• After breakfast, we set off to the cultural center in Accra. The cultural center is an ideal place to pick up traditional materials, clothes, crafts, and art but be prepared to barter. It is important to bear in mind that if you pick up material to be made into dresses, shirts, trousers, and skirts during your time here your guides can arrange for them to be sewn into outfits for you before your departure. During our time in the city this morning. 

• Overnight in Accra // Meals Included | Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

• An incredibly special time arrives as we prepare for your official Naming Ceremony. We set off to visit a local village to pay a courtesy call on the chiefs, queen mothers, and community elders. As tradition dictates, they start with the pouring of libation to officially welcome you home, to the land your ancestors were forcibly taken from, and where your heritage and culture live on. Drumming and dancing are all around us as you get an in-depth feel of traditional village life here in Ghana. The time has finally arrived for you to be given your true African name during your traditional naming ceremony in your honor. Chiefs and elders of the community officially welcome you as they lead you through the ceremony which has been performed by your ancestors through history. You will finally have the chance to adopt your African name based on the day of the week you were born or the numeric order of your siblings. This would have been your actual name if you were born in Ghana and has an emotional attachment to many when they receive them. A major highlight of your time here, after a morning of celebrations we head to Hans Cottage Botel for lunch in a unique location over a lake containing Nile Crocodiles.

• • Breakfast at the hotel
  • An action-packed fun afternoon lies ahead as we set off to Africa’s world-famous rainforest canopy walkway at Kakum National Park which is a semi-deciduous upper guinea rainforest. This is an incredibly beautiful, tropical guinea rainforest and the canopy walkway is sure to be one of the highlights of your time in Cape Coast. This National Park protects the original habitat that was found in this location and was the major source of food for locals before it became a National Park. The walkway consists of 7 bridges, attached to 7 emerging trees, 40 meters above the rainforest floor. Prepare to take a deep breath as you walk the suspended bridges. You will marvel at the outstanding views that stretch for miles across this breathtaking rainforest as you rest on the viewing platforms that are attached to the emerging trees between the bridges. We are sure you would agree that this is an exciting excursion never to be forgotten.

   

  • We return to the park headquarters where we find an excellent information center that offers a highly informative overview of the park’s flora and fauna. Over 40 different mammal species have been recorded within the park, which includes forest elephants, leopards, and 6 primate species to mention just a few. From Kakum, we return to your hotel to freshen up, relax and enjoy our evening meal. The evening is time to celebrate you all receiving your true African names as we head into town to check out local nightlife and the best bars and clubs. If you would prefer to hang out at your hotel this is also an option.

   

  • ✓ Kakum Canopy Walkway and Rainforest – Experience breathtaking views from the suspended walkway high above the forest. ✓ Beach Relaxation – Unwind on the serene coastline with golden sands and gentle waves. ✓ Drum and Dance Performance – Immerse yourself in the rhythms and energy of traditional Ghanaian music and dance.

   

  • Overnight in Elmina // Meals Included | Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
   

• After learning the history, having time to reflect, and visiting the river we continue to Cape Coast. Our afternoon is dedicated to honoring our ancestors at arguably the most significant edifice remaining along the West African coastline. Cape Coast Castle is an emotional, thought-provoking monument to a harrowing period in our region’s history. Quality time will be dedicated here on an educational and spiritual journey visiting all corners of this castle that kept more enslaved African’s captive than any other in West Africa. Located below the governor’s place of worship and castle church we find the dungeons where up to 1300 African men, women and children were kept at any one time in atrocious conditions until being taken through the infamous “Door of no return” to waiting for ships. There is the opportunity to pay our respects at a local shrine in the end dungeon where a tunnel led to the door of no return. An informative and educational museum explains the entire history of the castle and Cape Coast itself, as well as a shop selling literature on all of Ghana’s forts and castles, as well as the cultural history and traditions of Ghana. Many African Americans have relocated back to their ancestral home here in Ghana, setting up businesses and purchasing homes in Cape Coast and Elmina.

• After an educative, emotional, and spiritual day, we check into our beautiful beachfront hotel to freshen up for dinner and relax around the pool and bar. For those who are up for it tonight, you can head into town to one of the nightspots and bars.

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Overnight in Elmina // Meals Included | Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

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