Adventures in Ghana

Walking the Magical Streets

Withdraw for a half-day city visit through Accra visiting the National Museum of History and Ethnography with shows that mirror the legacy of Ghana from the beginning to the present. This Museum houses a changing assortment of Ghanaian curios. Drive through Old Accra. This is a differentiation to Victorian, Dutch, and post-frontier engineering. You will drive past James Fort worked in 1673, Old Accra Square, and the Post Office. Stop to visit the Ussher Fort, one of three European strongholds in Accra that have to endure the occasions. Communicate with the neighborhood individuals. For the gutsy guest, the Light House worked to direct ships. Keep on visiting Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, the internment spot of the main President of Ghana. This Mausoleum has been visited by numerous world dignitaries. Your last stop for the visit will be at the Arts and Crafts market where you may evaluate your haggling abilities on the neighborhood merchants and to ”shop till you drop”. Drive past the Independence Arch and the Black Star Square, Accra’s stately grounds, to visit the Arts and Crafts market. View from the distance, Christiansborg Castle, previous office and home of the President of Ghana.

The Journey Continues…

Drive through Ghana’s uneven wide open among Accra and Elmina. Take in the sights and sounds as you go through humble communities and towns. This drive takes approximately 3.5hrs.

Appreciate a supper with your guide at a nearby café. Every supper incorporates one water or soft drink per individual.

Visit Elmina Castle. Worked by the Portuguese in 1482 it is otherwise called St. George’s Castle.  This palace was the principal European construction worker in Sub – Saharan Africa.  The brilliant harbor settled beneath the Elmina Castle, brimming with pirogues planning to go to the ocean offers one of West Africa’s most noteworthy photograph openings. Leave on a mobile visit through Elmina, to encounter for yourself the clamoring fishing town.

Take to the Trails

A private vehicle and guide are given, and available to you for the afternoon.

Drive through the noteworthy Denkyira Kingdom to Kakum National Park, one of West Africa’s enduring tropical jungles. Reaching out over 360sq km, Kakum is the home to more than 40 huge warm-blooded animals and 400 bird species just as numerous types of butterflies, verdure, and fauna. The most well-known fascination is the Canopy walkway which is comprised of seven extensions expanding 330m, hanging 30m (100 feet) over the woods floor. Pick between a 2 km nature stroll through these backwoods to find the wide assortment of extraordinary flower species and the therapeutic qualities they offer or go for a stroll on the sheltered walkway.

Appreciate a dinner with your guide at a neighborhood café. Every supper incorporates one water or soft drink per individual.

Leave on a visit through Cape Coast Castle. Worked by the Swedes in 1653 the château was subsequently taken over by the British. This is the biggest manor to house slaves before they were transported off to different pieces of the world. This palace likewise houses the West African Historical Museum set up by the Smithsonian Institute as a team with the Ghanaian Government in 1994. This exhibition hall is loaded up with verifiable pictures, realities, stories, and then some. A while later, look at the stronghold’s neighborhood market.

A Change of Scenery

Drive from Elmina to Kumasi. Drive through the backwoods zone to Kumasi, the seat of the Ashanti Empire to investigate the legends of the renowned Ashantis, whose heritages are as yet clear today. In transit visit Assin Manso, the site of the ”last shower” where slaves were taken for washing prior to being dispatched to the new world. It is additionally the entombment spot of two previous slaves whose remains were gotten back to Ghana from the US and Jamaica. At that point proceed to Kumasi. This exchange takes approx. 5 hours, however, can take additional time contingent upon how long you spend at Assin Manso and stops made en route.

Appreciate a feast with your guide at a neighborhood eatery. Every feast incorporates one water or soft drink per individual.

Visit the Manhyia Palace Museum, to get firsthand data on the traditions of the Ashanti realm. A glorious history that traces all the way back to 1700 is told with relics and curios. Appreciate a drive through the city with landmarks devoted to the memory of the incomparable Ashanti individuals. End the day’s visit at the National Cultural Center which includes the Prempeh II Jubilee Museum and different studios of metal producers, potters, and batik creators.

Social Immersion

A private vehicle and guide are given, and available to you for the afternoon.

After breakfast, take a picturesque drive to partake in a Naming Ceremony. You will be driven in a parade to the Paramount Chief’s Palace grounds where the entire town has effectively amassed with the Paramount Chief prepared to play out the exceptional naming function which starts after a series of generous greetings and talks. Taking part in the naming service is no not exactly two or three hundred local people. You will be given an African family name.  The Naming Ceremony, a profound and vital experience, starts with the pounding of the ”front from” drums and moving performed by the nearby town artists who will likewise stretch out a solicitation to the gathering to partake in the special social dance.  After the superb experience with the Ashanti culture of drumming and moving, visit the three acclaimed make towns in Ashanti. Ahwiaa, the woodcarvers’ town, Ntonso, the home of Adinkra and Bonwire, the Kente weaving town.

On the up and up

Drive from Kumasi to Accra. In transit stop at Besease to visit the customary hallowed place of the Ashantis. Investigate the convictions, history, and dauntlessness of the Ashantis. You will be spellbound by the Ashanti notable oral record as it is told by an old and proficient Ashanti customary etymologist. From here, proceed to Accra. This exchange takes approx. 6hrs, however, can take longer relying upon time spent at Besease and any stops made en route.

Accra has a tad bit of everything. Appreciate time at recreation to investigate all alone, pursue visits, or basically unwind. Visit Labadi Beach where you can unwind on the seashore, tune in to nearby artists, or visit a neighborhood beachside eatery. Visit one of the numerous shops around whether at one of the shopping centers, nearby shops, or markets – like the Arts Center, Accra’s biggest outside market which has various segments for textures, garments, wooden carvings, adornments, and the sky is the limit from there. On the off chance that you like, you could even pursue a Ghanaian dance exercise or we could orchestrate you to appreciate a drumming and moving function when you show up!

Or on the other hand pursue visits like Accra milestones visit through the city with quits including W. E. B. Dubois Center for Pan African Culture, Independence/Black Star Square, and Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park. Investigate the Aburi Botanical Gardens, Kokrobite Beach and drumming, Teshie/Nungua Coffins, Shai Hills Nature Reserve, Boti Falls, and then some. Visits can be masterminded ahead of time or sign up on location through our neighborhood office or pursue visits offered by your inn.

Bon Voyage

Visit the Arts Center where you will have the chance to utilize your bartering abilities to shop from an outdoors market for curios from Ghana and West Africa. For better fine art, look at the delightful workmanship exhibition close to the market. For instruments, see craftsmen close to the front of the market. Ask them for an exercise in drumming and arrange a value, at that point score to Afro-thumps!

Meet your expert driver for an air terminal exchange by private vehicle.