Itinerary
- Day 1
Accra
You'll arrive in Accra and meet Landtours staff at the airport for your hotel transfer. They'll give you a welcome drink and run through an orientation session to start your tour.
- Day 2
Accra
After breakfast, you'll take a city orientation tour hitting Accra's main sites like the Artiste Alliance Gallery, W.E.B. Du Bois Center, Independence/Black Star Square, and the National Museum of Ghana. By late afternoon, you'll head to the Arts Center open-air market for shopping.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Sightseeing tour of Accra
- Visit Artiste Alliance Gallery
- Visit W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Pan African Culture
- Visit Independence/Black Star Square
- Visit National Museum of Ghana
- Shopping at Arts Center
Landmarks Artiste Alliance Gallery W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Pan African Culture Independence/Black Star Square National Museum of Ghana Arts Center - Day 3
Accra to Tamale
You'll fly to Tamale early after breakfast. Once you land, Landtours representatives meet you for a drive around the city, then you check in at your hotel to settle in and rest.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Sightseeing drive around Tamale
- Day 4
Salaga
An early departure takes you to Salaga, a significant location in the slave trade. You'll meet the traditional leader, walk through the former market site, lay a wreath at a commemorative grave, and join a healing feast with traditional drumming and dancing. Optional kasa discussions are available.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner (Healing feast including sharing of food between descendants of slave raiders and slaves)
Included Activities
- Scenic drive to Salaga
- Meet with traditional leader
- Tour slave trade site
- Visit Salaga Slave Market
- Wreath laying ceremony at grave site
- Healing feast with traditional drumming and dancing
- Foot washing ceremony by villagers
Optional Activities
- Kasa (talk time) discussion session
Landmarks Salaga Slave Market - Day 5
Salaga to Kumasi
After breakfast, you'll drive toward Kumasi with stops at former slave markets in Kintampo and Assin Bono. You'll see Kintampo Waterfalls and take in the scenery before continuing to Kumasi where you'll check in and relax.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Visit Kintampo Waterfalls
Landmarks Kintampo Waterfalls - Day 6
Kumasi
You'll spend the morning at Manhyia Palace Museum learning about Ashanti rulers and their history back to 1700. Later you'll drive through Kumasi to see various monuments, then finish at the National Cultural Center to tour the Prempeh II Jubilee Museum and artisan studios.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Visit Manhyia Palace Museum
- City drive viewing Ashanti monuments
- Visit National Cultural Center
- View Prempeh II Jubilee Museum
- Visit pottery, brass, and batik maker studios
Landmarks Manhyia Palace Museum National Cultural Center Prempeh II Jubilee Museum - Day 7
Elmina
You'll visit three craft villages in the Ashanti Region: Ahwiaa for wood carvers, Ntonso for Adinkra cloth, and Bonwire for Kente weaving. You'll watch artisans work and buy directly from them. After lunch, you'll head to Elmina.
- Meals
- Lunch
Included Activities
- Visit Ahwiaa wood carvers' village
- Visit Ntonso Adinkra village
- Visit Bonwire Kente weaving village
- Shopping with artisans
Landmarks Ahwiaa Ntonso Bonwire - Day 8
Elmina
You'll tour Elmina Castle, built by the Portuguese in 1482 as the first European structure in Sub-Saharan Africa. Later you'll participate in a beach memorial ceremony then explore the colonial town. An optional Reverential Night with candlelit processions and reenactments of the slave passage is available after dinner.
- Meals
- Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Visit Elmina Castle
- Beach memorial ceremony
- Walking tour of Elmina
- Visit Asafo houses
Optional Activities
- Reverential Night ceremony with candlelit processions and vigil
Landmarks Elmina Castle Asafo houses - Day 9
Assin Manso
You'll travel through the slave route to Assin Manso, the last place enslaved Africans stayed before transport to the New World. You'll visit the dungeons and see where ancestors repatriated from the USA and Jamaica were laid to rest. You'll watch the Grand Durbar of Central Region Chiefs and dance to traditional fromtomfrom drums.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Visit Assin Manso slave dungeons
- Visit ancestor resting place
- Grand Durbar of traditional Chiefs
- Traditional drumming and dancing
Landmarks Assin Manso - Day 10
Assin Manso to Accra
After breakfast, you'll drive back to Accra with lunch on your own at a local Ghanaian restaurant. You'll visit the Arts Center for final shopping, then head to the airport for check-in and departure.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Scenic drive to Accra
- Shopping at Arts Center
Landmarks Arts Center
