Experience Ghana & Chale Wote Festival 2024 - 8 days

Today, you arrive in the motherland.  You will be picked up at the Airport and taken to your hotel.  

Settle in, relax and enjoy the new environment. 

Check out Accra nightlife if you are up to it.

Today we will spend the day immersing ourselves into the culture by participating in a traditional welcome home ceremony.

There will be elders to offer prayers and perform some traditional rites to usher you into the land. 

You will also be given a Ghanaian name during the ceremony.

We will have the opportunity to dance along with the cultural dancers as we celebrate our return to the motherland.

You will also participate in a cooking session of local Ghanaian dishes.

Visit Makola market, the biggest and busiest market in Accra where you can shop for beautiful African fabrics. There will be a seamstress on standby for custom outfit measurements.

Enjoy dinner at the Buka restaurant Osu Accra and head to +233 Jazz and Grill for some Ghanaian live band music to complete the day's cultural experience.

Today we will explore the capital city Accra.

You will also get the chance to visit some historic spots in the capital

• Visit to the Black star square, the most famous symbol of Ghana. Have a quick photo shoot here.

 • Walk around James Town, community and see some of the oldest buildings from the post-colonial era. You will also make a stop at the James town lighthouse.

 • Visit the art and souvenir market for art and craft shopping, walk around, interact with artists, take pictures and enjoy a brief drumming session. 

On free days you call the shots on how you spend the day.  Chalet Wote will have many events you can participate in on this day. 

Alternatively, here are some other options to look into. Please check to book in advance.

* Chocolate tasting Experience. Recommended. 

* Quad Biking in the Mountains at ATV Aburi

* Shai Hills adventure

* Safari Valley experience

* Legon Botanical Gardens

* A1 Raceway

You may decide to go shopping at the biggest mall in the city or go swimming in the Atlantic Ocean.  For those who enjoy arts, you may want to check out some of the city's best galleries or some of the events for Chale wote.

Later in the evening, you can check out the La pleasure beach. 

After enjoying your breakfast, you will check out Chale Wote festival the buggest Art and cultural festival in West Africa. 

The festival brings together amazing artist, musicians, fashion desighners etc.

The festival sees spontaneous performances by dancers, drummers, cyclists, skaters, and a flash mob of  patrons.

Also muskets, brass bands, and hiplife and Afropop music is usually on display.

Later at night you can check out some of Accra's hottest spots for nightlife.

Today, we journey to the central region to visit the Slave river and Cape Coast slave dungeons where it all began.  

Assin Manso Slave Camp is a pure historical site where you will learn about our ancestors who were taken through the camp for their last bath before they were taken to the slave forts. This is a sacred site where people believe the spirits of many ancestors reside and can be felt.

We will experience the horror of the dungeons where  slaves were kept to await the ships.  After, we will pass through the "door of no return"  where slaves exited and left their homeland. Today, the "door of no return" has been commemorated as the "door of return" to await the descendants of those who were forcefully taken. You will go through the door of return to mark the emancipation of enslaved people of African descent.

We will later visit the Kakum National Park. Kakum is a preserved rain forest with a canopy walkway that is suspended 30 meters above the ground on tree tops. You have excercise your courage by walking accross the walk way accross the forest.

Today, you depart from the motherland, but not for long.

Nante yiye!  Yɛbɛhyia bio (Go well! we shall meet again).

You can do some last minute shopping today.