5- 7 DAYS ITINERARY FOR GHANA TOUR 2026 -2027

May 18, 2026

DAY 1: Depart 03 Jan 2028 / Return 11 Jan 2028

DAY 2: ACCRA CITY TOUR

Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum Du Bois Centre

Breakfast Depart for a full day city tour of Accra. Our first visit is the W.E.B. Du Bois Centre for Pan Africanism: this is the final burial place and home of the prominent African American Pan Africanist Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois, who led the Pan-African congress between 1919 and 1927. It is currently a Pan African Center for culture and it also has a research library and gallery full of manuscripts. Visit the National Museum of History and Ethnography. This Museum houses a varied collection of Ghanaian artifacts. Objects in the archeology section range from the Stone Age period to the recent historical past. Those on permanent exhibition at the ethnography gallery include chief’s regalia, indigenous Ghanaian musical instruments, gold weights, beads, traditional textiles, stools and pottery. Continue to Ga Mashie-Old Accra, this is a contrast of Victorian, Dutch, and post-colonial architecture. You will drive past James Fort built in 1673, Old Accra Square and the Post Office. Stop at Ussher Fort, one of three European forts in Accra which have survived the times for a conducted tour. Ussher Fort was built by the Dutch in 1649 as Fort Crèvecœur. Fort Crèvecœur was part of the Dutch Gold Coast. The Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty (1867), which defined areas of influence on the Gold Coast and was transferred to the British in 1868. Interact with the local people at the Accra Harbour, view the lighthouse built by the British to guide commercial ships into the Accra Harbour. Lunch at a local restaurant (on own account) After lunch, visit Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum. This is a Memorial and Third burial grounds for the First Head of State and President of independent Ghana. The Mausoleum site was the Old Polo grounds for the European during the colonial period until 1957. This Mausoleum has been visited by many world dignitaries. Your last stop for the day is the Arts and Crafts market to view a varied collection Ghanaian handicraft souvenir. This offers you opportunity to try out your bargaining skills on the local vendors and to “shop till you drop”. Return to your hotel Explore night life in Accra Dinner(on own account) Overnight: 5*/4* La Palm Royal Beach Hotel

DAY 3: ACCRA – VILLAGE STOP

KUMASI

Breakfast and hotel checkout Depart in the morning for Kumasi in Ashanti Region; the Kingdom of Gold, History and Culture. Drive past several scenic villages and cocoa growing communities. Stop at a village and visit a family. Immerse yourselves in authentic Ghanaian traditional and culture. Learn their traditional ways of living. Continue to Kumasi with lunch at a highway restaurant (on own account). Arrive in Kumasi and check-into your hotel. Dinner (on own account) Overnight: 4/5* Hotel in Kumasi B

DAY 4: ASHANTI CRAFT VILLAGES & KUMASI CITY TOUR

Craft Village (Kente Village Manhyia Palace Museum)

Breakfast Depart to visit a few Asante craft villages to participate in using simple tools and traditional technology to produce breathtaking artifacts and designs from which you can purchase and send as souvenirs for friends and family back home. Visit Ahwiaa, the woodcarver’s village specializing in woodcarving such as the Ashanti stools, fertility dolls, and walking sticks. Proceed to visit Ntonso, the traditional textile printing village, see Adinkra cloth and tie-and-dye processing and get a demonstration of how intricate designs are applied to this sacred mourning cloth. Adinkra cloths are designed by indigenous artists whose expertise lies in the textual printing using traditional symbols that express the spiritual, moral, political, and socio-cultural philosophies of the Akan people and offer you an opportunity to create your own designs. Bonwire, where the famous Kente cloth is handmade on looms, in a time-honored tradition passed down through generations. Return to Kumasi and have lunch at a local restaurant (on own account) After lunch, go on a city tour of Kumasi, visiting the Manhyia Palace Museum—the museum was built by the British in 1925 to receive Prempeh I when he returned from a quarter of a century of exile in the Seychelles to resume residence in Kumasi. It was used by the Ashanti kings until 1974 and later converted to a museum, which houses exhibits such as royal regalia, photographs, medals, furniture, drums, and palanquins that are over two hundred years old, a battle dress that dates back to 1900 and many objects of historical significance as well as effigies of all past kings and the current occupant of the Golden Stool. Visit the Okomfo Anokye Sword Site – the legendary traditional priest, Okomfo Anokye, is reputed to be the man who conjured from the skies the much-revered Golden Stool of the Asante, which is believed to be the "soul and embodiment” of the Asante people. Historical account has it that it was Okomfo Anokye who planted a sword in the ground and told those present at the event that the day the sword would be uprooted the Asante Kingdom would disintegrate. This same place was the birthplace of the people now called the Asantes. Check in to your hotel Dinner (on own account) Overnight: 4/5* Hotel in Kumasi-Noble House Hotel or Similar

DAY 5: KUMASI – ELMINA VIA SLAVE RIVER SITE & CASTLE VISIT

Assin Manso Slave Site Cape Coast Slave Dungeons

Breakfast and hotel checkout Depart Kumasi after breakfast to Elmina in the Central Region. Drive along several farming villages. Note the change in vegetation from forest belt to coastal savannah as you journey southwestwards. Cross the River Pra which marks the boundary between Ashanti and Central Regions of Ghana. Stop at Assin Manso to visit the burial site of the remains of two ancestors exhumed from New York’s Wall Street & Kingston Jamaica and re-interred on the Emancipation Day 1998. A third ancestor was also brought and interred by the Prime Minister of Barbados in November 2019 as part of the “YEAR OF RETURN” GHANA 2019. Visit the DONKO NSUO (the Slave River) where the African captives were allowed to take their last bath in waters of their native land. The European merchants branded their bodies for identification before they were marched to the Dungeons in Elmina and Cape Coast.
Lunch at a local restaurant (on own account) After lunch visit the Cape Coast Castle which was originally started by the Swedes in 1652. It served as the headquarters and seat of the British colonial government until 1877. Go on a comprehensive tour of the Castle, the slave dungeons where enslaved Africans were incarcerated and the negotiation hall where our ancestors were bargained for and sold. This UNESCO World Heritage Monument has been visited by several world personalities including US President Barack and Michelle Obama, Steve Harvey, Boris Kodjoe, Danny Glover.
Check into your hotel Dinner at your hotel (on own account) Overnight: 4*/5* Beach Resort or Hotel in Elmina or Cape Coast -----Lemon Beach Resort/ Similar

DAY 6: ELMINA – KAKUM PARK TOUR – ACCRA

Cape Coast Slave Dungeons

Breakfast and hotel checkout Depart after breakfast to visit the Kakum National Park. Go on a morning walk of the “Kuntan Trail” with its countless trees with medicinal properties. For the young at heart experience the “Canopy Walkway” suspended 100 feet from the forest ground for a panoramic view of the flora and fauna of the remaining vestiges of the rainforest.
Lunch at a local restaurant (on own account) Depart to Accra. Drive past several fishing villages and coconut lined beaches Arrive and check in to your hotel Dinner at hotel (on own account) Overnight: 4*/5* Hotel in Accra---African Regent/Similar

DAY 7: DEPARTURE