Itinerary
- Day 1
Accra
You'll arrive in Accra and meet your Landtours representatives at the airport for your transfer to the hotel. After settling in, there's a welcome drink and orientation session. If you're interested, dressmakers are available to take your measurements and sew traditional cloths for you.
Included Activities
- Airport transfer from airport to hotel
- Welcome drink at hotel
- Orientation session
- Cloth measurement and sewing service (optional participation)
Optional Activities
- Cloth sewing service for those interested in custom garments
- Day 2
Accra
Following breakfast, you'll take a sightseeing tour around Accra hitting the W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Pan African Culture and Independence/Black Star Square. Then you'll head to Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park to see the museum, mausoleum, and gardens. The afternoon brings you to the Arts Center where you can shop the open-air market for fabrics and goods from Ghana and West Africa.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Sightseeing tour of Accra's administrative and economic districts
- Visit to W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Pan African Culture
- Visit to Independence/Black Star Square
- Tour of Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park including mausoleum and museum
- Visit to Kwame Nkrumah's personal residence
- Visit to Eternal Flame of African Liberation
- Visit to Arts Center open-air market
Optional Activities
- Shopping for fabrics and goods from Ghana and West Africa at Arts Center
Landmarks W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Pan African Culture Independence/Black Star Square Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park Arts Center - Day 3
Accra to Cape Coast
After breakfast, you'll check out and drive to Cape Coast for tours of the historic Forts and Castles. Following lunch, you're heading to Elmina Castle to learn about the trans-Atlantic slave trade and see the slave dungeons. From there, you'll continue on to Cape Coast Castle, built by the Swedes in 1653 and later controlled by the British, which also has the West African Historical Museum inside.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch
Included Activities
- Tour of Elmina Castle (St. George's Castle)
- Visit to slave dungeons at Elmina Castle
- Tour of Cape Coast Castle
- Visit to slave dungeons at Cape Coast Castle
- Visit to West African Historical Museum
Landmarks Elmina Castle (St. George's Castle) Cape Coast Castle West African Historical Museum 
- Day 4
Elmina
You'll start with breakfast and then explore the fishing village of Elmina, meeting local fishermen to hear about their trade and the challenges they face daily. At the fish mongers, you can see the different stages of smoking fish in earthenware ovens. After dinner comes 'Reverential Night' with candlelit processions, a vigil honoring Africans who died in the slave trade, a ceremony re-enacting the slave passage through the 'Door of No Return,' and a midnight Emancipation Day declaration.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Included Activities
- Meeting with local fishermen in Elmina
- Learn about fishing trade and daily challenges
- Demonstration of fish smoking stages by fish mongers
- Reverential Night candlelit processions
- Vigil to commemorate slave trade deaths
- Ceremony and re-enactment of slave passage through Door of No Return
- Midnight Emancipation Day declaration
Optional Activities
- Participation in Reverential Night activities
Landmarks Door of No Return - Day 5
Elmina to Kumasi
Following breakfast, you'll check out and drive through the former slave route to Assin Manso, the final transit point for enslaved Africans. You'll visit the slave dungeons and the resting place of two ancestors returned from the USA and Jamaica. The Grand Durbar of Traditional Chiefs comes next, showcasing Ghana's traditional rulers in Kente cloth and gold jewelry. After experiencing African drumming, you'll continue driving through the forest to Kumasi, the seat of the Ashanti Empire.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Drive through former slave route to Assin Manso
- Visit to slave dungeons at Assin Manso
- Visit to final resting place of repatriated ancestors
- Grand Durbar of Traditional Chiefs and Central Region people
- Experience traditional Fontomfrom drums
- Drive through forest zone to Kumasi
Optional Activities
- Dancing to Fontomfrom drums at the Grand Durbar
Landmarks Assin Manso - Day 6
Kumasi
After breakfast, you'll visit the Manhyia Palace Museum to learn about the Ashanti kingdom's history from 1700 onward through relics and artifacts. A city tour follows with monuments to great Ashanti people, and you'll check out the famous Kejetia market and National Cultural Centre with the Prempeh II Jubilee Museum. You'll also explore three craft villages: Ahwiaa for wood carvers, Ntonso for Adinkra cloth, and Adanwomase for Kente weaving, where you can see how things are made and buy directly from the artisans.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Visit to Manhyia Palace Museum
- City tour with monuments to Ashanti people
- Visit to Kejetia market
- Visit to National Cultural Centre
- Visit to Prempeh II Jubilee Museum
- Visit to brass makers studios
- Visit to potters studios
- Visit to batik makers studios
- Visit to Ahwiaa wood carvers' village
- Visit to Ntonso Adinkra cloth village
- Visit to Adanwomase Kente weaving village
Optional Activities
- Shopping for crafts directly from artisans in craft villages
Landmarks Manhyia Palace Museum Kejetia Market National Cultural Centre Prempeh II Jubilee Museum Ahwiaa Ntonso Adanwomase - Day 7
Kumasi to Accra
You'll have breakfast, check out, and depart for Accra. On the drive, you'll stop at Besease Shrine near Ejisu, a world heritage site and traditional fetish shrine. You can observe the unique architecture and experience ancestral worship practices. Then you'll continue on to Accra and check into your hotel.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Stop at Besease Shrine
- Visit to traditional fetish shrine
- Experience ancestral worship to ancient gods
Landmarks Besease Shrine - Day 8
Accra
After breakfast, you'll depart Accra and head to a village on the lower course of the Volta River. You'll pay a courtesy call on the chief and elders with traditional drumming and dancing from villagers. Then comes a naming ceremony where you receive a Ghanaian name and gift as recognition of your new identity as a Ghanaian and community member before heading back to Accra.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Courtesy call on village chief and elders
- Traditional drumming and dancing by villagers
- Naming ceremony with Ghanaian name and gift
Landmarks Volta River Village - Day 9
Accra to Lome
Following breakfast, you'll check out and head to Togo. Upon arrival in Lome, you'll take a city tour including the Musée National and Place de l'Independence where the Independence Monument is located. You'll also visit the Grand Marche and Marche des Feticheurs, the Fetish Market.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- City tour of Lome
- Visit to Musée National (National Museum)
- Visit to Place de l'Independence
- Visit to Grand Marche (Grand Market)
- Visit to Marche des Feticheurs (Fetish Market)
Landmarks Musée National Place de l'Independence Grand Marche Marche des Feticheurs - Day 10
Lome to Cotonou
After breakfast, you'll check out and depart for Ouidah, known as the cradle of African Traditional Religion, on your way to Cotonou. You'll tour the temple dedicated to the sacred Python believed to give vitality and protection, and visit the sacred forest with shrines to various deities. At the Port of No Return, a monument built by the Benin Government commemorating Africans taken during the slave trade from the Dahomey Empire, you'll pay your respects. Then you'll continue to Cotonou, check into your hotel, and rest.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Tour of temple dedicated to sacred Python
- Visit to sacred forest with shrines
- Visit to Port of No Return monument
Landmarks Temple of Sacred Python Sacred Forest Port of No Return 
- Day 11
Cotonou
Following breakfast, you'll visit Ganvie, the village on water commonly called the Venice of West Africa. You'll see vendors in dugout canoes conducting daily commerce and selling to tourists. The day includes shopping on the floating market and taking a relaxing canoe ride through the waterways of this 300-year-old village.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Visit to Ganvie floating village
- Canoe ride on waterways
- Shopping on floating market
Landmarks Ganvie - Day 12
Cotonou to Accra
After breakfast, you'll check out and depart for Accra. You'll stop in Lome for lunch at a beachside restaurant at your own expense, then continue on to Accra.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Stop in Lome
Optional Activities
- Lunch at beachside restaurant in Lome
- Day 13
Accra
Following breakfast, you'll check out of your hotel and transfer to the airport for check-in and your final departure back home.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Airport transfer
