Ghana 8 Day Special

Itinerary

Day 1: ACCRA, GHANA

Stop At: Kotoka International Airport, Airport Rd, Accra, Ghana
you will be met, assisted and transferred to your hotel. Today’s activities will be determined based on your flight arrival time.
Duration: 30 minutes

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Urbano Hotel

Day 2: ACCRA

Stop At: Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, High St., Accra Ghana
Welcome to the bustling city of Accra which today is a blend of modern day edifices and colonial days structures that give you a feel of a great experience This 120 years old city has a number of historical things to offer as you set off after a sumptuous breakfast at your hotel.

Our first visit will be to W.E.B Du Bois Centre honoring the life of the prominent Pan-Africanist who chose to live and work in Ghana.

We shall continue to Independence Square where you will see the enclosed flame of African Liberation, which was lit by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in 1961. The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, final resting place of Ghana’s first president. Set in attractive gardens, there is an adjoining museum, which contains photos, artifacts and an insight into Dr. Nkrumah’s life.

Our day’s visit ends at Jamestown Community-One of Accra’s most historic neighborhoods where history resides on every corner. Best known for its lighthouses (the first of which was constructed in 1875 by the British) as a navigational aid for trading vessels sailing through the Gulf of Guinea. The original structure was ruined but a larger and more improved lighthouse completed in 1921 is still functioning today. You may visit “Brazil House” and learn about the seven Afro-Brazilian families who returned to settle in Ghana in 1836. Familiar Brazilian/Portuguese last names such as De Souza, Palmares, Azumah, Amorin, Da Costa, Santos, De Medeiros and Olympio are abundant in this section of Accra.

Your day’s exploration ends at the La Community to visit the Teshie Casket/Coffin Shop where uniquely designed caskets are made and this reflects the people’s belief in life after death. The shop was started by Seth Kane Kwei in the 1950s, almost by accident. He made palanquins, also known as Litters or Sedan Chairs that are used to carry tribal chiefs at traditional festivals. One chief, who had ordered a palanquin shaped as a cocoa pod, died unexpectedly before the festival, so he was buried in the palanquin. Soon after that his grandmother who had planned her first overseas trip by flight died before the trip and she too was buried in a coffin shaped like an airplane. “The third fancy coffin was for a chief fisherman who was buried in a canoe. Thus the fancy coffin industry was started.

Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Urbano Hotel