Ghana

Enjoy dinner in Accra

Take a guided tour of Accra

With your expert local guide you will see:

• W.E.B. DuBois Centre for Pan African Culture, built to encourage visitors to explore the ideals of Pan Africanism
• Independence/Black Star Square, a public square that hosts many national events
• Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and mausoleum, which is the final resting place of Ghana's first president and a memorial to Ghana's independence

Visit the National Center for Culture, where one can see and buy artisanal products in traditional Ghanaian style 

Visit the Jamestown Community, one of the oldest districts in Accra

Visit Trashy Bags, an organization aimed at sustainability that transforms plastic trash into bags and gifts and is leading the way in sustainable development in Africa

Visit a local coffin shop, where you'll see elaborate coffins that reflect the personality, career, and aspirations of the deceased, including coffins shaped as fish, airplanes, animals, and more

Enjoy dinner in Accra

Visit Global Mamas, a fair trade organization established and run by women to support other local women financially; Artisans working with this organization use batik, a traditional dyeing technique and pattern

Travel to Kumasi, known for its relationship to the Ashanti Empire and is recognized as a center of tradition  

Tour a sustainable cocoa farm and learn how Ghana is the second largest cocoa exporter in the world

Enjoy dinner in Kumasi

Tour Kumasi with an expert local guide and visit the Ashanti Craft Villages, where you’ll see expert artisans selling their intricate goods, including kente cloth and wood carvings

 Visit two traditional Ashanti villages   

• Adanwomasie (birthplace of Kente cloth) 
• Ntunso (birthplace of Adinkra cloth)

Enjoy dinner in Kumasi

Visit the Manhyia Palace Museum to learn more about the Ashanti Empire and about the function of each room within the palace

Visit the Kejetia Market known for selling nearly anything that one could want to purchase

Travel to Cape Coast, an important trading area that was highly impacted by colonialism as various European countries built trading lodges and forts along the coast 

Enjoy dinner in Cape Coast

Tour Cape Coast Castle and slave dungeons with an expert local guide, pausing to reflect on colonial influence in Ghana;  In 1874, the British presence dominated, and Cape Castle was where most slaves were held before their journey on the Middle Passage

Take part in a Batik workshop, a colorful and intricately patterned technique of dyeing fabric, and see how its colorful design is created

Visit a local university and compare and contrast higher education systems between Ghana and the United States

Enjoy dinner in Cape Coast

Visit Elmina Castle, which was originally established as a trading post but later became an important spot on the route of the Atlantic slave trade; Visit the castle and continue to reflect on the history and impact of colonialism in Ghana

Visit the Posuban Shrines, sculptures that also served as warehouses for each company of the Asafo community and played a symbolic role in bringing together communities

Visit the Baobab Foundation, a school built on the pillars of inclusivity and sustainability

Enjoy dinner in Cape Coast

Visit Kakum National Park, one of West Africa's surviving tropical rain forests and take a walk on the canopy walkway, which is 350 feet long and connects seven tree tops

Visit an Akpeteshie (palm wine) and gin distillery and see how this unique alcoholic beverage is created with the sap of palm trees

Enjoy dinner in Cape Coast

Travel to Accra

Enjoy dinner in Accra