy Bags, an organization aimed at sustainability that transforms plastic trash into stylish bags
Visit a local coffin shop to learn how Ghanaians honor and celebrate the lives of their ancestors
Day 4: Accra • Kumasi
Visit Global Mamas, a fair-trade organization that provides income opportunities for women through the creation of hand-batiked textiles
Travel to Kumasi
Tour a cacao farm
Day 5: Kumasi
Take a guided tour of Kumasi
With your expert local guide you will visit two Ashanti craft villages:
- Adanwomase (birthplace of Kente cloth)
- Ntonso (birthplace of Adinkra cloth)
Day 6: Kumasi • Cape Coast
Visit the Manhyia Palace Museum, once the epicenter of the Ashanti Empire
Visit the Kejetia Market
Travel to Cape Coast
Day 7: Cape Coast
Tour Cape Coast Castle, where enslaved African people were held captive before the Middle Passage
Participate in a Batik workshop, where you’ll learn how to dye fabric using wax resist
Day 8: Cape Coast • Kakum National Park
Reflect on the lasting impact of colonization on a visit to Elmina Castle, a key site on the Atlantic slave trade route
Visit the Posuban shrines
Visit Kakum National Park, one of West Africa's last surviving tropical rainforests
Day 9: Cape Coast • Accra • Depart for home
Travel to Accra
Depart for home
Day 10: Arrive home
