Ghana Tour Plans

6 day tour with all overnights in Accra, this tour of the Greater Accra region of Ghana visits various historic and cultural sites within Accra while mixed with a few day-trips from Accra.

You can choose from a number of unique experiences in this safe, cosmopolitan city. Popular venues include the Kwame Nkrumah Monument, the Osu neighborhood, Makola Market, Jamestown, the W.E.B. DuBois Center and the National Museum.

While on your day-trips from Accra, you can choose to visit Aburi Botanical Gardens, Akropong highland village, the University of Ghana at Legon, La Beach, the Accra Mall, or any of the day-trip destinations.

 

6 day tour of Ghana, visiting Accra and a family home, and then traveling west along the coast to Cape Coast. The slave castle at Cape Coast is a UN World Heritage Site and was visited by President Barak Obama and his wife Michelle in 2009.

Experience Africa's only rain forest canopy walkway at Kakum National Park, crocodile ponds, and a day of relaxation at one of Ghana's beautiful beach villages.

This tour includes a "One Extra Bag" visit to an HIV prevention organization as well as a beautiful beach village, and a "Door of Return" ceremony for our returning Diaspora.

 

8 days briefly visiting Accra before traveling to Ada, where the Volta River flows into the Gulf of Guinea. Enjoy the beach, canoe on the river and search for marine wildlife.

Then travel inland following the Volta River, visiting a pottery village and an ostrich farm, mountain villages, waterfalls, a monkey sanctuary and Kente weaving village. Finally, enjoy a Volta Lake music cruise on the Dodi Princess and visit a bead factory and craft market before returning to Accra.

 

9 day tour first travels to the Volta River, visiting the Shai Hills wildlife sanctuary along the way. Spend a night on the Volta River visiting the Volta Dam, waterfalls and spectacular scenery in the Eastern Region before returning for a night in Accra.

Then travel west along the coast through the Central and Western Regions to the former slave castle at Elmina, a couple of Ghana's most beautiful beaches, Posuban shrines and the unique stilt village of Nzulezu.

 

We recommend at least 9 days for our most requested route - visiting Accra markets & monuments before traveling to Ghana's second largest city of Kumasi, and then to either Cape Coast or Elmina at the coast before returning to Accra.

In the proudly African city of Kumasi, tour Manhyia Palace, home of the Ashanti king, before a shopping experience at West Africa's largest outdoor market, Kejetia Market. Also visit the National Cultural Center as well as nearby traditional craft villages.

Then to the coast, visiting the Slave River, the former slave castle at Elmina. Also at Elmina is a busy fishing harbour, numerous Posuban shrines and the hilltop Fort San Jago. A morning at Africa's only rain forest canopy walkway at Kakum National Park can be followed by another beach night before returning to Accra.

From this basic triangle, it is easy to add days traveling into the Volta Region as shown on the 12 day route, or to the northern regions, or west along the coast.

 

Traveling very fast, this basic triangle can be done in as few as 5 days or add one extra day for 6 days that give you some forest time and enjoyment of the Kwahu plateau as shown on the second map.

 

10 day tour visiting Accra, the remote Mole National Park for an elephant safari, a monkey sanctuary and a butterfly sanctuary, traditional villages and a night on the banks of the Volta River. Includes a visit to Lake Bosumtwi, Africa's largest meteorite impact lake.

 

6 days is the minimum required for this frequently requested destination. This travels directly from Accra to Mole National Park with few stops along the way. (There is no map shown for this route)

 

For the fastest trip to Mole, inquire about demestic flights from Accra to Tamale, where you can meet a driver to carry you the remaining 5 hours by vehicle.

- requires group of 8 or more -

13 day women's group tour that is full of ceremony, culture and celebration. Beginning with a welcoming celebration complete with all-night drumming and dancing, this tour includes a village home stay, small group social interactions, a visit to a women's clinic and a school, remembrances of our ancestors, a private Durbar of chiefs and traditional ceremonies such as a naming ceremony, passage into womanhood and traditional blessings.

 

14 busy days visiting Accra, the Volta River, the remote Wechiau Hippo Sanctuary in the Upper West Region, Mole National Park for an elephant safari, the Owabi wildlife sanctuary and a monkey sanctuary. Also includes traditional villages, historic trade routes, the former slave castle at Cape Coast, and Africa's only rain forest canopy walkway at Kakum National Park. Includes a Home Stay and a Traditional Blessing.

   

14 day tour of Ghana, traveling from Accra to the crocodile ponds at Paga on the northern border with Burkina Faso. Lots of adventures, including Kumasi and the surrounding Ashanti Kingdom, markets, beaches, Mole National Park, ancient mud-and-stick mosques, West Africa's largest food market at Techiman, uniquely painted adobe villages, waterfalls, a monkey sanctuary, the Cape Coast castle and Kakum National Park.

 

14 day luxury beach, adventure and history tour of Ghana, visiting locations around Accra before traveling west along the coast stopping at numerous historic forts and beautiful beaches - including Ghana's best surfing spots. This tour passes through many beach villages, including Anomabu, Elmina, Busua, and Axim. Also included are the stilt village of Nzulezu, the sacred Wassa Domama rock shrine and the Ankasa Protected Area.

 

- mixed private and public transit -

14 day tour visiting various sites in the Volta Region in a private 4X4 before changing to public transit and crossing Lake Volta on a ferry at Kpando. The remainder of this tour is via public transit, continuing across the Afram Plains to Nkawkaw and north to Kumasi, Tamale and Mole National Park.

Includes various home stays and remote locations.

 

14 days traveling the circumference of Lake Volta, the largest man-made lake on earth by surface area. After a couple days in Accra, you travel the entire length of the Volta Region, visiting remote villages, waterfalls and the highland Kyabobo National Park which rarely see visitors.

West to the former slave trading centre of Salaga and crossing Lake Volta via ferry on the old Kumasi-Tamale Road, visiting shrines, craft villages and Lake Bosumtwi near Kumasi.

 

17 day tour traveling into the far north of Ghana to experience savanna, history, wildlife, and unique cultures and architecture. Wildlife includes the Wechiau hippo sanctuary, antelope at Gbele Resource Reserve, Mole National Park, and the sacred crocodile ponds at Paga. Ancient mosques, a Catholic cathedral, unique compounds, rooftop homes and painted adobe structures are all to be found, as well as remnants of an ancient slave raider defence wall at Gwollu.

 

26 day tour visiting most of the major birding sites in Ghana, including one of Ghana's most important marine birding locations, Keta lagoon, as well as the Xavi bird sanctuary and a nocturnal birding excursion at Tono Dam in the north. Also includes an optional visit to Shai Hills wildlife preserve or the Sakumo Lagoon as well as Mole National Park, Ankasa preserve, Kakum National Park and plenty of cultural and historic sites.

   

30 day ultimate tour, visiting 9 of the 10 regions in Ghana, including major sites as well as off-the-track destinations waiting to be discovered. Visit most of the sites detailed above, including 4 different national parks (Kakum NP, Nini-Suhien NP, Kyabobo NP, Mole NP). This tour contains the additional destinations of the Obuasi gold mine, a loop around the remote Gambaga escarpment rising hundreds of meters above the plains, and the northwest town of Lawra, the farthest town from Accra in Ghana.

Visit all 4 corners or just choose one corner. We are here to give you the tour you want!