Ghana Benin Nigeria 2019

Ghana Benin Nigeria 2019

Accra City,

Cape Coast Castle,

Elimina Castle,

Cultural Performance,

Historic Museums,

Ashanti Region,

Open Market Walk,

Traditional Blessing,

Monkey Sanctuary

and Waterfalls.

Day 1, 22nd June will be arrival, depart to your hotel in an air conditioned minivan,  

Day 2, 23 June is Accra City Tour.morning visit to the W.E.B Du Bois Center, Tour Dr Kwame Nkrumah Museum, Jamestwon, Independence Monument, Osu Oxfords Street, National Art Center. 

24 June, Early morning drive to Cape Coast Castle, stopping on the enjoy Ghana’s sweet organic pineapple, continues to Kakum National Park.

DAY 4. 25th June. ELIMINA CASTLE, SLAVE CEMETERY  Tour the oldest European structure in Africa, Elimina Castle,  a world Heritage site, Visit the Slave Route, stopping at the Slave River in Asinn Manso.   

DAY 5. 26th June. NATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER , MANHYIA PALACE, KEJETIA MARKET,Morning visit to the National Cultural Center, one of Ghana's best Museums. Home of the Ashanti King, Manhyia Palace,  and the Komfo Anokye Sword. Shopping experience at West Africa's largest outdoor market, the vast kejetia market. Overnight at Kumasi. 

DAY 6. 27th June.  ASHANTI CRAFT VILLAGES, COCOA FARM. BEAD FACTORY, VOLTA RIVER.   Early drive to the Asante Kente cloth weaving village, Adinkra cloth stamping, wood carving. Continue to glass bead workshop near the volta river to watch this interesting handcraft. Evening Motorboat ride on the Volta River to the Akosombo dam.  Overnight at Atimpoku. 

DAY 7 . 28th June. ASAFO TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE.  MONKEY SANCTUARY, WLI WATERFALLS, Morning depart to monkey sanctuary at Tafi Atome in the  Volta Region  for fun with habituated Mona monkeys . Continue to Kpando for Asafo (warriors) Group performance.  45 minutes hike to Ghana ' s highest waterfalls 

DAY 8. 29th June. TOGO BORDER CROSSING , FETISH MARKET, BENIN BORDER CROSSING, OUIDAH MUSEUM OF HISTORIQUE, PYTHON TEMPLE, DOOR OF NO RETURN. Early depart  to Lomé crossing the Togo Ghana border  Continue to Benin crossing at Héla-Kondji.  Tour the Portuguese Fort in Ouidah. Visit Pythons Temple, Over 60 pythons housed and worshipped within the walls of this voodoo temple .  Depart to the Door of no Return Monument in Ouidah.

DAY 9. 30th June. LAKE GANVIE, ABOMEY-DAHOMEY, departure to the unique stilt village of Ganvie’, on top of lake Continue Musee Historique d’Abomey, once one of Africa’s great palace compounds.Stop at Benin’s most powerful shrine, Dankoli Shrine in Abomey. Overnight at Abomey. 

DAY 10. 1st July. BORDER CROSSING TO NIGERIA, NATIONAL MUSEUM ABEOKUTA. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF UNITY IBADAN. NIGERIA,  depart to Nigeria crossing at Tohoun Border. Visit the National Museum of ABEOKUTA , the largest  city of Ogun State in Nigeria. Continue to the National Museum of Unity Ibadan. Overnight at Ibadan. 

DAY11. 2 July. OSUN TEMPLE IN OSOGBO. depart to Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, UNESCO World Heritage Center.   Continue to Lagos City. Overnight in Lagos. 

DAY 12. 3rd July. NIGERIA, BENIN, TOGO, GHANA. Morning depart from Lagos to Accra. Airport drop off 2 hours before your Flight.