Year of Return Experience in Ghana. 400 years later. 2019 marks exactly 400 years since the first slave ship hit the shores of Virginia in the United States and all in the Diaspora are giving the chance and invited as individuals, families and groups to visit, resettle, see, experience and explore the castles, museums, historical sites, landmarks, wildlife, nature from where it all started.

This year marks exactly 400 years since the first slave ship hit the shores of Virginia in the United States and all in the Diaspora are giving the chance to visit, resettle, see, experience and explore the castles, museums, historical sites, landmarks, wildlife, nature and all the country and its people have to offer. 

Ghana’s Atlantic Coast is lined with old forts (castles) built by various European powers during the 17th Century. The Cape Coast Castle was built for the slave-trade and is one of the most impressive of Ghana’s old forts. It was originally built by the Dutch in 1637, later expanded by the Swedes, finally the British took control of it in 1664 and turned it into their colonial headquarters. It stayed that way for the next 200 years until they moved the capital to Accra in 1877. The Cape Coast Castle has the history of Ghana, the slave-trade and local culture. 

The Year of Return journey would be completed with a visit to this site and it is a “must” see place and Best Ghana Tours will take you through the dungeons and the “door of no return” experience. Other interesting places in the Cape Coast environs or to Cape Coast we would not miss are the Posuban Shrine and the West African Historical Museum, Elmina Castle and Fishing Village.