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Half-Day Private Asante Culture and Heritage Tour

By Selbeck Travel and Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is S$193 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Our Culture and Heritage Tour in the Ashanti region take you to the Bonwire Kente Weaving Centre and the Ntonso Adinkra Craft Village for an epic and memorable experience of a lifetime. See skilled weavers at work, creating vibrant Kente cloth on traditional looms. Learn about the significance of different patterns and designs used in Kente cloth. Watch craftsmen create traditional Adinkra symbols using ancient techniques. Browse the variety of products available, such as cloth, pottery, and wood carvings. See the cocoa trees up close and learn about the process of growing cocoa in Cocoa tree plantation. Learn about the process of harvesting cocoa pods, extracting the beans, and how the beans are fermented, dried, and processed into chocolate.

Activity location

  • Ntonso Adinkra Craftsmen
    • Ntonso Road, Ntonso
    • Kumasi, Ghana

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Ntonso Adinkra Craftsmen
    • Ntonso Road, Ntonso
    • Kumasi, Ghana

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Half-Day Private Asante Culture and Heritage Tour
  • Activity duration is 4 hours and 30 minutes4h 30m
    4h 30m
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00
Price details
S$192.80 x 1 AdultS$192.80

Total
Price is S$192.80

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedGuide In-person: English
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPersonal Shopping

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • We will use 3 hour for the visits at the centers but the remaining 1hour 30minutes is for the ride to the centers and 45 minutes drive from Kumasi to the centers.

Activity itinerary

Ntonso Adinkra Craftsmen
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Bonwire kente weaving centre is the birth place of kente cloth in Ghana. During this tour you will be given the history of the kentecloth. After that you will learn how to weave the popular kente cloth like a local. At Ntonso you will learn about the Adinkra cloth,Adinkra means farewell or goodbye. The cloth was used as a mourning cloth for the Asantes back in the days. The cloth was coming in red and black colour but now is coming in so many beautiful colours.
Bonwire Kente Weaving Centre
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Home or birthplace of Kente cloth in Ghana. The tour will take you through the process of weaving the Kente cloth and the history of the Kente. After the tour you will get the chance to weave like a local.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESNtonso Adinkra Craftsmen
    • Ntonso Road, Ntonso
    • Kumasi, Ghana

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLENtonso Adinkra Craftsmen
    • Ntonso Road, Ntonso
    • Kumasi, Ghana

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