Treasures of West African History & Culture

Get a Lay of the Land

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 of time to the present. This Museum houses a fluctuated assortment of Ghanaian antiquities. Drive through Old Accra. This is a differentiation to Victorian, Dutch, and post-provincial 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 posts in Accra that have to endure the occasions. Associate with the neighborhood individuals. For the brave guest, the Light House worked to control ships. Keep on visiting Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, the entombment spot of the primary 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 dealing abilities on the nearby merchants and to ”shop till you drop”. Drive past the Independence Arch and the Black Star Square, Accra’s stylized grounds, to visit the Arts and Crafts market. View from the distance, Christiansborg Castle, previous office and home of the President of Ghana.

A Dazzling Drive

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

Appreciate a feast with your guide at a neighborhood eatery. 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 stronghold was the principal European design that worked in Sub – Saharan Africa.  The beautiful harbor settled beneath the Elmina Castle, loaded with pirogues planning to go to the ocean offers one of West Africa’s most prominent photograph openings. Set out on a mobile visit through Elmina, to encounter for yourself the clamoring fishing town.

Supported by Nature

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 enormous warm-blooded animals and 400 bird species just as numerous types of butterflies, vegetation, and fauna. The most well-known fascination is the Canopy walkway which is comprised of seven extensions broadening 330m, hanging 30m (100 feet) over the woodland floor. Pick between a 2 km nature stroll through this timberland to find the wide assortment of fascinating botanical species and the therapeutic qualities they offer or go for a stroll on the covering walkway.

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

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

On the way

Drive from Elmina to Kumasi. Drive through the backwoods zone to Kumasi, the seat of the Ashanti Empire to investigate the legends of the popular Ashantis, whose heritages are as yet clear today. On the way visit Assin Manso, the site of the ”last shower” where slaves were taken for washing prior to being sent to the new world. It is likewise 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 supper 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 superb history that traces all the way back to 1700 is told with relics and curios. Appreciate a drive through the city with landmarks committed 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 grand drive to take an interest in a Naming Ceremony. You will be driven in a parade to the Paramount Chief’s Palace grounds where the entire town has effectively gathered with the Paramount Chief prepared to play out the uncommon naming function which starts after a series of generous greetings and discourses. Partaking in the naming service is no not exactly a couple of hundred local people. You will be given an African faction name.  The Naming Ceremony, a profound and significant experience, starts with the thumping of the ”front from” drums and moving performed by the neighborhood town artists who will likewise stretch out a solicitation to the gathering to take part in the remarkable social dance.  After the magnificent experience with the Ashanti culture of drumming and moving, visit the three popular art towns in Ashanti. Ahwiaa, the woodcarvers’ town, Ntonso, the home of Adinkra and Bonwire, the Kente weaving town.

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

Sights and Insights

Drive from Kumasi to Accra. In transit stop at Besease to visit the customary holy place of the Ashantis. Investigate the convictions, history, and fortitude of the Ashantis. You will be enamored by the Ashanti notable oral record as it is told by an old and learned Ashanti conventional language specialist. 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 relaxation to investigate all alone, pursue visits, or basically unwind. Visit Labadi Beach where you can unwind on the seashore, tune in to neighborhood performers, or visit a nearby 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 outdoors market which has various segments for textures, garments, wooden carvings, gems, 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 mastermind you to appreciate a drumming and moving function when you show up!

Or then again 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 that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Visits can be orchestrated ahead of time or sign up on location through our neighborhood office or pursue visits offered by your lodging.

The Journey Continues…

Drive between Accra, Ghana, and Lome, Togo today. Your guide will help you at the boundary intersection and point out fascinating sights en route. Simply inquire! This drive will take around 3 hrs.

Today you will cross the line into Togo. Your guide will help you with the request interaction prior to proceeding on your excursion.

Set out to investigate a portion of the city of Lome’s generally famous and visited areas, starting with a visit to the Grand Marche. This enormous commercial center offers a wide scope of merchandise and takes a whole city block. Dealers from all over the mainland show their items for expected clients to purchase.  These merchants sell everything from new leafy foods to brilliantly planned high-quality African printed clothing.  Next, visit a site that is a well-known draw for local people and sightseers the same. The Fetish Market is novel, there is a bunch of slows down showing things that are utilized for customary spices and medication, and some abnormal voodoo-roused items also including skulls and snakeskin’s, crocodile heads, powders, and charms.

Investigate with an Expert

Make the most of your drive today from Lome, Togo by means of Ouidah to Cotonou, Benin. Stop en route for sights and visits. This drive will take roughly 3-4hrs.

Today visit the support of African customary Religion, Ouidah. Visit the sanctuary committed to the consecrated Python, which is accepted to give essentialness and assurance; you will likewise visit the hallowed backwoods which houses numerous holy places devoted to different divinities. Visit the verifiable Museum of Ouidah situated in an old Portuguese stronghold worked in 1721. This Museum depicts Benin’s part in the Atlantic Slave Trade. Later visit the Port of No Return; a landmark worked by the Benin Government to recognize the Africans that were taken from the Dahomey Empire during the Slave Trade.

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

A Sight To Behold

Incorporates private guide and vehicle.

Appreciate this shocking visit to Ganvie (the town on water), ordinarily alluded to as the Venice of West Africa. Witness firsthand, individuals of Ganvie doing their day-by-day normal as sellers in hole kayaks make exchanges with each other and with vacationers. Have a go at shopping among the nearby sellers in the gliding market while taking a loosening up kayak ride on the streams of this extraordinary 300-year-old town. After lunch, pass through the kaleidoscopic focus of the managerial and business capital of Benin to see its numerous sculptures and landmarks.

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

A Change of Scenery

Withdraw for Accra. Today will be an entire day of driving with a stop for lunch in Lome. This drive will take approximately 9hrs.

Today you will cross the line into Togo. Your guide will help you with the request cycle prior to proceeding on your excursion.

This evening, appreciate time at relaxation to investigate at your own speed or unwind at your lodging.

Shop the Shoppes

Visit the Arts Center where you will have the chance to utilize your dealing abilities to shop from an outside market for ancient rarities from Ghana and West Africa. For better work of art, look at the excellent craftsmanship display close to the market. For instruments, see specialists 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.