Black History Tour - Back to Your Roots (Accra to Assin to Cape Coast to Elmina)

4.8
(4 reviews)

2 days (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

This tour portrays you to the 'Black History' and connect you to your roots. It makes more emphasis on culture and heritage. Our travel leaders/guides are very professional with a very good communication skills.

What's Included

Lunch (Optional[2])
Lunch
Breakfast
Gratuities

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Your travel leader will be in a Freelancenana Tshirt with name of guide written boldly on it.

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Meeting point

Your travel leader will be in a Freelancenana Tshirt with name of guide written boldly on it.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 2 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    Explore Assin Manso Slave Market & River

    2 stops
  • 1
    Assin Manso Ancestral Slave River Park

    We will drive from Accra to Cape Coast, enroute we will visit the Assin Manso Slave Market. This is the final and the last point of the slaves where they had their last bath before they travel through the virgin forest for 3 weeks to the castles and are shipped to the unknown world. We will learn about the slave journey. Over here we will connect to our ancestors at the salve river where they took their last bath.

    2 hours Admission ticket included
  • 2
    Cape Coast Castle

    After the tour we will proceed to Cape Coast and have lunch. We will visit the Cape Coast Castle. Cape Coast Castle is one of about forty "slave castles", or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa by European traders. It was originally a Portuguese "feitoria" or trading post, established in 1555. However in 1653 the Swedish Africa Company constructed a timber fort there.

    2 hours Admission ticket included
  • Day 2

    Explore Elmina

    1 stop
  • 3
    Elmina Castle

    Today we will wake up in Ghana's top most historical town. We will visit the Elmina Castle, the oldest European building in existence below the Sahara, the fort Jago, and the salt mining village. We will do a walk through the town pass the ancient historical buildings, the 17th Century Dutch Cemetery. We will take time to learn about some of the historical and very old buildings of Elmina during the days of slavery. There will be an immersion into the culture and the tradition of the people of Ghana. If there is time we will visit homes in the communities to see the way of life of the people and have a deeper insight on the everyday life of the local people.

    3 hours Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by Freelancenana Travel And Tours

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Overnight Tours
Multi-day Tours
Bus Tours
Private Sightseeing Tours
Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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