10 Days 9 Nights December Tour

Day1. AKWAABA – WELCOME TO GHANA Upon arrival at Accra Kotoka International Airport, our experienced guides will assist and chauffeur you to Charleston hotel to relax and unwind after your long flight, approximately, 15minutes drive.

Day2. ACCRA CITY TOUR The city of Accra dates back to the 15th century and has a blend of colonial and modern architecture that summarize her history. We will visit the W. E. B. Dubois Center for Pan African Culture, Independence/ Black Star Square and Kwame Nkrumah Memorial park. Hotel: Overnight at Charleston hotel.

Day3. CENTRE FOR ARTS & CULTURE AND MAKOLA MARKET At 10am, we will visit the Makola market, one of the largest open market in the country. After lunch, we will visit the center for arts & culture, where you can use your bargain skills to haggle with the vendors. Hotel: Overnight at Charleston hotel.

Day4. ASSINMANSO SLAVE RIVER SITE At 9:00am, we will leave for Assinmanso. During the trip, we will go past scenic villages and through the evergreen forests. On the way, we will stop at Assin Manso, where the mortal remains of two former slaves from the United States of America and Jamaica were re-interred in August 1998 during Ghana’s first Emancipation Day Celebration. You will also see the “Slave River” where captured Africans were washed before being confined in the Slave Castles to await shipment to the Americas and the Caribbean. After lunch, we will continue to Anomabo Beach Hotel to pass the night.

Day5. ELMINA - CAPE COAST CASTLE Visit the world’s heritage conservation centers of Elmina and Cape Coast castle where many Africans left their shores into the sugar cane and tobacco plantations of America & Caribbean Islands where labor force was needed and thereby

creating the world’s largest Diaspora. After lunch, we will drive back to Anomabo Beach Hotel and pass the night.

Day6. KAKUM NATIONAL PARK & COTTAGE CROCKS At 9:00am, we will drive to kakum national park, one of the West Africa’s surviving tropical rain forests, covering a total area of 350sqkms with its unique kanopy walkway suspended over seven bridges and 30metres above the forest floor. Learn about the different types of trees and their medicinal uses. Lunch shall be taken at Hans’s cottage where we can watch the cottage crocks as well as different species of birds. Touch a live crocodile for a lifetime memory. After the tour, we will spend the night at Anomabo Beach Hotel.

Day7. ANOMABO – – MUSEUM After breakfast, we will drive to Kumasi the capital of the Ashanti kingdom and the seat of the Ashanti King to obtain firsthand information about the legacies and history of the Ashanti kingdom. After lunch, we will drive to Asantewaa premier hote l for the night.

Day8. BONWIRE KENTE VILLAGE & NTONSO ADINKRA VILLAGE At 8:30am, we will visit ntonso adinkra village for our desired wood works and where the traditional fare thee well adinkra clothes are made. Witness and learn how the ancient paddie tree bark is used to produce the colors of these traditional and most admirable clothes of Ghana. Right after this tour, we will drive further to bonwire kente village where the famous royal kente clothes of Ghana are made. After lunch, we drive back to Asantewaa Premier Hotel for a relaxing night.

Day9. BEACH DAY After breakfast at 7:00am, we will drive back to central region and enjoy the sandy beach of Anomabo beach Hotel.

Day10. AFRODAT DRUMMING AND DANCE LESSONS – KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

After breakfast, the Afodat will entertain us with their drumming and dance lessons. Learn the various Ghanaian traditional dance moves and dance to the resonant tunes of Adowa and kete traditional music of Ghana. After lunch, we will check out and depart to the airport for check in and departure.