Ghana slave route tour
| country: | Ghana | ||||
| departures: | Departures can be arranged any time from September to May. | ||||
| price: | From US $4,294 (15 days) excluding flights
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| more info: | Price includes: locally owned accommodation, local tour guide throughtout the trip, vehicle and fuel, and entrance fees. Minimum age 12 years. | ||||
| vouchers: | Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday |
the amazing things you'll be doing
This 15 day tour allows you to explore many historical and cultural sites associated with the Slave Trade in West Africa.
Whenever the slave trade is mentioned anywhere in the world, Ghana comes to the forefront of peoples minds. You will have the opportunity to experience the culture of selected ethnic groups staying within communities that have a link with the slave trade. This will help to value and understand the rich culture of Ghanaians. You will visit community based ecotourism sites, historical sites, and cultural sites.
You will tour the coastal dungeons where captives waited for the slave ships to take them to the New World. You will travel north to visit the slave markets and to see areas where slave raiders were busy capturing those who would become slaves.
Whenever the slave trade is mentioned anywhere in the world, Ghana comes to the forefront of peoples minds. You will have the opportunity to experience the culture of selected ethnic groups staying within communities that have a link with the slave trade. This will help to value and understand the rich culture of Ghanaians. You will visit community based ecotourism sites, historical sites, and cultural sites.
You will tour the coastal dungeons where captives waited for the slave ships to take them to the New World. You will travel north to visit the slave markets and to see areas where slave raiders were busy capturing those who would become slaves.
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Accra Arrival, Meet and greet by Staff |
| Day 2: | Accra to Cape Coast and Elmina Castles - Guided tour of these World Heritage sites. Elmina castle is the oldest European building in sub sahara Africa. Thousands of captives passed through dungeons of both castles and were shipped like commodities. |
| Day 3: | Elmina to Kakum National Park - where you will experience your walk on the only national park with a canopy walkway in Africa. |
| Day 4: | Elmina to Kumasi via Assin Manso where slaves took their last bath before been taken to Cape Coast and Elmina Castles for shipment. |
| Day 5: | Kumasi to Bamang where kente weaving is a must see activities in the community. See hand woven kente clothes in different colour, size and pattern. |
| Day 6-7: | Kumasi to Mole National Park. One of the best national parks in West Africa rich in flora and fauna species. See untamed but friendly elephants, birds, reptiles, antelopes, buffalos, etc.. |
| Day 8: | Mole National Park - Have your morning and evening safari drive /walk in the largest and most protected area for eco tourism and nature conservation in Ghana. |
| Day 9: | Mole National Park to Wa- Capital city of upper west. |
| Day 10: | Wa to Gwollu Defence Wall to Wa. It was built in the 18th century to protect the local people against slave raiders who came from present day Mali. |
| Day 11: | Wa to Paga Crocodile Pond/ Slave camp to Bolgatanga. Visit Paga were crocodiles are held sacred and camps where slaves were kept. |
| Day 12: | Bolgatanga to Widnaba to Bolgatanga. Guided tour of the chief palace, various shrines, sacred groves and the old slave market. |
| Day 13: | Bolgatanga to Salaga Slave Market to Tamale. One of the slave markets used by the local people and the people from Burkina Faso and Mali. |
| Day 14: | Tamale to Kumasi. Kumasi is the Capital city of the Ashanti region. |
| Day 15: | Kumasi to Accra. Departure. |
how this holiday makes a difference
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Community
All guides on this trip are local guides, picked for their excellent indigenous knowledge of the area and high degree of training. They are knowledgeable and have in depth of the slave trade and their local culture. We believe that these local people are in the best position to explain the history of the slave trade handed to them by their forefathers. Any time we send travellers or tourists to a community based tourism site, we as a company donate or give something little to support in the development of the community. Throughout the trip travellers or tourists stay in hotels which are locally owned and community guesthouses. Environment We mostly visit these sites and inspect their facilities and to encourage them about the need to keep the environment clean and the need to sustain these delicate sites. We contact Tourism management especially in areas where dust bins are few to provide more at vantage points for avoid tourists from littering. Before any trip we give the code of conduct to travellers to know how to conduct themselves in order not to destroy the local culture, flora and fauna species. We follow a 'Do not take any flora, take only photographs' and ‘Do not litter but leave only your footprint policy’. Helps to keep the environment clean as our guides are asked to explain and encourage this policy during the trip. |
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