Start your day with a sightseeing tour of Accra, Ghana's capital. Explore key landmarks like the Artiste Alliance Gallery, W.E.B. Du Bois Center, and Independence/Black Star Square. Dive into Ghana's history, focusing on the first president's role in independence.

Continue to The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, honoring Ghana's inaugural president. Explore Nkrumah's mausoleum, a museum, his residence, the Flame of African Liberation, and lush gardens. Learn about his early life, political career, and Pan-African vision. Wrap up the day at the Arts Center, showcasing vibrant fabrics and goods for a unique shopping experience. 🇬🇭✨

After breakfast, check out and head to Cape Coast through the historic Denkyira Kingdom to Kakum National Park, a surviving tropical rainforest. Choose a 2 km nature walk to explore exotic flora and fauna and their medicinal values or take a canopy walkway 40 meters above the forest floor.

Post lunch, tour Forts, Castles, and Slave Dungeons of Ghana. Uncover the story of the slave trade with a focus on Cape Coast Castle, initially built by the Swedes in 1653 and later taken over by the British. Learn about the intricate relationship between western slave traders and African tribes enabling the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Experience history up close in the castle's dungeons, imagining the harsh conditions endured by millions of Africans. The castle also houses the West African Historical Museum. 🏰🌳

After breakfast, visit Elmina Castle, also known as St. George’s Castle, built by the Portuguese in 1482. Learn about the relationship between western slave traders and African tribes in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Witness the dark dungeons locals endured before the perilous Atlantic passage – a powerful reminder of the trade's inhumanity.

After lunch, explore Elmina, a picturesque fishing village with a gritty charm. Immerse yourself in the main industry – fishing! Meet local fishermen, learning about their trade and daily challenges. Then, join fish mongers demonstrating the stages of smoking fish in earthenware ovens, a unique experience in one of Ghana’s oldest trades. 🏰🎣

After breakfast, check out and drive to Kumasi, the Ashanti Empire's seat, exploring the legacies of the famous Ashanti people. Stop at the former slave site in Assin Manso, including the “Donkor Nsuo” Slave River and market, the final transit point for many enslaved Africans. It serves as the resting place for ancestors returned from the USA and Jamaica.

Continue to Kumasi, visiting the Manhyia Palace Museum for firsthand insights into the Ashanti kingdom's history dating back to 1700. Drive through the city with monuments dedicated to the great Ashanti people. Your city tour includes the Kejetia market, the National Cultural Centre with the Prempeh II Jubilee Museum, and studios of brass makers, potters, and batik makers. 🏰🇬🇭

 After breakfast, depart your hotel and devote this day to visiting the three famous Ashanti craft villages; Ahwiaa, the wood carvers’ village, Ntonso, the home of Adinkra cloth, and Bonwire, the Kente weaving village. You will have an opportunity to see how African crafts are made and to buy directly from the artisans who make them.  

 After breakfast, check out of your hotel and depart to Mole. En route, stop at the former slave markets of Kintampo and Assin Bono. Enjoy this scenic but haunting drive through the land where the slave trade took place. Notice the change in climate and terrain, which has a direct bearing on the population of Africans that the slave traders targeted. Visit the Kintampo Waterfalls to experience the cool, invigorating atmosphere created by nature and savour the breath-taking view of the cascading waterfall Continue the drive to Mole. 

After breakfast, visit the Larabanga Mosque, believed to be the oldest in Ghana and West Africa, nicknamed the 'Mecca of West Africa' for its historical and architectural significance. The mosque, measuring approximately 8m by 8m, is listed among the World Monuments Fund’s 100 Most Endangered Sites.

In the afternoon, join a guided safari starting at 3:00 pm, lasting an hour to minimize disturbance to animals. An armed guide in a rental jeep accompanies tourists, who can choose rooftop or interior viewing. Animals such as buffaloes, hyenas, roan antelopes, leopards, elephants, and hartebeest may be spotted on this adventure booked at the Information Centre. 🕌🦓🚙

 After breakfast, depart Accra to a beautiful village located on the lower course of the splendid Volta River. You will pay a courtesy call on the chief and elders amidst traditional drumming and dancing by the villagers. The group will participate in a naming ceremony of recognition, where a Ghanaian name is given to participants, and a gift presented as part of celebrating a new identity as a Ghanaian and a member of the local community. After lunch on your own, return to Accra and relax.