HARVEY’S TOUR

Sumary

GHANA/TOGO/BENIN
FEBRUARY 7^TH-20^th, 2025

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DAY 1 (NEW YORK-ACCRA)
JFK Departure dinner and entertainment onboard

Day 2 (ACCRA)
Arrive Accra Airport. Meet & assist and transfer ALISA HOTEL or AFRICAN REGENT. Relax from your trans-Atlantic trip. Meet with tailors.  Welcome Dinner (D)

DAY 3 (ACCRA)
8 AM Breakfast. After breakfast Depart on a city tour of Accra visiting the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum and Park, National Museum and W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture. Then James Town, visit the Independence Arch and Black Star Square-Accra’s ceremonial grounds, view in the distance Christiansborg Castle, office of the President of Ghana. Your last stop will be the Arts and Crafts market. (B)

DAY 4 (ACCRA)
8 AM Breakfast.  After Breakfast;  Relaxing Boat Ride on Lake Volta. Lunch on your own (B)

Day 5 (ACCRA-KUMASI)
8 AM Breakfast. After breakfast, a leisurely drive to Kumasi, the center for Gold Mining in Ghana. Stop at Asantewaa Statue for a photo-op. Then proceed to Ghana National Cultural Center – exhibits include workshops on Ashanti Culture, continue to the Manhyia Palace of the Ashanti king, the War Museum which depicts the Ashanti wars with the British in the 1800’s, then of to Lunch at Ike’s Café by the Catfish Lake. Check -in Fredrick’s Lodge. Evening Kumasi orientation (B)

Day 6 (KUMASI)
9 AM Breakfast. After breakfast start off the visit to a school in Kumasi meet the students, then to a Kente cloth factory. Observe craftsmen at work in artisan villages of Ntonso, Awaii and Adanwomase village featuring fertility dolls, sandals, Kenta and Adinkra cloth and Stools. After lunch visit Kokofrom Brass Community, and the huge, Kejetia Market, stalls sell everything from glass beads to Ashanti sandals. Return to your hotel (B)

DAY 7 (KUMASI-ELMINA)
7 AM Breakfast. After breakfast,  depart for Elmina. Upon arrival stopover at Assin Manso, the last bathing place for Slaves. It is also the current resting place for slaves who were discovered from Wall Street area in the mid nineties. Also visit Kakum National Park for an hour’s walking tour through the Rain forest. Experience the exciting Canopy Walk which offers a panoramic view of the rain forest. After lunch at “Mable’s Table” drive to Coconut Grove Resort. (B)

DAY 8 (ELMINA CASTLES & FORTS)
This will be one of your most memorable days. High lights include. Visits to the famous Elmina and Cape Coast Castles and Fort St. Jago. Visit the Cape Coast Castle and the West African Historical Museum. The guide will conduct you to the slave quarters and Negotiation Hall. Continue to Elmina Castle built by the Portuguese in 1482 for a comprehensive guided tour. See the Slave dungeons and the condemned cell for slaves who attempted to escape. Lunch will the at a seaside restaurant. (B)

DAY 9 (ELMINA-ACCRA-LOME)
Breakfast. After breakfast depart to Lomé the capital of Togo. A drive along miles of white sandy beaches and swaying coconut Palm trees underscores the beauty of the coastal route parallel to the Atlantic Ocean. Upon arrival at the Aflao border, go through Customs and immigration formalities. Afternoon at leisure. Overnight: Hotel Sarakawa (B)  

DAY 10 (LOME)
Breakfast/ Half day tour of Lomé,     Highlights include Musee National, Monument de Indepedance, Galerie Coin du Terrior, Cathedral. Experience the ancient and modern culture of Lome. Lunch on African cuisine. Return to hotel. Overnight: Lomé(B)

DAY 11 (LOME-COTONOU VIA OUIDAH)
After breakfast drive to Abomey -Calavi. Enroute’ stop at Allade to visit the memorial of the “Black Napoleon,” Toussaint Louverture. Continue to Ouidah, irrefutably the voodoo capital of Benin Voodoo is an Ancestral and Nature tradition Visit the Pythons and do the Slave walk from point of sale to the Atlantic shores to board the Slave ships. Return to your hotel Lac Benin in a reflective mood. (B/L)

Day 12 (COTONOU-GANVIE-COTONOU )
Ganvie is the biggest stilt village in Africa.  In the 1700s fugitives fleeing Fon slave raiders, settled here. Cruise from your hotel accompanied by Faustin through the waterways by motorboat observing the locals in their everyday lives. Afterwards drive to Cotonou, afternoon city with highlights, Museum, and craft market tour Return to hotel. (B)

Day 13 (COTONOU-PORTO NOVO)
Early morning drive to Badagry via Porto-Novo, the official capital of the West African nation of Benin and was the capital of French Dahomey. It was a tributary of the old Yoruba kingdom of Oyo. Afterwards return to Cotonou Afternoon last minute shopping

Day 14  (COTONOU -PARIS)
After breakfast depart for Accra via Lome.  Overnight Alisa Hotel

Day 15 (ACCRA-ATLANTA-FORT LAUDERDALE)
After breakfast transfer to airport for departure at 12:30p arriving same day

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