3 Days Volta Region Tour

Amedzofe - Begin the journey early in the morning to the Volta Region. Make a stop at Tafi Atome for a delightful interaction with the Mona monkeys in the village, then proceed to Amedzofe for a breathtaking mountain view. Enjoy a trip to the waterfall and later in the evening, engage with the traditional ruler and his elders at the palace.
Stay overnight at Mountain Paradise Hotel/Amedzofe.

Wli Waterfalls - Depart the guest house by 8:30 am to visit the Wli Waterfalls and spend the day at the pool. Wli Waterfalls is the tallest in West Africa. It takes a 45-minute walk through the pristine forest to reach the falls. The pool is clean, offering visitors a great opportunity to swim or relax for their picnics and lunch.
Overnight at Mountain Paradise.

Kpetoe - Leave early in the morning for Ho, check into your hotel, and take about 40 minutes for a snack. Depart the hotel for Kpetoe, the kente village in the Volta Region, where you can observe the local cloth weaving process. Return from Kpetoe to Ho and take a stroll through the Ho market to see the local food items on sale and learn their names in their raw form. Return to your hotel and enjoy the evening at the foothill where your hotel is located.
Overnight at Chances Hotel.

Accra City Tour

Accra - Explore the old British Accra, James Town, and Usher Town, an intriguing area to explore on foot. Visit the old fishing harbor, climb the Jamestown Lighthouse, and continue to the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, the final resting place of Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Proceed through Independence Square to Osu Oxford Street for a guided tour at the W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Centre. The museum honors Du Bois, a notable American pan-Africanist of the 20th century.
Optionally, visit a Ga coffin workshop in Nungua, where coffins are crafted to represent an aspect of the deceased’s life, or visit the Weild Geco Gallery, where authentic traditional arts and crafts are displayed and sold.

Ada - Spend a day visiting Ada, located at the estuary of the Volta River. The estuary is connected with sixteen islands. To visit any of the islands, hire a dug-out canoe or ferry-canoe for a day trip, offering picturesque and fascinating islands.
Arrive in the rural community for a guided walk through the communities, where most houses are made of termite clay with thatched or coconut roofing, and daily life revolves around the river. Experience local activities such as basket weaving, fishing, farming, cooking, or visiting the fetish priest. Return to Ada and drive to Atimpoku, check into your hotel, enjoy a late lunch, and relax by the Volta Lake, the world’s longest man-made lake.

Odumase Krobo - This day visit is perfect for bead enthusiasts interested in learning how to make beads from broken bottles and other local materials. Visit the beads college for a demonstration on bead making. There is an opportunity to purchase locally made beads from the college shop. Depart Odumase for Nsawam for a brief visit to the honey-making center at Dobro-Nsawam, a self-help project by a family. Tour some of the hives and visit the honey shop to purchase pure local honey at a reasonable price. End the day at the Blue Skies juice bar, where you can enjoy tropical natural juices like pineapple, orange, mango, pawpaw, lime, and sugarcane.

Aburi Botanical Garden /Accra

Cape Coast Castle - Depart the Eastern Region for the Central Region to visit Cape Coast Castle for a guided tour by an experienced guide detailing the history of the slave trade. Learn about the reasons for the slave trade, the castles and forts along the Atlantic Ocean, and their impact on today’s generation. Take a break to visit Elmina Castle through the University of Cape Coast for photographs of the castle, but not a tour.

Kakum National Park

Kakum National Park - Depart the hotel early for Kakum National Park, a tropical forest reserve with a 350-meter-long canopy walkway suspended between seven treetops. Enjoy a guided forest walk and the canopy walkway.
Explore various highlights around Elmina worth visiting. Take a guided walk through Elmina, discover Fort St. Jago, and visit the fishing harbor and market.
Dine close to the Atlantic Ocean, where your table will be set for an African dance performance in the evening.

Assin Manso - After breakfast, head to the Central Region, Ghana’s coastal region. Stop to visit the slave monument and ancestral graveyard at Assin Manso, the final stop for slaves on the trail to Cape Coast, where they were auctioned to be transported to the New World under horrific conditions. The river where slaves were bathed still exists today. Slaves were sold in this town at the public market and auctioned at the trade hall at the castle to their final masters.
Continue to Cape Coast Castle and Museum to learn more about the history of the slave trade. The castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the largest former slave-holding sites in the world. Built in 1653 as a wooden structure, it changed hands many times – built by the Swedes, temporarily taken over by the Danish, and finally handed over to the British by the Dutch, who reinforced, rebuilt, and expanded it in 1665.
Relax at a resort and enjoy the beach in the afternoon, or walk along the beach to see the fishermen at work. The Atlantic Sea offers a beautiful beach to relax at Biriwa Beach Resort.

Kumasi City

Kumasi - Depart Cape Coast for Kumasi after breakfast for a guided tour at the Manhyia Palace and continue to the National Cultural Centre to visit the craft market and the Prempeh II Jubilee Museum, which provide a good overview of Ashanti history.
• If your visit coincides with the Akwasidae festival, celebrated every six weeks by the Ashanti royals, the itinerary can be adjusted to allow you to witness this memorable festival. Celebrated on a Sunday every six weeks, the Akwasidae Festival is second only to the National Day celebrations in importance.
• The Ashanti King, his elders, and other chiefs are always present at this festival, which attracts a large crowd. Continue the tour after the festival to explore the Kejetia market, the third-largest open market in West Africa, bustling yet fascinating.
• Overnight in Kumasi.

Kumasi - • Depart the hotel in the morning for the craft villages such as Bonwire, known for kente cloth weaving, a traditional fabric worn on important occasions and celebrations.
• Continue to Adawomase and Ntonso, villages known for traditional cloth making like Kente and Adinkra. Though touristy, these villages play a crucial role in understanding Ashanti culture and heritage. Unlike kente, worn on joyous occasions, adinkra is a traditional cloth printed with local symbols and dye, worn on funeral days.

Accra - • Depart Kumasi for Accra, arriving in the evening. Drop off at the airport for departure formalities.

Western Region Ghana

Busua Beach

Takoradi - Enjoy a city tour of Takoradi, visiting the market, Military Museum, the beach, and driving through the well-planned residential areas to view the old colonial residences.

Cotonou Benin

Cotonou - Arrive at Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport in Benin. Your driver/guide will meet you inside the arrival hall and escort you to your accommodation, holding a placard with your name.

Cotonou Benin

Ganvie - After breakfast, proceed to Ganvié by motorized canoe, an extraordinary town built on stilts in the middle of Lac Noukoué. Approximately 40,000 people of the Tofinu tribe reside here, and it is one of the last surviving stilt villages dating back 400 years. The Tofinu people built these villages to escape Dahomey slave hunters, who were forbidden by religious customs from entering the water. The Tofinu live almost entirely from fishing, and spending the night on the lake’s surface is an extraordinary experience.
Enjoy a guided boat tour in the village and continue to Porto Novo, the former capital of the French Dahomey colony in the 19th century, which remains the administrative capital of Benin today. However, this is hard to believe when compared to the bustling city of Cotonou.
Spend the night at the Songhai Centre, an innovative educational center for tropical agriculture, beautifully situated in green surroundings with agricultural fields, small stock farms, and numerous fish ponds.
If interested, enjoy an Egun dance in the evening (please inform the driver in advance).

Ouidah - Continue to Ouidah, a town with a rich history, also known as the ‘voodoo capital of Benin’. Stop at the pottery village Se, where you will meet industrious women creating beautiful clay pottery.
Ouidah offers a variety of interesting places to visit. The ‘Route des Enclaves’ is a historical highlight, recalling the thought-provoking history of the slave trade. It is a 3.5 km sandy road that formed the final stage of the route before slaves were shipped to the Americas. Other worthwhile places to visit include the Point of No Return Memorial, the History Museum (located in Fortaleza São João Batista), and the beautifully restored House of Brazil, which showcases changing art exhibitions. Other related highlights include the Python Temple, where harmless python snakes used in voodoo ceremonies can be found, and the Sacred Forest of Kpassé, where you can hear fascinating stories about the trees. Additionally, you will find sculptures symbolizing voodoo and animist deities and beliefs.

Ouidah - Visit more of Ouidah’s highlights in the morning. Return to Cotonou, do some souvenir shopping, and prepare for departure.
If desired, visit different highlights in Cotonou, including the Zinsou Foundation and, if interested, some art galleries, le Stade de l’amite, and the very large Dantopka market.

Accra City Tour

Centre for National Culture, Accra - Visit some of Accra’s highlights, such as the old colonial neighborhoods James Town and Usher Town, an intriguing area to explore on foot. Visit the old fishing harbor, climb the Jamestown Lighthouse, and optionally explore the Mokola Market (with additional guides). Continue to Independence Square and the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, the final resting place of Ghana’s first president.
Drive through Osu Oxford Street and connect to the Ga coffin workshop in Nungua, where you can observe coffins designed to represent an aspect of the deceased’s life. Alternatively, visit the Artist Alliance Gallery, where traditional arts and crafts are displayed.

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