On this day, we explore the capital city’s most vibrant market in West Africa at the Makola Market, a drive through Old Accra also called Jamestown and a visit to WEB DuBois Centre. The group will visit Black Star Gate, the second-largest independence square in the world, and Memorial Park. We will experience Ghana’s rich history and the events to the independence of Ghana, a celebration to the prominent Ghanaian President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. After lunch visit the National Centre for Arts and Crafts has a varied collection of Ghanaian hand-crafted items on sale. Here you will have the opportunity to try your bargaining skills to shop in an open-air market. Shop for family and friends back home. 

Embark on a thrilling wildlife safari at Safari Valley Resort, the first luxury Eco park resort about an hour and half from Accra to the Eastern Region. Embark on a captivating wildlife journey as you immerse yourself in the breathtaking beauty of nature as you encounter magnificent creatures like zebras, sable antelopes, wildebeest, and many more. Other activities include bowling, Dart, horseback riding, Bicycle Rides, Segway rides, golf, waterfalls and many more.

Enjoy lunch at the resort 

Return to Accra

Depart later in the day to join thousands of people in the celebration of Afrofuture. Experience the diverse culture and the vibrant work of African creatives and entrepreneurs. Enjoy great music and food stands all around. Meet and interact with friends with series of activities to do.

Head to a local Ghanaian home or kitchen facility where you’ll dive right into the art of cooking traditional dishes like Jollof rice, Red Red (beans stew with fried plantains), and more. Learn about the key ingredients and spices that give Ghanaian cuisine its unique flavor, then roll up your sleeves and get cooking! After enjoying the fruits of your labor.

Visit a women-owned chocolate factory for a fun group game, a behind-the-scenes look at chocolate-making, and a tasting of six different flavors. You’ll leave with a box of Adinkra chocolate featuring all six flavors. In the evening, join us at the Afrofuture festival and wander through captivating art installations, savour a diverse array of Ghanaian cuisine from food stalls and enjoy live performance from top African artists

 After breakfast depart early morning to Cape Coast. Drive through the forest and several farming villages. Stop en route to visit Assin Manso, burial site of the remains of the two ancestors exhumed from New York’s Wall Street and Jamaica Kingston and re-interred on the Emancipation Day 1998. Visit the “Slave River” where enslaved Africans were allowed to have their bath in preparation for auction at the nearby slave market. Continue to Cape Coast. 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 and the West African Heritage Museum. The guide will conduct you to the slave quarters and Negotiation Hall where our ancestors were bargained for and sold. Check into your hotel 

 Visit the Palace/home of a Chief and Participate in a traditional Ghanaian naming ceremony. Participants will be given Ghanaian names with attributes. It would be interesting to compare your given attributes with who you are today. Depart to 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. themselves. Continue after to Accra. Arrive in Accra and check into your hotel. Evening free to join thousands of Ghanaians at the Accra Sports Stadium for a watchnight service to usher in the New Year or continue to a NYE Celebration Party (Event TBA) 

Depart Accra to Akosombo to join the scheduled cruise on board the Dodi Princess cruise and enjoy music and barbeque as you glide pass the scenic villages on the banks of one of the largest man-made lakes in the world to the Dodi Island. Return to Accra Rest of day free to explore Accra on your own. 

 The last day you are free to do more city tours or go to the Accra shopping mall, then transfer to the airport for your departure flight