Ghana Multi Day Private Tour in August & Chale Wote Festival

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1DAY 1: THURSDAY AUGUST 22, 2024 - ARRIVAL IN ACCRA GHANA⌄

   Arrive in Accra, Ghana. Transfer to your hotel. Hotel check-in is at 3 pm. Upon arrival, Hausa Tours will welcome you to the Motherland with authentic, Ghanaian cuisine before you settle in for the evening. Meal(s) included: Dinner Overnight: Labadi Beach Hotel (5-Star Beachfront Resort) or Similar

   Meals: Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at a 4-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar

2. 2DAY 2: FRIDAY AUGUST 23, 2024 - ACCRA CITY TOUR⌄

   Visit W.E.B. DuBois Center, the home, library and final resting place of American-born crusader for social justice, William Edward Burghardt DuBois.

   Visit the National Museum of Ghana which features excellent displays on various aspects of Ghanaian culture and history.

   Visit the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, the final resting place for Ghana's first president

   Continue to the National Art and Cultural Centre shopping view a varied collection of Ghanaian hand-crafted items on sale. You may try out your bargaining skills on the local vendors and “shop till you drop”.

   Stop for photo opportunity at the Independence Arch and Black Star Square, Accra’s ceremonial grounds.

   Meals: Dinner · Breakfast

   Overnight: Overnight at a 4-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar

3. 3DAY 3: SATURDAY AUGUST 24, 2024 - COOKING/ DRUMMING LESSONS & CHALE WOTE FESTIVAL⌄

   This morning, you may choose to one of the activities below: i. Attend a cooking workshop, after which you will be able to impress your friends and family for years to come with the traditional recipes you will learn. You will learn to make Ghanaian Jollof Rice, red- red and palava sauce. Sample some of Ghana’s most popular foods. ii. Visit an African Dance Institute for two exciting hours of drumming and dancing Workshop. Learn at first hand African dance forms that incorporate elements of American modern dance with the native Ghanaian dance forms as well.

   In the evening, head out to Chale Wote Street Art Festival, the biggest arts and cultural festival in West Africa. The festival brings together amazing artist, musicians, fashion desighners etc. Enjoy spontaneous performances by dancers, drummers, cyclists, skaters, and a flash mob of patrons. Also muskets, brass bands, and hiplife and Afropop music is usually on display. Later at night you can check out some of Accra's hottest spots for nightlife.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Overnight at a 4-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar

4. 4DAY 4: SUNDAY AUGUST 25, 2024 - CHALE WOTE FESTIVAL⌄

   Morning is free to relax. In the evening, proceed for the last day of Chale Wote Street Art Festival.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Overnight at a 4-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar

5. 5DAY 5: MONDAY AUGUST 26, 2024 - FREE DAY⌄

   Day is free to relax in your hotel. No Tour Guiding and Transportation Services. Accommodation Only.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Overnight at a 4-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar

6. 6DAY 6: TUESDAY AUGUST 27, 2024 - KAKUM NATIONAL PARK TOUR⌄

   In the morning, you will visit the Kakum National Park to experience one of Africa’s Canopy Walkways suspended 100 feet from the forest ground for a panoramic view of the flora and fauna of the remaining vestiges of the rainforest. Check into your hotel and rest of day is free to relax at the beach.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch

   Overnight: Overnight at a 3-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar

7. 7DAY 7: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28, 2024 - SLAVE RIVER & CASTLE TOUR⌄

   In the morning, travel to Assin Manso, the burial site of two former slaves from the U. S. and Jamaica whose remains were re-interred in August 1998 during Ghana’s first Emancipation Day Celebration. You will 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.

   Visit Cape Coast and Elmina Slave Castles, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, was two of the departure points for Africans being sent to slavery in the Americas. The castle is home to the infamous "Door of No Return".

   Meals: Breakfast · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at a 3-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar

8. 8DAY 8: THURSDAY AUGUST 29, 2024 - NAMING CEREMONY/ ACCRA⌄

   Today’s dress code is all white. After breakfast, visit a typical Ghanaian village and pay a courtesy call on the Chief and his elders. Participate in a traditional naming ceremony and claim your African identity by adopting a Ghanaian name. In the afternoon, depart for Accra, Ghana’s capital city. Arrive by late afternoon and check into your hotel.

   Meals: Breakfast · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at a 4-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar

9. 9DAY 9: FRIDAY AUGUST 30, 2024 - DEPART ACCRA⌄

   Morning is free for last-minute shopping and packing. Transfer to the airport for departure.

   Meals: Breakfast