Kingdom Of The Ashanti
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Highlights
- Kakum N.P. - A walk in the lush rainforest and the chance to join an optional exhilarating canopy tour.
- Bolgatanga and the Far North - Lobi Villages, distinctive local architecture and painted houses in the Wa region.
- Mole - A walking safari in the park to look for elephants.
- Kumasi - The vibrant colours of the largest market in West Africa.
- Gold Coast Castles - The impressive 18th Century castle of Elmina, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Join your tour in Accra today. Depending on the schedule of your flights, you may be able to explore the city independently before meeting the rest of the group, who will arrive from London on day 2 in the early morning.
This morning we will have some free time to recover from the flight. In the afternoon we will head into Accra for some sightseeing. Although records of Accra date back to the 15th century, the capital of Ghana is a modern city with independence monuments and countless...
Shai Reserve is a comparatively small fenced wild-life park, largely made up of savannah covered plains, interspersed with a series of hills. A unique mosaic of forest covers the hills, thicket and grassland with a low stature dry forest found in intervening canyons. ...
This morning we visit a cocoa research institute and walk through a secondary forest, we will be find indigenous trees, fruit nuts and some species introduced to Ghana during the colonial times. The forest also features a myriad of birds, butterflies and scented herbs. Later today we head north to our overnight stop at Techiman.
Our drive today takes us first to Boabeng-Fiema village and monkey sanctuary, home to several families of Colobus and Mona monkeys, considered sacred in Ghana. Close by are the 25m high Kintampo Falls, an area also home to a variety of birds, butterflies, indigenous f...
A highlight of our trip - we make foot safaris with National Park rangers in both the morning and afternoon in search of some of the wildlife which lives here. Species commonly seen include elephant, several kinds of antelope, and monkey (including the Green Vervet and Red Patas monkeys). Up to 150 migratory bird species may also be seen in the Park, depending on the time of our visit.
Heading north via Gondja and Dagomba villages we reach Ghana's far north, close to the border with Burkina Faso. Close by our route is Togo, its nearby hills venerated for their many sacred ancestral shrines, and we should have time to visit a local oracle.
We spend a full day in the Bolgatanga region, visiting the town's vibrant market, nearby Gurunsi communities with their unique architecture.
Our exploration continues as we turn west toward Wa, capital of the Upper West region. Our journey takes us through the rustic town of Navrongo. In an otherwise mostly Muslim area, Navrongo's predominantly Christian feel reflects its claim as the home of Catholicism i...
We spend much of today exploring Lobi villages. The Lobi comprise a number of ethnic groups in both Ghana and Burkina Faso whose name translates as Children of the Forest. Naturally shy and mistrustful, for years the Lobi had to endure constant attacks from the Guirik...
Our drive today takes us south through remote areas of Ghana's far west through the small settlements of Mawule, Banda Nkwanta, and then to Bole where we will pause to see the beautiful mud and stick mosque.
Kumasi is the capital of the Ashanti Kingdom. In the 18th century it was the terminus for the slave trading routes but in the 19th century hostilities between the British colonists and Ashanti culminated in the city being burnt. Now it is Ghana's second largest city. ...
Continuing south we finally arrive back on the Atlantic coast at Elmina. The castles here were built along the entire Ghana coast by the colonial powers of the 15th century to protect merchants and their vested interests, and to create safe anchorages for their ships ...
Leaving the coast we head inland today to visit Kakum National Park. Here the rainforest is one of the most extensive in Ghana, and for those with a good head for heights, there is a canopy walkway some 40m high (optional). This walkway is unique in Africa and offers ...
This morning we have free time on the beach in Anomabu, a last chance for a swim and to enjoy the ocean. We make our way to Accra at lunch time and have a last chance to visit the artisan market.
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