Cultural Tour Of Ghana And South Africa

Cultural Tour Of Ghana And South Africa

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Cultural Tour Of Ghana And South Africa

14 Days Starting in Accra,Ghana and ending in Cape Town,Johannesburg

Visiting: Accra, Elmina, Cape Coast, Assin Manso, Johannesburg, Soweto, Cape Town

Tour operator:

Continent Tours

Tour code:

CTGMC14

Guide Type:

Fully Guided

Group size:

2 - 10

Physical rating:

Medium

Age range:

16-99

Special diets catered:

Vegetarians

Tour operated in:

English , French

Trip Styles:

Small Group

Interests:

Cultural

From: $7220

NB: Prices correct on 05-Nov-2024 but subject to change.

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Tour Overview

Experience Ghana and South Africa on this all-inclusive 14 day tour which includes visits to the ancient Ashanti Kingdom in Kumasi and to UNESCO World Heritage sites in Cape Coast. In South Africa tour Johannesburg, Soweto, Lesedi Cultural Village- and enjoy a game drive at Pilanesberg National Park. Continue to Cape Town for Table Mountain, Robben Island, the Cape Winelands and Township tour.

Highlights

  • The Independence/Black Square

  • The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

  • Jamestown Fishing Community

  • Posuban Shrines

  • Elmina Township walk

  • Assin Manso Slave River Site

  • Kotokoraba Market

Places You'll See

Capetown

Local Market Experience

James Town Fishing Boats

Capetown

Local Market Experience

James Town Fishing Boats

Itinerary

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Day 0 : Accra

Location: Accra

Accommodation: Hotel

On arrival at Kotoka International Airport, our expert cultural tour guide will meet, assist and transfer you to the hotel in our private air-conditioned vehicle. Once you have checked in, your guide will brief you on what to expect during your stay here in Ghana.
This evening there will be a welcome dinner and orientation including a lecture/discussion on Ghanaian history, culture and customs. You will also learn about staying safe and healthy in Ghana.

Day 2 : Accra, Ghana

Location: Accra

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast

Highlights:
• The Independence/Black Square
• The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
• Jamestown Fishing Community
• The Brazil House

Wake up to a whole new experience that awaits you today. After a sumptuous breakfast at your hotel, we set off for a panoramic sightseeing tour of the bustling city of Ghana’s capital- Accra passing through the economic and administrative districts.

We will visit the following places of interest:

• 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. Adjoining the park is the National Cultural Centre, which is Ghana’s largest outdoor arts and crafts market selling traditional crafts from all over West Africa.

• 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

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Day 3 : Accra – Elmina

Location: Elmina

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast

Highlights
• Posuban Shrines
• Elmina Township walk

After breakfast, drive to Cape Coast; enroute tour of Mankessim, visit the Posuban Shrine and Fante Village. This evening on a guided tour through the ancient town of Elmina. At the harbor, you will see the colorful fishing canoes getting ready to go to sea for another night’s task of fishing. This is a perfect opportunity for the photographers in the group.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Day 4 : Elmina-Cape Coast-Elmina

Location: Cape Coast

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast

Highlights
• Cape Coast Castle
• Fihankra Ceremony

After breakfast, visit Cape Coast Castle Museum for a guided tour. Cape Coast Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and was one of the departure points for Africans being sent to slavery in the Americas. The castle is home to the infamous “Door of No Return”. This afternoon, visit Elmina Slave Castle, another UNESCO World Heritage Site built in 1482. This castle was the first European structure built in sub-Saharan Africa.

(This program will only apply to groups of 8 and above)
This evening, attend a “Return to the Homeland” ceremony called “Fihankra”. This ceremony illustrates how Africans were taken from the homeland without bidding goodbye to their family. It is also an initiation rite for African Returnees.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast,

Day 5 : Elmina-Assin Manso-Cape Coast-Elmina

Location: Assin Manso

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast

Highlight:
• Assin Manso Slave River Site
• Kotokoraba Market

After breakfast, drive to Cape Coast; stop at Assin Manso, the burial site of two former slaves from the U.S and Jamaica whose remains were re-interred in August 1998 during Ghana’s first Emancipation Day Celebration. You will see the “Slave River” where captured Africans were washed before being confined.

Return to Cape Coast with a visit to the Kotokoraba Market. “Kotokoraba” the cradle of Cape Coast. The Kotokoraba “market “is the economic hub of the region, with major trading stores located around it. The market has existed for many decades, and was a major trading site during pre-independence era. It serves as a major point for all trade in the region and it is hotspot for economic activity as most major activities in the city takes place in and around the area.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Day 6 : Cape Coast/Accra-Johannesburg-South Africa

Location: Cape Coast

Meals Included: Breakfast

Highlights:
• Abandze village

After breakfast, return to Accra with a stop at the Village of Abandze, the ancestral Home of Louis Armstrong, and the famous American Jazz musician; in Accra those who ordered outfits go for a fitting, farewell dinner. Transfer to airport for flight to Johannesburg.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Day 7 : Arrive Johannesburg

Location: Johannesburg

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast

Highlights
• Tribal Cultural Dance Performance

Arrive Johannesburg; meet assist and transfer to the hotel.
This afternoon drive to Lesedi Cultural Village, a multicultural village set amongst rocky hills where the cultures, customs and traditions of four of South Africa’s tribes are brought to life. Get a presentation on the history and original of the different ethnic groups and given a guided tour of the four homesteads- Zulu, Xhosa, Basotho and Pedi. The tour is followed by a cultural performance by the four groups- Zulu, Xhosa, Basotho and Pedi. The tribal dance display is then followed by a Pan African Feast served in the Nyama Choma restaurant with delicacies from different regions of Southern Africa.

Meal(s) Included : Breakfast

Day 8 : Johannesburg-Pilanesburg-Johannesburg

Location: Johannesburg

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast

Highlights :
• Pilanesberg Game Reserve
After breakfast, drive to Pilanesberg Game Reserve the ideal destination for a day Safari. This is a reserve which boasts the Big Five and a host of other game species. The Pilanesburg lies in the crater of an ancient volcano and has some unique scenery and geology. The establishment of this reserve saw the biggest relocation project ever of wild animals and the reserve now boasts the Big Five’ lunch at a local restaurant
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Day 9 : Johannesburg- Soweto

Location: Soweto

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast

Full day tour of Soweto; get an intimate understanding of South Africa’s history. Travel along the paths of the freedom fighters and experience the City of Johannesburg and Soweto through their eyes. Highlights include:

• The Hector Petersen Memorial, the spot where 12-year-old Hector was shot during the Soweto uprisings.
• Regina Mundi Church. The church was a meeting place for activists deprived of any other place to meet. It played a role in Soweto’s most significant day, when students, revolting against the imposition of Afrikaans teaching by the apartheid government, ran into the church. They were followed by the police, who shot and injured many; firing teargas and damaging the marble altar and the figure of Christ, the bullet holes are still visible in the ceiling.
• Chris Hani Baragwaneth Hospital- the largest hospital in the world; named in honor of the African National Congress leader who was assassinated in 1993.
• Mandela’s House comprising four inter-leading rooms, containing an assortment of memorabilia, paintings and photographs of the Mandela family as well as a collection of honorary doctorates bestowed on Nelson Mandel from universities and institutions around the world.
• Freedom Square, the place where the Freedom Charter was adopted

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Day 10 : Johannesburg-Cape Town- Robben Island

Location: Cape Town

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast

Highlights:
• Former Prison on Robben Island

Transfer to the airport for afternoon flight to Cape Town- meet assist and transfer to hotel. Take the afternoon ferry to Robben Island- a former prison now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This evening enjoy dinner at the Cape Town waterfront.

Hotel-*3 Star
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Day 11 : Cape Town-Table Mountain- Cape Township

Location: Cape Town

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast

Highlights:
• Table Mountain via cable car ride
• Castle of Good Hope
• The Minnerton Lighthouse
Early morning tour of Table Mountain by cable car; the state-of-the-art car rotates 360 degrees on its way to the top, offering a panoramic view of the City; at the summit, take short walks to enjoy the magnificent view of Cape Town. Continue to the City Centre, the Company Gardens, the Castle of Good Hope and the Minnerton Lighthouse for a view of Table Mountain.
In the afternoon, go on a cultural tour of Cape Townships; an opportunity to interact with different communities. - visit Langa Cape Town’s oldest township gaining insights into the legacy of apartheid and the country’s struggle for democracy. In Gugulethu township, visit a community-driven and observe crafters at work.
Khayelitsha, Cape Town’s largest informal settlement. This evening a special dinner will be arranged in a home and accompanied by music and poetry. You will be invited to display your artistic and musical skills.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Day 12 : Cape Town- Winelands

Location: Cape Town

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast

Highlights:

• Cape Town Winelands

After breakfast tour Cape Town winelands. Visit Paarl. Franschoek and Stellenbosch. Enjoy wine tasting in the Stellenbosch
You return to your hotel and enjoy a relaxing time at the sun-drenched beach.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Day 13 : Capetown

Location: Cape Town

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast

After breakfast, you will have the day at your leisure.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

Day 14 : Capetown-Johannesburg-Depart

Location: Cape Town

Meals Included: Breakfast

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for the flight to Johannesburg; make the connecting flight home.

Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

What's Included

  • Accommodation

  • Airport Transfers at Destination

  • Entrance Fees

  • Free Wi-Fi at Accommodation

  • Fully Guided

  • • Meeting and assistance upon arrival and departure

  • • Meals (Breakfast daily)

  • 1 bottle of Mineral Water per person per day

  • • Assistance with visa application

What's Not Included

  • Country Entry Visas

  • Tipping and Gratuities

  • International Travel

  • • Travel insurance

  • • Personal expenses

  • Flights

Check out our Q&As

  • Can you assist with pre or post tour accommodation?

    Yes

  • Are vaccinations required for this tour?

    Yes

  • Are all the relevant entry visa’s included in the price of the tour?

    No

  • Are all entrance fees included in the price?

    Yes

  • Are flights included in this tour?

    No

  • Is free Wi-Fi available in the accommodation used?

    Yes

  • Will I know the names and details of all the accommodation before I depart?

    Yes

  • Company Instant Book

    Yes

  • Measures to ensure our customers and employees safety Post COVID-19

    -Working with Hotels that are strictly adhering to the Health Protocols -Disinfecting of & observing social distancing in our vehicles -Guides required to regularly wash hands -Face masks required for guides in public areas -Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival -Face masks required for travelers in public areas

  • Are the local guides on the tour English speaking?

    Yes

  • Are airport transfers included in this tour?

    No

  • What is the maximum group size?

    10

Reviews of this operator

Amarachi Agah (Google Reviewer)  

Continent Tours runs a highly...

25-Aug-2022

Continent Tours runs a highly professional organization. From the pick up at the airport to the hotels choices, and consideration for their clients is superb. And also , it was the genius of the itinerary, coupled with their two passionate professional. That put this trip into the A plus category. What a wonderful and beautiful experience!

Claudia Mondesire (Google Reviewer)  

The tours were amazing! It...

14-Oct-2023

The tours were amazing! It was my first visit to Ghana and I will never forget it! Our tour guide Naa and our driver Martin we're phenomenal! I was there from Oct 3-Oct 12, 2023 Claudia Mondesire

Lizylisa P (Google Reviewer)  

My husband and I just...

17-Aug-2023

My husband and I just came from a trip to Ghana. Our driver and tour guide Shiabu and George were superb. They were very knowledgeable and provided us with an authentic cultural travel experience. They have great customer service skills and were attentive to our needs. We had an amazing time with them from the time they picked us from the airport to the drop off.

Dione Davis (Google Reviewer)  

Five stars are not enough!!! Just...

07-Apr-2024

Five stars are not enough!!! Just returned for 8 day Ghana tour and it was outstanding! From beginning to end! Our tour guide Elvis and driver Martin were nothing short of phenomenal!! They both provided educational and general information every step of the way. Every day my husband and I were provided with a verbal itinerary including history and other facts that we found so helpful. Every single day was filled with excitement and attentiveness from both of them. Accra, Kumasi, Cape Coast - we saw and felt it all! All the tour sights were as described in our pre-trip itinerary and we were well pleased with how everything was handled - from airport pick up to airport drop off. All sleep and meal accomodations exceeded our expectations. Continent Tours are truly Premier travel experts. If you're looking for a tour company - this is the one! Be sure to ask for Martin and Elvis when making your arrangements - you will not be disappointed! I am a travel agen here in the states and I will be recommending this tour company to all my fellow travelers who were waiting to hear about our experience before they booked their trip. Thank you Martin and Elvis for taking very good care of us! Dione & Terrance Davis

Christiana Boateng (Google Reviewer)  

I had the pleasure of...

09-May-2023

I had the pleasure of working with Continent Tours on my recent trip to Senegal, and I can certainly state that it was the nicest travel experience I've ever had. The team was attentive, knowledgable, and dedicated to ensuring that every part of my vacation was excellent from the moment I contacted them. The tailored approach to travel planning used by the business was simply excellent. They took the time to learn about my tastes and interests and used that knowledge to create a custom itinerary that exceeded all of my expectations. They assisted me in obtaining the greatest flights, accommodations, and activities, as well as insider information on local customs and cuisine.

Wilson Shelby (Google Reviewer)  

As time was of the...

27-Jun-2022

As time was of the essence and they had the cheapest flights, I booked my family's vacation flights with Continent Tours. I saw some reviews following my reservation. I was concerned because they were all bad. But everything went smoothly. The customer care representatives were really helpful when I booked the flights, and they double-checked all the details to make sure the names and dates were accurate. They also assisted in reserving our seats because I have young children. We had a terrific trip, therefore I made the decision to write a review after it. Without a doubt, I'd use them once more.

Debra G. (Google Reviewer)  

They did a great job...

10-Jul-2022

They did a great job organizing my 2018 five country visit to Africa. There was only one hiccup - in Liberia. And it wasn't their fault.

Cynthia Hayes (Google Reviewer)  

I traveled to Ghana with...

16-Jul-2024

I traveled to Ghana with ABTP on June 19 - 27 and I had an amazing tour of Ghana. Our tour leaders Doris and George were absolutely amazing and we had the best driver ?, plus one other gentleman who assisted our group with luggage etc. Doris and George were so professional and knowledgeable. We started our trip in Accra and then headed over to Kumasi and Cape Coast. This trip was very eye opening and nothing short of a true cultural experience with a history lesson from a different perspective. I can't wait to return. Thank you Continent Tours for providing us with a beautiful experience.

M. Mapstone Greenwich  

Mali – July 2010

01-Jul-2010

From the moment we stepped off the plane, we felt safe and were spoiled by the kind attention and professional care of Ousmane who immediately took care of our visas, Lamine, our amazing driver and Moussa, our wonderful guide. Mali is the most incredible country full of beautiful people and sights. There is so much to see and learn and we saw so many sights we would not have seen without Moussa’s inside knowledge. Mamadou had patiently helped me tailor-make a tour that included Bamako, Segou, Mopti, Dogon Country and a Niger River pinasse cruise, but we got more than was promised: we gained an insight into a fascinating culture all made possible by the expert knowledge of Continent Tours..and we will be back. M. Mapstone Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Tour Leader and author of “World Heritage” book  

Mali -2010

01-May-2010

Dear Mr. Mamadou Goita, Continent Tours We have just completed our tour in West Africa and come back to Turkey. We had extremely fruitful days in Senegal, The Gambia and Mali. Our group of 22 members belonging to the UNESCO World Heritage Travelers Club had seen 9 sites during this trip. First of all, the itinerary you prepared to cover these places was very well programmed. And you and your partners followed and carried out the itinerary very successfully. We all were very happy with the bus, with our guides (Mr. Balla in Senegal – The Gambia part and Mr. Sory in the Mali part), from the hotels you chose, restaurant and the food. No one in our group during those 22 days had any health problems, not even diarrhea. I recommend you and your company to every agency which wants to arrange a West Africa tour. You are a very reliable person and you do your job very meticulously. Thanks again for everything you have done for us. All the best, Atila Ege, Tour Leader and author of “World Heritage” book

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