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A monument with statues and a reflective pool. 1
A large, yellow building with a star on top and the words 'BLACK STAR SQUARE' on the facade. 2
A coastal fort with cannons, a bridge, and a small boat by the shore. 3
A person in a white shirt and shorts standing on a rocky surface. 4
Zebras grazing in a grassy field. 5
By Kadelo Travels
Free cancellation available
Price is S$5,386 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 12d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

  • This tour will take you on a journey which will expose you to the activities of the slave trade era and the effects it had on communities, nations and humanity as a whole. Travellers will also get to enjoy the Flora and fauna of Ghana at the Kakum National Park as we go on Canopy Walk in the park. Get ready for an exciting but physically demanding (30 minute) hike in a dense Rain Forest. Wear sporty shoes and face towel for the forest hike.
    Enjoy the Ashanti history and many more attractions and places to be visited.

Activity location

  • Accra International Airport
    • Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Accra International Airport
    • Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

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12 Days Heritage and Culture Tours in Ghana

  • Activity duration is 12 days12d
    12d
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00
Price details
S$5,386.03 x 1 AdultS$5,386.03
Total
Price is S$5,386.03

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Private transport
  • Inclusions
    Bottled Water
  • Inclusions
    All Fees and Taxes
  • Inclusions
    Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Inclusions
    Breakfast
  • Inclusions
    Accommodation
  • Exclusions
    Service charge

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
    • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
    • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
    • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Arrival and Airport Pickup to Your hotel

  • 2 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: 3–4-star Hotel in Accra

Accra International Airport

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Our guide will be at the arrival hall waiting for you. Upon arrival he will pick you to your hotel.

Accra

  • 3h
Depending on your arrival time, you can enjoy night life of Accra.

Day 2: Shai Hills and Boat Cruise Tour

  • 2 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Overnight at 3-4 Star in Accra

Shai Hills Resource Reserve

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Get to see Zebras, Baboons, ostriches, Antelopes (dry season only), museum, climb Mongo to see the whole park and also to see the cave where Dipo rite is performed.

Volta River

  • 30m
Have opportunity to cruise on the volta river the largest and longest river in West Africa.

Day 3: Accra City Tour

  • 7 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: 3-4 Star Hotel in Accra

Accra

  • 4h
After the canopy walk, we shall have our lunch headed back to Accra.

Makola Market

  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
Travellers will have opportunity to buy whatever they want in the famous Makola market and do window shopping as well

Center for National Culture

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Travellers will have opportunity to see various Artworks by local people, and they can buy some as souvenirs.

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Travellers will see where Ghana's first President was buried and history of Dr Kwame Nkrumah the first President of Ghana.

Independence Square

  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
This was where Ghanaians gathered every 6th of March to commemorate with our Ancestors that fought for independence for Ghana in 1957. Here, travellers will have opportunity to take pictures and have fun,

W.E.B. DuBois Center

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an African-American civil rights activist who became a citizen of Ghana in the 1960s. He was known as the ‘Father of Pan-Africanism’. The centre, where he and his wife once lived, and where they are now buried, houses his personal library, a small museum with a handful of personal effects such as his graduation robes. The couple’s mausoleum is surrounded by Asante stools, a seminar room, a restaurant, a gallery, an amphitheatre and a research Centre for Pan-African history and culture.

National Museum of Ghana

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
The National Museum of Ghana is in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. It is the largest and oldest of the six museums under the administration of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board. The museum building was opened on 6 March 1957 as part of Ghana's independence celebrations. Here tourists will learn and see the culture and indigenous tools used during the Gold Coast days.

Day 4: Aburi Botanical Gardens, First Cocoa Farm in Ghana and Waterfall

  • 3 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: 3–4-star Hotel in Accra

Aburi Botanical Gardens

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Get to enjoy the botanical gardens and learn about the garden's history and medicinal values of some plants in the garden.

Tetteh Quashie Cocoa Farm

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Get to know and see the first Cocoa farm in Ghana and learn the history behind cocoa and also how cocoa beans are processed and use to make chocolate.

Asenema Waterfalls

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Get to enjoy the refreshing waterfall.

Day 5: Cape Coast Tour

  • 2 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: 3–Star Hotel in Cape Coast

Cape Coast Castle

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Cape Coast Castle served as one of the slave castles built on the shores of Ghana. It also served as the Administration centre for British rule in West Africa. Participants will visit the museum and dungeons where slaves were kept while awaiting shipping to the New World.

Elmina Castle

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Elmina Castle is the first Slave castle built in 1482 by Portuguese. Here we will hear the history slavery in then Gold Coast present day Ghana.

Day 6: Cape Coast Tour

  • 1 stop
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: 3-star Hotel in Cape Coast

Kakum National Park

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Get to enjoy the Canopy walkway in the Kakum forest. No possibility of seeing animals as the animals show only in the night.

Day 7: Beach Relaxation

  • 1 stop
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: 3 star in Cape Coast

Cape Coast

  • 1d
Beach relaxation

Day 8: Assin Manso Slave River and Transfer to Kumasi

  • 2 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: 3–4-star Hotel in Kumasi

Assin Manso Ancestral Slave River Park

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Assin Manso slave river is where the enslaved Africans had their last bath before taking them to both Elmina and Cape Coast Castles.

Kumasi

  • 3h
Transfer to Ashanti Kumasi

Day 9: Kumasi City Tour

  • 4 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: 3–4-star hotel in Kumasi

Manhyia Palace Museum

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
At the Manhyia Palace Museum, learn about Ashanti history and their heritage and tour part of the palace which is open to the public.

Okomfo Anokye Sword Site

  • 45m
  • Admission ticket included
Tour the site of the powerful traditional priest that conjured the Ashanti golden stool and planted a sword and declared that no human can uplifted it from the ground.

Cultural Center KNUST room 3

  • 45m
  • Admission ticket included
Visit the cultural centre and buy the art works of your choice.

Kejetia Market

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Visit the biggest market in Kumasi

Day 10: Bonwire Kente Weaving Centre and Transfer to Accra

  • 2 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: 3–4-star hotel in Accra

Bonwire Kente Weaving Centre

  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Get to see how Kente is being weaved locally with hand and phurchase any if you want. After we drive back to Accra

Accra

  • 3h
Drive back to Accra

Day 11: Resting Day

  • 1 stop
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: 3–4-star hotel in Accra

Accra

  • 1d
Resting Day

Day 12: Final shopping and Airport drop off.

  • 1 stop
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Not included

Accra International Airport

  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
Goodbye home

Location

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    Accra International Airport
    • Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Accra International Airport
    • Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

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