10-Day Ghana Festival Tour with Oguaa Fetu Afahye Celebration

Arrive in Accra, Ghana. Upon arrival, you will be welcomed at the airport by Osumanu Tours representatives, who will assist with your transfer to the hotel. Enjoy a welcome drink at the hotel and attend an orientation session.

Overnight at ALISA HOTEL NORTH RIDGE.

Get to know Accra today as we explore the best of the city. Our tour takes us to famous landmarks such as the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Museum, Independence Square, and the W.E.B. DuBois Center.

Learn about the history of this beautiful country and its relationship with famous Pan-Africanists. Visit Accra Art Center for local drumming lessons.

After the tour, we will head back to the hotel to relax.

After breakfast, take a road trip to Kumasi, the seat of the Asante Kingdom.

Check in to your hotel, then begin your Kumasi city tour with a visit to the Okomfo Anokye Sword Site to learn about the beginning of this great kingdom. Continue to the King Prempeh Museum and Manhyia Palace Museum.

Overnight in Kumasi.

After breakfast, begin your culture and heritage tour in Kumasi.

Visit Bonwire Kente Village, where you will learn how the famous Kente cloth is woven and get the chance to weave like a local. Continue to Adowamase King's Palace for a naming ceremony, then proceed to Ntonso Adinkra symbol stamping to learn the ancient Adinkra symbolism.

Overnight at Iks Cultural Village Hotel.

After breakfast, check out of your hotel and drive through the forest zone to Cape Coast, the seat of the Ashanti Empire.

Discover the legend of the famous Ashantis, whose legacy is still evident today. On the way, visit Assin Manso, the location of "Donkor Nsuo" - a riverbank that served as a slave market and final transit point for a large number of enslaved Africans during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

This is also the final resting place for two ancestors whose mortal remains were returned from the USA and Jamaica and re-interred there.

After breakfast, take a road trip to Cape Coast for a transformative visit to Cape Coast and Elmina Castles. Walk through the "Door Of No Return" and along the same path as our ancestors did during their last moments on the coast of West Africa.

This part of the trip will be powerful and emotional for many. An expert guide will show you around the castles and share touching stories of our ancestral past.

Continue with an adventure tour to Kakum Rainforest Park to climb the seven-bridge canopy walkway.

Experience the Orange Friday street carnival at the Cape Coast Oguaa Festival.

Attend the Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival in Cape Coast.

The Grand Durbar is the main highlight of the festival, where chiefs, traditional leaders, and the people come together to celebrate their heritage. The durbar is important because it serves as a platform for the community to honor their ancestors, reaffirm their commitment to preserving their customs, and address social and developmental matters.

Travel from Cape Coast back to Accra, the capital of Ghana, after breakfast.

After breakfast, check out of your hotel and say goodbye to your newfound friends as you prepare to return home. You will have a day room to relax before you are transferred to the airport for your flight home.