Ghana 2026 Tour Information
Plymouth United Church of Christ
Pastor Nick Hood
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Lodging/Ground Transportation-Tours – $2,362 (double occupancy) / Single occupancy $2,852
- Note: Lodging and tour payment is not due until June 1, 2026, and can be paid incrementally to Plymouth United Church of Christ
- Transportation – Turkish Airlines Nonstop flight to Istanbul / Non-stop flight to Accra, Ghana
(Delta Airlines Partner Carrier – call Delta Reservations and ask for Daniel at 888-910-4965 x 805 airfare $1987 per person (Note: the air fare is a group rate which has been initially set for 26 persons)
- Total cost: $4349 per person (double occupancy)
REVISED ITINERARY FOR PLYMOUTH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 2026 GROUP
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26, 2026: DEPARTURE
Depart for Accra, Ghana
DAY 2: THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 2026: ARRIVAL
Arrive at Accra Airport
Meet assist and transfer to your hotel
Hotel check-in is at 3.00 pm
Orientation by Sunseekers Tours staff
Overnight: 3* Hotel in Accra
DAY 3: FRIDAY AUGUST 28, 2026: ACCRA CITY TOUR & LECTURE ON CULTURE
Morning: Lecture on “The Relationship between African-Americans and Ghana
Depart after the lecture for a full-day city tour of Accra. Our first visit is to the National Museum of History and Ethnography. This Museum houses a varied collection of Ghanaian artefacts. Objects in the archaeology section range from the Stone Age period to the recent historical past. Those on permanent exhibition at the ethnography gallery include chief’s regalia, indigenous Ghanaian musical instruments, gold weights, beads, traditional textiles, stools and pottery.
Depart to Ga Mashie-Old Accra, this is a contrast of Victorian Dutch and post-colonial architecture. You will drive past James Fort built in 1673, Old Accra Square and the Post Office. Drive past Ussher Fort, one of three European forts in Accra which have survived the times. Ussher Fort was built by the Dutch in 1649 as Fort Crèvecœur. Fort Crèvecœur was part of the Dutch Gold Coast. The Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty (1867), defined areas of influence on the Gold Coast and was transferred to the British in 1868.
See the lighthouse built by the British to guide commercial ships into the Accra Harbour. Continue to visit the newly refurbished Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum. This is a Memorial and Third burial ground for the First Head of State and President of independent Ghana. The Mausoleum site was the Old Polo grounds for the Europeans during the colonial period until 1957. This Mausoleum has been visited by many world dignitaries.
Lunch at a local restaurant (on own account)
After lunch, visit the W.E.B. Du Bois Centre for Pan-Africanism. This is the final burial place and home of the prominent American Pan-Africanist Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois, who led the Pan-African Congress between 1919 and 1927. It is currently a Pan African Centre for Culture and it also has a research library and gallery full of manuscripts. Your last stop for the day is the Art and craft market to view a varied collection of Ghanaian handicraft souvenirs. This offers you the opportunity to try out your bargaining skills on the local vendors and to “shop till you drop”.
Enjoy a traditional welcome performance showcasing various dance forms and percussions.
Evening: Meet Tailors and dressmakers featuring casual wear and formal garments made from local fabric and textiles will visit your hotel. You may purchase ready-made clothes or place an order for a custom-made outfit.
Explore the nightlife in Accra
Overnight: 3* Hotel in Accra
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DAY 4: SATURDAY AUGUST 29, 2026: ACCRA – KUMASI VAI CRAFT VILLAGES TOUR & NAMING CEREMONY
Breakfast
Depart Accra in the morning for Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, the Kingdom of Gold, History and Culture. Drive past several scenic villages and cocoa-growing communities.
Visit Ahwiaa – the woodcarver’s village specializing in woodcarving such as the Ashanti stools, fertility dolls and walking sticks. Proceed to visit Ntonso – the traditional textile printing village, see Adinkra cloth and tie-and-dye processing and get a demonstration of how intricate designs are applied to this sacred mourning cloth. Adinkra cloth are designed by indigenous artist whose expertise lies in the textual printing using traditional symbols that express the spiritual, moral, political and socio- cultural philosophies of the Akan people and offers you an opportunity to create your own designs. Bonwire where the famous Kente cloth is handmade on looms, in a time-honored tradition passed down through generations
You will participate in a naming ceremony, where you will be given a traditional African name. It would be interesting to compare your given attributes with who you are today.
Lunch during tours at a local restaurant (on own account)
Continue to Kumasi.
Arrive and check into your hotel
Dinner (on own account)
Overnight: 3* Hotel in Kumasi B
DAY 5: SUNDAY AUGUST 30, 2026: AKWASIDAE FESTIVAL & KUMASI CITY TOUR
Breakfast
Depart after to participate in the celebration of Akwasidae Festival. This festival falls on and is usually celebrated on a Sunday in Kumasi and other Akan speaking communities who owe allegiance to the King of Ashanti. This is celebrated every 42 days. This is a colorful, scenic and unique event where people gather from afar, many in traditional costumes, come to greet their King on the throne at the royal court, and people bring gifts to pay homage to the King.
Join the local folks and international visitors to celebrate Akwasidae festival. This will offer you opportunity to interact with the local chiefs dressed in the colorful Traditional cloth. The Akans (the largest ethnic group in Ghana) annual calendar is divided into nine parts, each lasting approximately six weeks (42 traditional days). On this day, the Asantehene (King of Ashanti) meets his subjects and subordinate chiefs in the courtyard of the Manhyia Palace. The King holds a durbar on the occasion of the festival, and subjects have the opportunity to pay homage to him. Participants of the parade include drummers, folk dancers, horn-blowers and praise singers paying homage to the ancestors.
Lunch in Kumasi(on own account)
After lunch go on a city tour of Kumasi visiting the Manhyia Palace Museum. The Manhyia Palace Museum was created within the old residence of Otumfuo Agyeman Prempeh I and Otumfuo Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh II, the thirteenth and fourteenth Kings of Asante respectively. This historic building was rehabilitated in 1995 to serve as a Museum. National Cultural Centre and Prempeh II Museum. This museum displays artefacts relating to the Ashanti King Prempeh II, including the king’s war attire, ceremonial clothing, jewellery, protective amulets, personal equipment for bathing and dining, furniture, royal insignia and some fine brass weights for weighing gold. Constructed to resemble an Ashanti chief’s house, it has a courtyard in front and walls adorned with traditional carved symbols.
Return to your hotel and relax at the hotel’s poolside
Dinner at your hotel (on own account)
Evening free to explore nightlife in Kumasi
Overnight: 3* Hotel in Kumasi B
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DAY 6: MONDAY AUGUST 31, 2026: KUMASI – ASSIN MANSO- ELMINA
Breakfast
Depart Kumasi to the Central Region. Drive along several farming villages. Note the change in vegetation from forest belt to coastal savannah as you journey south-westwards. Cross the River Pra which marks the boundary between Ashanti and Central Regions of Ghana. Stop at Assin Manso to visit the burial site of the remains of two ancestors exhumed from New York’s Wall Street & Kingston Jamaica and re-interred on the Emancipation Day 1998. A third ancestor was also brought and interred by the Prime Minister of Barbados in November 2019 as part of the “YEAR OF RETURN” GHANA 2019.
Visit the DONKO NSUO (the Slave River) where the African captives were allowed to take their last bath in waters of their native land. The European merchants branded their bodies for identification before they were marched to the Dungeons in Elmina and Cape Coast.
Continue to Cape Coast.
Arrive and have lunch at a local restaurant (on own account)
After lunch visit Cape Coast Castle. Originally built by the Swedes in 1652, it later served as the headquarters and seat of the British colonial government until 1877. Go on a comprehensive tour of the Castle, the Slave Dungeons and the West African Heritage Museum. The guide will lead you to slave quarters and Negotiation Hall where our ancestors were bargained and sold. This UNESCO World Heritage Monument has been visited by several world personalities including US President Barack and Michelle Obama, Steve Harvey, Boris Kodjoe and Danny Glover.
Check in to your hotel
Overnight: 3* Beach Resort or Hotel in Elmina B
DAY 7: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2026: BISA ABERWA & WORLD HERITAGE SITES –
ACCRA
Breakfast
Depart to Sekondi. Visit Bisa Aberwa Museum located at Nkotompo near Effia-Nkwanta Hospital, Sekondi in the Western Region which is the brainchild of Kwaw Paintsil Ansah, one of Africa’s most respected filmmakers which exists among other objectives, to provide an opportunity for the preservation and promotion of the Africa heritage.
Return to Elmina.
Lunch (on own account)
After lunch visit the Elmina Castle, the first and oldest European structure built of any substance on African soil. This was built by the Portuguese in 1482 and later used as an auction market for a comprehensive guided tour. See the enslaved dungeons and condemn cells where African ancestors who resisted captivity were starved to death.
Return to your hotel
Overnight: 3* Beach Resort or Hotel in Elmina B
DAY 8: WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2026: ELMINA – KAKUM PARK – ACCRA
Breakfast and hotel out
Depart to visit Kakum National Park. Take a walk on the forest Trails with countless trees of medicinal properties. Experience the Canopy Walk suspended 100 feet from the ground for a panoramic view of the flora and fauna of one of the remaining vestiges of the rain forest.
Depart to Accra driving along several fishing communities and coconut lined beaches
Arrive in Accra and check into your hotel
Overnight: 3* Hotel in Accra B
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DAY 9: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2026: SCULPTURE MUSEUM TOUR
Nkyinkyim Museum
Breakfast
Depart after breakfast to visit Nkyinkyim Museum near Ada Foah on the Estuary of the Volta River.
Arrive and tour the Sculpture Museum and interact with the staff. Nkyinkyim translated in English to mean “twisted” and relates to a proverb that says, “Life’s journey is twisted.” The project is a means of commemorating the millions of people from Africa who were kidnapped, imprisoned and coerced into slavery. The site of the installation was a stopping-point on the slave trade route in the 16th and 17th centuries, first for the Dutch and then by the British traders. The majority of the slaves transported to Virginia. Among the Akan people of West Africa, funeral tradition dating back to at least the 17th century, Sculptors, often women create clay busts which are displayed in cemeteries in order to preserve the memory and the likeness of the dead.
Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo draws on this mode for these ongoing installations, Nkyinkyim which is comprised of more than 1,300 cement effigies embedded in a field in Nuhalenya Ada, a town outside Accra. Whereas traditional faces usually wear a calm expression, Mr. Akoto-Bamfo’s heads show fear, sadness, disgust or surprise. The sculptures depict young and old, male and female, as well as members of different tribes.
Lunch at a local restaurant (on own account)
Return to Accra
Overnight: 3* Hotel in Accra B
DAY 10: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2026: LEISURE DAY
Breakfast
Day at leisure for personal activities
Overnight: 3* Hotel in Accra B
DAY 11: SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2026: DODI PRINCESS CRUISE ON THE VOLTA LAKE
Breakfast
Depart hotel to Akosombo to join the scheduled cruise on board the Dodi Princess Cruise boat on the Volta Lake. Enjoy lunch on board while cruising to the Dodi Island where you glide pass several scenic villages on the banks of one of the largest man-made lakes in the world.
Return to mainland and return to Accra.
Dinner (on own account)
Overnight: 3* Hotel in Accra B/L
DAY 12: SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2026: CHURCH SERVICE
Breakfast
Depart Church Service at Presbyterian Church of Ghana Bethel Congregation at La
Return to the hotel late afternoon and have rest of the day at leisure for parking
Overnight: 3* Hotel in Accra B
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DAY 13: MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2026: DEPARTURE
Breakfast
Morning at leisure for last-minute shopping and packing
Hotel check-out is at 12.00 noon
Evening transfer to the airport for departure B
Revised Rate for Plymouth United Church of Christ 2026 Group
Double Occupancy: $2,362.00/pax
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Single Occupancy: $2,852.00/pax
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Revised Package Rate Quoted Includes the Following:
* 7 Nights at a 3* Hotel in Accra on Bed and Breakfast basis.
* 2 Nights at a 3* Hotel in Kumasi on Bed and Breakfast basis.
* 2 Nights at a 3* Beach Resort or Hotel in Elmina/Cape Coast on Bed and Breakfast basis.
* Overland Transportation via Air Conditioned Vehicle
* Meals as outlined in Itinerary. B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner
* Entrance Fees and Tours to Sites as outlined in Itinerary
* English speaking professional Tour guide
* Hotel Taxes
Not Included
* All Personal Expenses e.g. telephone bills, laundry etc.
* Items not listed above as included
* Plane Tickets
* Visa
* Travel Insurance
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THINGS TO BRING WITH YOU
- Travel with US currency notes that are 2013-year series and beyond. We advise that you carry $100 and $50 bills as they have higher exchange rates than the lower bills.
- Washcloths, because most hotels don’t give guests washcloths.
- European electrical systems are used in Ghana, so please bring adapters (220v) for phones and other electronics.
- Bring snacks with you because you might not always find food during long rides between destinations.
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HEALTH ADVISORIES
- Before you leave your home country, please get the required Yellow Fever vaccinations. You should also see your doctor to get malaria tablets.
- Bring plenty of insect repellent and sunscreen. Bring all your must-have prescription medicine needed during the trip. You will be walking a lot in very hot weather, so bring a hat and comfortable walking shoes.
- Sanitary conditions in most places (bathrooms, restaurants etc.) are not always up to Western standards or what you are accustomed to, so please bring disinfectant wipes (Clorox, Lysol, etc.) and antibacterial hand sanitizer/wipes.
