Ghana Cultural and historical tours

Ghana Cultural and historical tours

We work to create and promote forms of tourism that provide healthy interaction opportunity for tourist and locals to increase better understanding of different cultures,customs,lifestyles,tradition.knowledge and believes.

We live here. It is our home. Our insight and local knowledge means you can expect experiences no guidebook can offer.

Traveling with us is not just visiting the sites then leaving with photos but also best understanding about people and their life, extraordinary cultures and histories of the destinations. We know where to go and how to help you to reveal the hidden places and hidden charms.

Back Africa tours aim to make your Ghana unforgettable. Not only a tailored experience for you, but a unique adventure. We want to take you off the beaten track and show you a side of Ghana that most people don’t see while on Tour.

Itinerary

Day 1: Accra

Stop At: Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, High St., Accra Ghana
A national park erected in memory of Osagyefo (the Messiah) Doctor Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president and one of its founding fathers. Built on a former British polo field, it was the point where Nkrumah declared independence in 1957. The park consists of five acres of land and holds a museum tracing Nkrumah’s life. There are many personal items on display, but the centerpiece is the mausoleum, Nkrumah and his wife’s final resting place.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: James Town Lighthouse, Cleland Road, Accra Ghana
where you can a stone tower with lantern and gallery, attached to a keeper's house. Both lighthouse and keeper's house are painted with red and white horizontal bands
Duration: 30 minutes

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: kumasi

Stop At: Manhyia Palace Museum, Ahanti New Town Road off Antoa Road, Kumasi Ghana
The Manhyia Palace Museum is a historical museum located in Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana and situated within the Manhyia Palace. First established in 1925 as a private residence for Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I (who had been returning from almost three decades of exile), the Museum currently provides fair insight into the culture of Ashantiland and Ghana's cultural legacy from before its colonization by Great Britain. It primarily serves "to commemorate (the Ashanti people's) own kings, queens and leaders and to communicate the riches of their history and culture to future generations".[1] and generally features video presentations and key historical items pertaining to Ashantiland and Ghana's ancestry. It was rehabilitated in 1995 at about 12,000 cedis and subsequently reopened to the public on August 12 of that year by Otumfuo Opoku Ware II, the 15th King as part of his Silver Jubilee celebration. .
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Prempeh II Museum, Bantama High St, Kumasi Ghana
A fascinating introduction to Ashanti culture and history. Among the displays are artifacts relating to the Ashanti king Prempeh II, including the king's war attire, ceremonial clothing, jewellery, protective amulets, personal equipment for bathing and dining, furniture, royal insignia and some fine brass weights for weighing gold. Constructed to resemble an Ashanti chief's house, it has a courtyard in front and walls adorned with traditional carved symbols.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Okomfo Anokye Sword Site, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi Ghana
This site is a historical landmark where the Legendary Okomfo Anokye Sword is cited. The Sword site is the exact place where the Golden Stool of Asanteman descended unto the laps of King Osei Tutu I,”Opemsuo” the founder of Asante Nation. The site was predicted by Okomfo Anokye to be a healing place for millions of people.

Lo and behold, the site happens to be the exact place where the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is situated.

One fascinating story about the Sword is that, since it was planted in 1695, countless number of attempts had been made to remove it from the ground but to no avail.

Duration: 5 hours

Stop At: Kejetia Market, Kumasi Ghana
The Kumasi Central Market (also known as Kejetia Market) is an open-air market in the city of Kumasi the capital of Ashanti. Kumasi Central Market is in the Rain Forest Bioregion of Ashanti on the Ashantiland Peninsula. Kumasi is approximately 300 miles (480 km) north of the Equator and 100 miles (160 km) north of the Gulf of Guinea. Kumasi is popularly known as "The Garden City" or "heart beat" of Ashanti and the Ashantiland Peninsula because of its many beautiful species of flowers and plants.

The Kejetia market is the largest single market in West Africa[1]. The market is located in Kumasi, Ashanti, on the Ashantiland Peninsula, in West Africa and on Continental Africa with over 45,000 stores and stalls.
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Cape coast

Stop At: Kakum National Park, Cape Coast Ghana
Kakum National Park, located in the coastal environs of the Central Region of Ghana, covers an area of 375 square kilometers (145 sq mi). Established in 1931 as a reserve, it was gazetted as a national park only in 1992 after an initial survey of avifauna was conducted. The area is covered with tropical forest. The uniqueness of this park lies in the fact that it was established at the initiative of the local people and not by the State Department of wildlife who are responsible for wildlife preservation in Ghana. It is one of only 3 locations in Africa with a canopy walkway, which is 350 meters (1,150 ft) long and
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Elmina Castle, Elmina Ghana
Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as São Jorge da Mina (St. George of the Mine) Castle, also known simply as Mina (or Feitoria da Mina) in present-day Elmina, Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast). It was the first trading post built on the Gulf of Guinea, and the oldest European building in existence south of the Sahara. First established as a trade settlement, the castle later became one of the most important stops on the route of the Atlantic slave trade. The Dutch seized the fort from the Portuguese in 1637, after an unsuccessful attempt to the same extent in 1596, and took over all of the Portuguese Gold Coast in 1642. The slave trade continued under the Dutch until 1814. In 1872, the Dutch Gold Coast, including the fort, became a possession of the British Empire
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast Ghana
Cape Coast Castle is one of about forty large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa (now Ghana) by European traders. The original settlement of the castle was a small lodge built by the Portuguese called Cabo Corso. In 1652, it was found abandoned and occupied by the Swedes who in 1657 built Fort Carolusborg, which was used for trade in timber and gold, but later used in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ancestral Slave River Park, Assin Manso Ghana
A “sacred place of remembrance” and rightfully so. Africans were never seen again after leaving this place. Africans from Northern Ghana were captured as slaves and brought to this river (Donko Nsuo) to be washed and inspected before being sent to nearby slave castles (Elmina and Cape Coast) to later be forced onto slave ships and sent to the Americas and other Caribbean Islands to work as slaves.
Duration: 45 minutes

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.