Cape Coast Castle

The capital of the Central Region, in southern Ghana. It’s known for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. Built by The Swedish in the 17th Century

Elmina Slave Castles

Fortified castle in Elmina, Ghana, that is thought to be the oldest surviving European building in Africa south of the Sahara. Built in, 1482 by the Portuguese to protect the gold trade, Elmina Castle later became a major center of the transatlantic slave trade.

Kakum National Park

This is Ghana’s most visited attraction .It is one of three places in Africa that features a canopy walk through the trees. It covers a distance of 1,150 feet (350 m) while connecting through seven different trees.

The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

Located in downtown Accra, Ghana is the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum. It has a Mausoleum which is the final resting place of Ghana’s first President and Africanist. The park has a museum that hosts rare artefacts relating to Ghana’s independence and tours at the park give visitors in-depth history of the Sub-saharan struggle for independence.

The Makola Market

Accra’s largest open-air market which overflows with goods, people, scents and sounds, hustle and bustle. It is the best place to absorb the atmosphere of a West African market.

The W.E.B. DuBois Center

Learn about the life history of Dr. W.E.B. De Bois who was one the greatest Pan Africanists ever and was the President of all The Pan Africanist Congresses.

Black Star Square

The ‘Black Star’ represents freedom of all black people. It was inspired by Marcus Garvey’s shipping company, Black Star Line in 1919. Dr. Nkrumah also added the black star to Ghana’s flag to honor Marcus Garvey and celebrate black people across the diaspora. The “AD 1957” references the day Ghana gained its independence from British rule.

The Center for National Culture

Here you will find what is virtually the tourist heaven of Ghana. It has got everything from woven Kente cloth, wooden sculptures, bead works, leather bags, earrings and other fashion accessories, the latest in African Attire fashion and good-quality handicrafts from all over Ghana.

Aburi Botanical Gardens

From the royal palm trees that line the entrance to the park that is the ”Lover’s Lane”, to the spine palms to the sausage trees to the Brownea grandiceps, the Aburi Botanical Gardens are nature’s ‘flex’ to make the nature-lover relax and reflect on this 65 hectare site, that has been set aside (since 1890, by the British colonialists) as the home of both indigenous and exotic trees — some with medicinal value.

The Ancestral River Park

The Assin Manso Slave River Site served as the place where slaves had their last bath on African soil before being marched down to the slave castles of Elmina and Cape Coast along the coast. The site was referenced as the “great depot” through which the Asantes sent slaves to the coast and served as one of the largest eighteenth-century slave markets.

Cocoa Factory

We will visit Fair Afrik, Africa’s first solar-powered chocolate factory. Learn more about the challenges in cocoa farming, the benefits of organic farming and why fairafric chose to build a state of the art chocolate factory in rural Ghana. You’ll follow the cocoa bean from tree to finished bar.

Bojo Beach

Located at the delta of the Densu River and the Atlantic Ocean next to a fishing village. To access the beach, one has to take a boat ride across the Densu River. There are restaurants and Bars plus the beach is very clean with a unique and lovely natural atmosphere.

Anomabo Beach

Tranquility awaits you at Anomabo Beach Resort, located on the Central Region’s coastline. The town was once a major slave-trading centre and has one of the many castles that dot the Ghanaian coast. The fort once served as a prison, but is now a tourist site. ” Anomabo translates literally as “bird rock”, originating from a rock outcrop just off the shore of the main village that seabirds nest on seasonally.