Cultural Tour of Ghana & South Africa
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Highlights
- The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
- James Town
- Cape Coast Castle
- Door of No Return
- The Hector Petersen Memorial
- Regina Mundi Church
- Pilanesberg National Park
- Lesedi Cultural Village
- Robben Island
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- Meeting and assistance upon arrival and departure
- Round-trip airport/hotel transfers
- Hotel accommodation in the indicated properties
- Transportation in private vehicle
- Experienced tour guide
- Meals indicated
- Bottled water while on tour
- Admission to listed sites
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On arrival at Kotoka International Airport, our expert cultural tour guide will meet, assist and transfer you to your hotel in our private air conditioned vehicle.
Once you have checked in, your guide, who will be with you throughout your stay, will brief you on what to expect during your time here in Ghana.
Overnight at Accra City Hotel
After breakfast go on a full day tour of Accra highlights will include:
Independence Square, 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 presid...After breakfast, drive to Cape Coast; enroute tour of Mankessim, visit the Posuban Shrine and Fante Village. This evening go on a guided tour through the ancient town of Elmina. At the harbor see the colorful fishing canoes getting ready to go to sea for another night...
After breakfast, visit Cape Coast Castle and the 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 ...
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 Af...
After breakfast return to Accra with a stop at the Village of Abandze, the Ancestral Home of Louis Armstrong, the famous American jazz musician; in Accra those who ordered outfits will go for a fitting, farewell dinner.
Meal (s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight at Accra City Hotel
Today is a leisure in Accra until you are transferred to the airport for your flight to South Africa.
On arrival in Johannesburg, you will be met, assisted and transferred to your hotel.
Meal (s) Included: Breakfast
Overnight at Rivonia Premier Lodge
Today you will get a detailed understanding of South Africa’s history and transformation.
You will travel along the footpaths of the freedom fighters and experience the City of Johannesburg and Soweto through their eyes. Highlights will include:
The Hect...After breakfast we depart to Pilanesberg National Park for a safari.
The Park boasts a healthy population of lions, buffaloes, leopard, elephant, black and white rhino – Africa’s Big Five. There is an extensive range of rare and common species of wildlife incl...
After breakfast you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Cape Town.
On arrival in Cape Town, you will be met, assisted and transferred to your hotel located near to the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. The rest of the day is at leisure in thi...
After breakfast, take the ferry to Robben Island, the former prison where the late president Mandela spent many years incarcerated – now a UNESCO World Heritage site
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This evening there is farewell dinner with entertainment.
Meal(s) include: Breakfast & Dinner
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After a leisurely buffet breakfast, transfer to the airport for your onward flight
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
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