The Roots Retreat offers an immersive experience strictly for the African diaspora who are in search of their roots. African-Diasporic history didn't start with slavery - we will bring you back through The Door of No Return, where many of our Ancestors departed from the continent for the last time on their voyage into the Americas upon being trafficked during the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade. We will take you through their horrific journey, then bring you back through the Door of Return – after over 400 years, the descendants of the dearly departed have returned! 

You will be welcomed back to Africa with a Diaspora Homecoming Ceremony, where you will be immersed in your rich culture, roots, and heritage, displayed through drumming, song, and dance, and receive a warm reception by Chiefs, Queens, and Kings, alongside the local community in the Region. Elders and historians will narrate the history of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade era and reconcile with the occurrences of the past to pave the way forward. 

We will utilize indigenous spiritual divination systems to uncover your identity, root, and lineage in Africa, work through any emergent problems, and perform important cleansings or ceremonies required for your restoration. You will learn the lost rites and passages, ways of life, and spiritual practices that our forefathers once practiced at the core of the strength of the community. Upon reclaiming your identity, you will learn how to pour libations and build your spiritual alter to honor and connect with your ancestors and spirit guides to unlock more protection and blessings along your journey. 

Explore Accra, Cape Coast, and the Volta Region, and engage in city tours, learn to prepare traditional Ghanaian meals, embark on an adventure to one of Ghana’s largest waterfalls, and unlock indigenous ways of life to obtain true knowledge of self. By the end of our time together you will be a changed person – one who knows their root. 

You did not come to find your roots.
Your roots have been waiting to find you.
And now — they have. 

You’ve touched down in Ghana—the motherland. Today marks more than a trip; it marks your spiritual return. Time to take it all in as your feet connect with ancestral soil. The journey of remembrance, healing, and reconnection begins now.

Experiences:

• Arrival at Kotoka International Airport

• Airport pickup & hotel check-in

• Rest and unwind at your leisure

• Welcome Dinner serving local cuisine

• Evening entertainment 

“Come hungry—not just for food, but for connection, spirit, and history.”

After breakfast, we dive into the story of Ghana’s capital—Accra—a city where freedom was declared and resistance was born. Walk the streets where history lives and Pan-Africanism breathes.

Highlights:

• Black Star Square & Independence Arch

• Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

• Accra Art Centre: Drumming & Market Visit

• W.E.B. Du Bois Centre for Pan-Africanism

• Intro to Ghanaian Foods at local chop bar

“This is the land where Black stars rise. You are among them.”

We leave Accra and journey to the Central Region along the path of the enslaved. This ancestral pilgrimage is emotional, sacred, and transformative. Feel their footsteps. Walk their walk. Reclaim what was taken.

Highlights:

• Ancestral River + Last Bath

• Cape Coast Dungeon & Door of No Return

• Return to Accra in the evening
  

“They left through this door, but you have returned. You are the dream of the enslaved made flesh.”

Today is for healing, reflection, and self-care. Let the tranquility of the Volta Region ground your spirit and prepare you for deeper ancestral work.

Highlights:

• Relaxation by the water

• Optional massages, spiritual readings (divinations), personal time
  
  

“Rest is your birthright. Healing is revolutionary.”

We return to community, greeted with drums, dance, and royal hospitality at your Homecoming Durbar - welcome, you are home! Today, you receive the name you would have carried had you been born here through a Traditional Ghanaian naming ceremony. Your story now merges with those of your ancestors.

Highlights:

• Courtesy call with local chiefs, elders, queen mothers

• Cultural drumming and dancing

• Traditional Ewe Naming Ceremony

“Today, you are claimed. Today, you are named.”

Today we engage in sacred rites to cleanse, offer, and protect. We honor the ancestors and reconnect with indigenous ways that never left us.

Highlights:

• Offering & Cleansing ceremony

• Spiritual Readings (Divinations)

• Protection, blessings, and libation

• Bonfire, storytelling, cultural sharing

“In fire and in story, we remember—and we rise.”

We explore the future by grounding ourselves in the land. Today is about giving back and planting seeds—literally and metaphorically.

Re-establishing Roots in Africa

We will begin with a symbolic tree planting activity. For diasporans, planting a tree in the soil of your ancestors is more than a symbolic gesture—it is a sacred act of reclamation. As roots take hold beneath your feet, your lineage is renewed, and your connection to the land restored. 

Give Back Ghana Day

We will visit a local school where you will meet and engage with children in the local community. Bring your donations for school supplies, equipment, materials and feel the abundance of giving back to local communities in need.

Land and Legacy

Explore land opportunities in a welcoming coastal community and take practical steps towards legacy building. Whether you're looking for a future relocation site, an investment, or a shared community project, this day helps you imagine and act on your return in tangible ways.

Highlights:

• School visit & community give-back (donations, engagement)

• Tree planting for ancestral reconnection

• Land investment opportunities (coastal)

“Legacy lives in land. Reconnection lives in roots. And today—you claimed both.”

Nature calls us back to our essence. Hike sacred paths, witness beauty untouched, and connect with ancestral energy through land, water, and wild spirit.

During today’s experience, you will also learn to build an ancestral altar and pour libations—a guided introduction to indigenous practices our forefathers once honored, allowing for personal ancestral reconnection and spiritual grounding.

Highlights:

• Land site visit with mountain views

• Taife Monkey Sanctuary

• Hike to Wli waterfalls & optional swim

• Land investment opportunities (nature)

“The land remembers you. And now—you remember it.”

Time to reflect, shop, connect, and close any loops before departure. Rest or explore—you choose.

Highlights:

• Shopping & exploration time

“Take what you need. Leave what no longer serves you.”

Your journey doesn’t end here. It begins again—with a deeper sense of purpose, ancestry, and belonging.

Activities:

• Hotel check-out

• Airport transfers

• Emotional farewells

“You returned for them. Now go forward for us.”