Ghana Heritage Tours - Beyond The Return
Duration
8 days
Group Size
1 to 15 people
Ages
0
-
90
yrs
Languages
English
Tour Overview
A tour celebrating your cultural heritage, traditional and modern day Ghana. An educative, spiritual, journey of reflection, following the footsteps of your ancestors as we connect to motherland Africa. Fun and exciting experiences as we embrace the music, food and fashion of Ghana. Immersing you in your colourful warm culture and traditions at the locations we visit daily and enjoying the best nightlife in the evenings. A traditional naming ceremony will be arranged in your honor, you to finally receive your African name, based on your day of birth or numerical number of siblings as tradition dictates. Booking directly with a local award-winning Ghanaian company like us ensures you experience the best of Ghana at the best price.
Additional information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Pickup
What's included
Expert local guide (24/7)
24/7 Office support
Lunch: 7
Dinner: 8
Air-conditioned vehicle
Breakfast: 7
Fuel (Unlimited mileage)
Experienced driver
Traditional naming ceremony
Airport transfers
Public liability and professional indemnity insurance
Unlimited mineral water
All excursion fees
Accommodation
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Itinerary
Finally, you have arrived. Time to relax and take it all in as your feet touch down on the motherland. The beginning of our journey celebrating your culture and heritage starts now. We are excited to welcome you home, please look out for the Ashanti African Tours sign when leaving the arrival hall. Our team will offer you Akwaaba (welcome) and answer any questions as we transfer you to your beautiful hotel for check in. After freshening up, we meet for dinner to discuss the journey of connection before us. You can choose to relax at your hotel or we can head into town for our first experience of Accra nightlife.
Labadi Beach Hotel Accra
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Always a great place to start our tours as almost all the displays here are ethnographic in nature and the museum gives us an excellent overview of West African culture. The displays in the museum are not only from Ghana but most West African countries. There is an adjoining garden which is home to various sculptures that talk about West African tradition and customs giving you an insight of West African history. The Museum and surrounding markets have beautiful African fabrics for sale and your guide would be happy to arrange one of our tailors to take your measurements, show you a wide selection of designs and get some items of clothing made for you.
Labadi Beach Hotel Accra
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Our first visit this morning will be the DuBois Centre. This is the final burial place and former home of the prominent American Pan-Africanist Dr William W Burghardt DuBois, who lead the Pan-African congress between 1919 and 1927 he was a vocal Anti-Segregationist and prolific speaker and writer. The centre now serves as a library and research institute for students of Pan-Africanism.
Golden Tulip Hotel Kumasi City
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A day exploring your culture and history awaits as we first visit the Manhyia Palace, home of the Asantehene, King of the Ashanti’s and ruler of the Asanteman Kingdom. The Palace Museum offers a fascinating excursion through the history of the powerful Ashanti empire. Our tour gives you a first-hand insight into the legacies of the Ashanti’s and enables you to understand the importance of Ashanti culture during your time in this region.
Golden Tulip Hotel Kumasi City
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A morning visit to the historical, traditional, Asante buildings that are now recognized as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. This is where Nana Yaa Asantewaa, possibly the most important women in Ashanti history comes from, a great female warrior who led the Ashanti’s in the 1901 war against the British. Nana Yaa Asantewaa was also the Queen Mother of Ejisu Besease.
Golden Tulip Hotel Kumasi City
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An emotional stop at Assin Manso, a prominent town along the enslaved African trade route where so many of our ancestors from the northern parts of Ghana, Burkina Faso and Niger were marched bare foot in shackles heading towards the coast. The town surrounds the Ndonkor Nsuo (Slave River). This river is where enslaved Africans were checked for fitness and bathed before being transported to Cape Coast for shipment to the Americas. Our ancestors would have walked hundreds of miles from Northern Ghana in shackles and chains. On reaching Assin Manso after being bathed and rested they would continue the final 32-mile march to the dungeons of Cape Coast or Elmina Castles where they remained for up to 6 weeks before being shipped like cargo to the Americas. In 1998, two free (previously enslaved) Africans, were returned to Cape Coast Castle, symbolically passed back through the “Door of no Return” before being transported to Assin Manso for re-internment.
Coconut Grove Beach Resort Elmina
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Africa’s world-famous rainforest canopy walkway awaits us as we set off to Kakum National Park which is a semi-deciduous upper guinea rainforest. This is an incredibly beautiful, tropical guinea rainforest and the canopy walkway is sure to be one of the highlights of your time in Cape Coast. The walkway consists of 7 bridges, attached to 7 emerging trees, 40 metres above the rainforest floor. Prepare to take a deep breath as you walk the suspended bridges. You will marvel at the outstanding views that stretch for miles across this breathtaking rainforest as you rest on the viewing platforms that are attached to the emerging trees between the bridges. We return to the park headquarters where we find an excellent information center that offers a highly informative overview of the park’s flora and fauna. Over 40 different mammal species have been recorded within the park, which includes forest elephants, leopards and 6 primate species to mention just a few.
Coconut Grove Beach Resort Elmina
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On route to Accra, we pass through the fishing town of Elmina. During our time in Elmina town, we visit the Castle of St. George, the oldest extant colonial building in sub-Saharan Africa, dating from 1482. This castle is steeped in history and played a prominent part during the tragic, transatlantic slave trade era. There is an informative museum inside which concentrates on local history. This castle is now a silent monument to the pain and suffering our ancestors endured and has been formally designated a World Heritage site by UNESCO. After an informative tour we visit the local fishing market and walk the short distance to visit the boat builders in this community. Almost all the fishing boats used in this bustling fishing community are traditional wooden boats. Their design has not changed in centuries and neither have the tools and methods used to build them.
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FAQ
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