The year 2007 marks the golden jubilee anniversary of Ghana's Independence and the 200th anniversary of emancipation from slavery. Various celebrations will take place throughout the country.
African Network Travel & Tours will celebrate this golden jubilee in a grand style with our guests. We have planned a golden home coming 8-Day program with highlights on Ashanti Region, where Akwasidae will take place. Akwasidae is an ornate ceremony, commemorating the date that the Ashanti Golden Stool was magically brought down from heaven. The festival features a golden stool alongside the central feature of attention, the Ashanti King, who is carried on a palanquin through the procession of Ashanti people who have come to pay homage to their King. It is a beautiful and spectacular festival, with colourful canopies and umbrellas amongst drummers, dancers, horn blowers and singers who perform in honour of their ancestral spirits.
Our tours for international groups are:
8-day group tours "Golden Home Coming '' $1,236.00 pp.
15-day "Cultural West Africa tour" (Ghana, Togo,Benin) $ 1,884.00 pp
8-day group tours "Panafest 2007'' $818.00. pp.
10-day group tours "Panafest 2007'' $1,053.00
For more information on these and other tours, please consult our sales office.
Golden Home Coming
Program for the year 2007
19 March till 26 March
Includes
7 nights stay in good hotels, air-conditioned rooms with toilet, bath/shower.
Bed and Bufee continental/English breakfast.
Full Board (Lunch and Dinner)
Transfers as described in the itinerary.
All excursions, including entrance fees, except the optional walk on the Canopy Walkway, as described in the itinerary.
Group Size
Minimum: 8 persons.
Maximum: 20 persons.
Prices
Per person sharing a double room $1,236.00
Single rooms supplement $358.00
Excludes
Any airfare, visa fees, airport taxes, travel insurance, beverages, tips and gratuities and all items of a personal nature.
1st day - Monday 19th March 2007
Joining hotel
Short briefing.
Accra city tour: We shall drive through Makola market and stopping at Nkrumah Mausoleum, Korle bu, James Town and the center for Arts and Culture.
Then to the Independence square and to the trade fair, stopping at W.E.B. Dubois center for Pan Africanism and a visit to the coffin makers at Teshie Nungua.
Hotel for the night - 5 star Accra.
2nd day - Tuesday 20th March 2007
Start trip to Elmina, stopping en route, on the hill top at Abandzi, to see what is left of Fort Amsterdam.
Excursion to the Kakum Nature Park, with optional walk on the Canopy Walkway.
Dinner and Cultural drumming and dancing entertainment at the Beach.
Hotel for the night - 3 star Elmina.
3rd day, Wednesday 21st March 2007
Conducted tour through the Cape Coast Castle, and visiting the museum.
Visiting of Elmina Castle, Elmina town and the fish market.
Start trip to Kumasi via Assin Manso.
On this day we take a journey 250 km north of Cape Coast to Kumasi on one of the slave routes listed by the "UNESCO". Our first stop will be at Assin Manso. Here the slaves bought in the mainland were washed in the river before they were taken to the Castles. Because this river was the last stop of our brothers and sisters that were taken away as slaves, there is a shrine on the river where our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora and Ghanaians in general pour libation for our departed ancestors. In the year 1998 two bodies were flown in from the Caribbean and the North America and were buried just in front of the river. This is to signify the home coming of our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora.)
Hotel for the night - 3 star Kumasi.
4th day, Thursday 22nd March 2007
Free day in Kumasi.
(Optional) Surprise day or a visit to Kumasi Kejetia Market.
Hotel for the night - 3 star Kumasi.
5th day, Friday 23rd March 2007
We shall take a tour to some craft villages, they include, Pankrono - pottery, Ahwiaa - wood caving, Ntonso - Adinkra and Adanwomase - Kente.
At Adanwomase, a Kente village in the Ashanti Region we shall enjoy a cultural afternoon where guest will be welcomed by the chief and the Queen Mother, amid cultural music and dance.
There will be an exposition and rudiments of Kente weaving and guest can try their hands on Kente weaving.
We shall also pay a visit to a Palm plantation to see how palm wine is tapped.
A demonstration on how "Fufuo" a popular food in Ashanti is prepared in a traditional Ashanti kitchen with traditional cooking utensils. Guests are welcome to taste.
Hotel for the night: 3 star Kumasi.
6th day, Saturday 24 March 2007
Start trip to a village near Kumasi for the Traditional performance of the homecoming and the naming Customary.
Hotel for the night - 3 star Kumasi.
7th day, Sunday 25 March 2007
Today is the high light in celebration our independence day. Taking part in the Akwasidei" festival where The King of Ashanti will sit in State with all his Chiefs and the people of Ashanti at the Manhyia Palace. Very colorful and interesting. It takes the whole day
Join one of the Church services in Kumasi. (Optional)
Hotel for the night - 3 star Kumasi
8th day, Monday 26 March 2007
Start trip to Accra to join the flight back home.
15-day Cultural West Africa tour (Ghana, Togo, Benin)
14 April till 28 April
04 August till 18 August
10 November till 24 November
Includes
14 nights stay in good hotels, air-conditioned rooms with toilet, bath/shower.
Bed and continental/English breakfast.
Transfers as described in the itinerary.
All excursions, including entrance fees, except the optional walk on the Canopy Walkway, as described in the itinerary.
Group Size:
Minimum: 8 persons.
Maximum: 20 persons.
Prices
Per person sharing a double room $ 1,884.00 pp
Single rooms supplement $731.00
1st day - Monday
Arrival of guest at the Kotoka International Airport.
Transfer to the hotel.
First briefing.
Hotel for the night - 5 star. Accra.
2nd day - Tuesday
Round trip - Accra city tour, driving through Makola market, Korle bu, James
town, Trade Fair site, the Art Centre and then stopping at Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum etc.
Start trip to Elmina, stopping en route at Abandzi, on the hill top, to see what
is left of Fort Amsterdam and to visit the fishermen in the village.
Hotel for the night - 3 star Elmina.
3rd day - Wednesday
Excursion to the Kakum Nature Park.
One hour guided walk through the Kakum Nature Park plus Canopy Walkway.
Lunch at Hans Cottage hotel where one can view the crocodiles, birds and monkeys in the background.
Start trip to Cape Coast for a conducted tour through the Cape Coast Castle.
Continuation of trip to Elmina for a conducted tour through the Elmina Castle.
Hotel for the night - 3 star Elmina
4th day -Thursday
Start trip to Busua beach.
Leisure at the Beach.
Hotel for the night - 3 star Busua.
5th day - Friday
Start trip to Dixcove.
Visit of Fort Metal Cross and the fishing village at Dixcove.
Leisure at the beach.
Hotel for the night - 3 star Busua.
6th day - Saturday
Start trip to Kumasi.
Lunch at Obuasi.
Short city tour of Kumasi; stopping at the Manhyia Palace; Art Centre and the market.
Hotel for the night - 3 star Kumasi.
7th day - Sunday
Excursion to craft villages: Pankrono, Ahwiaa, Ntonso and Bonwire.
Start trip to Adanwomase Kente village.
Arrival in Adanwomase.
Cultural afternoon and a welcome by the Kente chief with traditional music and dance.
Demonstration of Kente weaving, traditional cooking and visiting of a peasant farm.
Tapping of palm wine.
Hotel for the night - 3 star Kumasi.
8th day - Monday
Start trip to Mole National Park.
Guided game walk through the park.
Hotel for the night - 2 star, Mole.
9th day - Tuesday
Guided early morning game walk through the park
Leisure at the Park.
Hotel for the night: 2 star, Mole.
10th day - Wednesday
Start trip to Kumasi.
Stopover at Larabanga to visit the Mosque and the stone.
Hotel for the night: 3 star, Kumasi.
11th day - Thursday
Start trip to Lome, Togo.
Arrival at the border to proceed crossing.
Hotel for the night - 3 star Lome, Togo.
12th day - Friday
Start trip to Cotonou, in Benin, passing through to Ganvie to visit the Lake City
where we will have our lunch and spend the rest of the day. We will get back to
Cotonou in the evening.
Hotel for the night: 4 star Cotonou, Benin.
13th day - Saturday
Start trip to Ada but first visiting Abomey.
Checking in at the Manet Paradise in the evening.
Hotel for the night - 3 star. Ada Foah.
14th day - Sunday
Start Boat trip on the Volta river, stopping at some of the villages along the Volta river.
(Crocodile birds Island, Local sugar cane drink brewery etc.)
Leisure at the Beach.
Hotel for the night - 3 star. Ada Foah.
15th day - Monday
Start trip to Accra.
Last shopping in the City.
Departure
Hotel for the night - 5 star Accra.
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