10 Day Ghana Sun and Fun Tour

Arrive in Accra, Ghana. Transfer from airport to your hotel. Check into your hotel. Overnight at a hotel in Accra.

After breakfast, depart for a sightseeing tour of Accra, the Capital of Ghana. Experience the city’s highlights during this Accra orientation. The capital of Ghana since 1877, Accra is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region. In addition, it’s the country’s most populous city. Travel through the administrative and economic districts of Accra.

Also, see the Artiste Alliance Gallery, the W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Pan African Culture, the Independence/Black Star Square, and Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park. Learn about important events in Ghana’s history and the country’s first president who helped lead Ghana to independence. End the day’s tour at the Arts Center, where participants can sharpen their bargaining skills to shop for goods from Ghana and West Africa in an open-air market.

Overnight at a hotel in Accra. Meals Included: Breakfast.

After breakfast, depart to Cape Coast and drive through the historic Denkyira Kingdom to Kakum National Park, one of West Africa’s surviving tropical rain forests. Choose between a 2 km nature walk through the rain forest to discover the wide variety of exotic flora and fauna species and the medicinal values they offer or take a walk on the canopy walkway hanging 40 meters above the forest ground.

After lunch on your own, embark on a tour of the infamous Forts, Castles, and Slave Dungeons of Ghana. History will unfold the story of the slave trade which the impact is still felt beyond the shores of Africa today. Visit the Cape Coast Castle built by the Swedes in 1653 and was later taken over by the British. Here, you would learn about the relationship between the western slave traders and the African tribes that made the trans-Atlantic slave trade possible.

It is an opportunity to be up and close with history – to stand in the dark and stuffy dungeons, imagining the experience and conditions that millions of Africans endured. This castle also houses the West African Historical Museum.

Overnight at a hotel in Elmina / Cape Coast. Meals Included: Breakfast.

After breakfast, spend the rest of the day at leisure. Have some free time to yourself and engage in activities at the hotel on your own. You will have the opportunity to relax by the pool or engage in horse riding, crocodile and fish watching and strolling on the shores of the beach.

Overnight at a hotel in Elmina / Cape Coast. Meals Included: Breakfast.

After breakfast, check out of your hotel to visit Fort Metal Cross at Dixcove. The British colonial fortification, Fort Metal Cross (originally Dixcove Fort) is located on a promontory near the fishing village of Infuma, in Dixcove (Dick’s Cove) in the Western Region of Ghana.

The cove’s quiet waters are suitable for small boats and canoes; large ships anchor approximately 2 kilometres offshore. For the British, the motive for commencing construction of Dixcove Fort in 1692 was identical to that of the Dutch in building Fort Batenstein - to tap into the promise of gold in the hinterland; and also to win back the many English captains trading at the Brandenburgers’ (Germans’) Fort Gross Friedrichsburg in nearby Princes town.

Overnight at a hotel in Axim. Meals Included: Breakfast.

After breakfast, depart your hotel and make a scenic drive to Nzulezu, a unique village built on water. Nzulezu is built entirely on stilts over an open lake fed by two rivers. Ancestors of the village believe that villagers were led to this secure place by a snail. Nzulezu is an Nzema word meaning “built on water.” After an hour’s drive through a rubber plantation, enjoy a five-kilometer ride on the lake in a local dugout canoe (life jackets are provided) Upon arrival in the village, interact with the locals and explore the adjacent area. Notice the solid wood construction of the houses and the raffia walkways.

Afterwards, visit Fort Appolonia located in Beyin. This fort was built in 1768 by English merchants and transferred to the Dutch in 1868 who renamed it after their King Willem III. The Dutch held it until 1872, when it was turned over to the British by a treaty. At the end of the tour, drive to Busua and check-in at your hotel and relax.

Overnight at a hotel in Axim. Meals Included: Breakfast.

After breakfast, spend the rest of the day at leisure. Have some free time to yourself and engage in activities at the hotel on your own. You will have the opportunity to relax by the pool strolling on the shores of the beach.

Overnight at a hotel in Axim. Meals Included: Breakfast.

Explore Elmina, a fishing village that’s both picturesque and gritty, charming and though-provoking. What better way to appreciate it than to immerse oneself in its main industry – fishing! Meet with local fishermen to learn the intricacies of their trade and the challenges they face in their day-to-day work. Next, meet the fish mongers in the village who will demonstrate the various stages of smoking the fish in earthenware ovens. This is a unique way to experience one of Ghana’s oldest and important trades.

After lunch on your own, visit Elmina Castle, also known as St. George’s Castle, which was built by the Portuguese in 1482. Here, learn about the relationship between the western slave traders and the African tribes that participated in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Here participants will witness the dark and stuffy dungeons local people were forced to endure before being sent on a long and perilous passage across the Atlantic. To see the truth of these conditions in person is a powerful reminder of the inhumanity of the slave trade.

Overnight at a hotel in Elmina / Cape Coast. Meals Included: Breakfast.

After breakfast, spend the rest of the morning at leisure. After lunch on your own, depart for Accra.

Overnight at a hotel in Accra. Meals Included: Breakfast.

After breakfast, spend the day packing and doing last minute shopping. Transfer to airport for check-in and final departure back home.