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Male Slave Dungeon at the Cape Coast Castle
Inside the dungeons of the Cape Coast Castle

Ghana Multi Day Private Tour in August & Chale Wote Festival

By Hausa Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$5,439 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 9d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

It's time to visit the Motherland and connect with your heritage and culture! Explore Ghana in August 2024 as we highlight the vibrant and artistic city of Accra during the Chale Wote Festival. On this cultural and historical tour, you will see the former slave castle at Cape Coast and receive your African name at a traditional ceremony. It's time to travel the world, expand your global network, explore your roots, and create memories you won't forget. Enjoy the biggest and best parties that Accra has to offer.

Activity location

  • Accra
    • Accra, Ghana

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park & Mausoleum
    • Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

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Ghana Multi Day Private Tour in August & Chale Wote Festival
  • Activity duration is 9 days9d9d
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 7:00 am
Price details
AU$5,439.40 x 1 AdultAU$5,439.40

Total
Price is AU$5,439.40
Until Wed, 8 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedExperienced and Licensed Tour Guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedAccommodation in the Listed hotels
  • What's includedWhat's includedAirport Transfers
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll Fees and Taxes
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedMeals not indicated
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFlight to/ from Ghana
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedVisa Fees to Ghana
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedItems not listed as included

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Day 1: DAY 1: THURSDAY AUGUST 22, 2024 - ARRIVAL IN ACCRA GHANA
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight at a 4-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar
Accra
Arrive in Accra, Ghana. Transfer to your hotel. Hotel check-in is at 3 pm. Upon arrival, Hausa Tours will welcome you to the Motherland with authentic, Ghanaian cuisine before you settle in for the evening. Meal(s) included: Dinner Overnight: Labadi Beach Hotel (5-Star Beachfront Resort) or Similar
Day 2: DAY 2: FRIDAY AUGUST 23, 2024 - ACCRA CITY TOUR
  • 5 stops
  • Meals: snacks, breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight at a 4-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar
W.E.B. DuBois Center
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Visit W.E.B. DuBois Centre, the home, library and final resting place of American-born crusader for social justice, William Edward Burghardt DuBois.
National Museum of Ghana
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Visit the National Museum of Ghana which features excellent displays on various aspects of Ghanaian culture and history.
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Visit the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, the final resting place for Ghana's first president
Center for National Culture
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Continue to the National Art and Cultural Centre shopping view a varied collection of Ghanaian hand-crafted items on sale. You may try out your bargaining skills on the local vendors and “shop till you drop”.
Independence Square
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Stop for photo opportunity at the Independence Arch and Black Star Square, Accra’s ceremonial grounds.
Day 3: DAY 3: SATURDAY AUGUST 24, 2024 - COOKING/ DRUMMING LESSONS & CHALE WOTE FESTIVAL
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight at a 4-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar
Accra
  • 2h
This morning, you may choose to one of the activities below: i. Attend a cooking workshop, after which you will be able to impress your friends and family for years to come with the traditional recipes you will learn. You will learn to make Ghanaian Jollof Rice, red- red and palava sauce. Sample some of Ghana’s most popular foods. ii. Visit an African Dance Institute for two exciting hours of drumming and dancing Workshop. Learn at first hand African dance forms that incorporate elements of American modern dance with the native Ghanaian dance forms as well.
Independence Square
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
In the evening, head out to Chale Wote Street Art Festival, the biggest arts and cultural festival in West Africa. The festival brings together amazing artist, musicians, fashion desighners etc. Enjoy spontaneous performances by dancers, drummers, cyclists, skaters, and a flash mob of patrons. Also muskets, brass bands, and hiplife and Afropop music is usually on display. Later at night you can check out some of Accra's hottest spots for nightlife.
Day 4: DAY 4: SUNDAY AUGUST 25, 2024 - CHALE WOTE FESTIVAL
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight at a 4-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar
Independence Square
Morning is free to relax. In the evening, proceed for the last day of Chale Wote Street Art Festival.
Day 5: DAY 5: MONDAY AUGUST 26, 2024 - FREE DAY
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight at a 4-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar
Accra
Day is free to relax in your hotel. No Tour Guiding and Transport Services. Accommodation Only.
Day 6: DAY 6: TUESDAY AUGUST 27, 2024 - KAKUM NATIONAL PARK TOUR
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Overnight at a 3-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar
Kakum National Park
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
In the morning, you will visit the Kakum National Park to experience one of Africa’s Canopy Walkways suspended 100 feet from the forest ground for a panoramic view of the flora and fauna of the remaining vestiges of the rainforest. Check into your hotel and rest of day is free to relax at the beach.
Day 7: DAY 7: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28, 2024 - SLAVE RIVER & CASTLE TOUR
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight at a 3-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar
Assin Manso Ancestral Slave River Park
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
In the morning, travel to Assin Manso, the burial site of two former slaves from the U. S. and Jamaica whose remains were re-interred in August 1998 during Ghana’s first Emancipation Day Celebration. You will see the “Slave River” where captured Africans were washed before being confined in the Slave Castles to await shipment to the Americas and the Caribbean.
Cape Coast Castle
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Visit Cape Coast and Elmina Slave Castles, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, was two of the departure points for Africans being sent to slavery in the Americas. The castle is home to the infamous "Door of No Return".
Day 8: DAY 8: THURSDAY AUGUST 29, 2024 - NAMING CEREMONY/ ACCRA
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight at a 4-Star Beachfront Resort or Similar
Cape Coast
Today’s dress code is all white. After breakfast, visit a typical Ghanaian village and pay a courtesy call on the Chief and his elders. Participate in a traditional naming ceremony and claim your African identity by adopting a Ghanaian name. In the afternoon, depart for Accra, Ghana’s capital city. Arrive by late afternoon and check into your hotel.
Day 9: DAY 9: FRIDAY AUGUST 30, 2024 - DEPART ACCRA
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Not included
Accra
Morning is free for last-minute shopping and packing. Transfer to the airport for departure.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESAccra
    • Accra, Ghana

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEKwame Nkrumah Memorial Park & Mausoleum
    • Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

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