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Day 1 July 20 |
Departure from NYC in the
evening unto Accra, Ghana (meals on flight) |
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Day 2
July 21 |
Arrive in Accra me and greet with
guide, taken to hotel. Accra is the largest city in
Ghana with over 3 million residents. It is bustling
city full of commerce and market place with lots of
energy and musical sounds. Overnight in our
hotel |
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Day 3
July 22 |
City Tour of Accra to Dr. Kwame
Nkrumah's Monument and W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial
Centre for Pan African
Culture. Travel to Cape Coast by modern air
condition bus. Overnight in our hotel
B/D |
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Day 4
July 23 |
Cape Coast Castle visit
in the morning after breakfast. This castle is the
largest and most famous of the three edifices which
housed captured Africans before they were
transported across the Atlantic Ocean....Free
Afternoon. Enjoy the beach, surf and people. In the
Evening there are lots of
10th Panafest Events
TBA Overnight
in our hotel B/D |
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Day 5
July 24 |
Visit Elmina Castle and the environs. This is the second largest of
three castles on the coast of Ghana situated in the Central region
of the country. Visit to Elmina Market place to mingle and shop with
your brothers and sisters. 10th Panafest
Event. TBA Overnight
in our hotel. B/D |
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Day 6
July 25 |
Grand Opening Ceremony welcoming Panafest attendees from the
Diasopra (Cape Coast Castle). Grand Durbar of Chiefs. The grand
Durbar is an stellar event one must have be witness with several
paramount chiefs clad in Adinkra cloth and very colorful Kente. The
jewelry on these personage is plentiful and sumptuous.
10th Panafest Event
TBA Overnight in our hotel.
B/D |
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Day 7
July 26 |
Visit to one of two hanging bridges of its kind in the world at
Kakum forest National Park. This is an experience we cannot miss.
See the pristine rainfall forest as old as time. Crocodile
Pond--Hans Cottage.10th Panafest Event
TBA Overnight in our hotel.B/D |
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Day 8
July 27 |
Early morning journey to Kumasi the seat of the Ashanti Kingdom and
home of the Kente weavers, plus the Place of the Asantehene. On the
way we will visit Assin Prasso, the river crossing and the path
where our ancestors walked before being held in captivity before the
horrific holding dungeons and the Atlantic crossing.
10th Panafest Event
TBA Overnight in our hotel |
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Day 9
July 28 |
Full day in Kumasi to visit the Museum, Arts and Crafts Village, the Manhyia
Palace Museum, possibly meet the Asantehene, See the Yaa Asantewaa's statue and Kente
weaving village to get your special kente cloth and much more.
Go out at night to party. 10th Panafest
Event TBA Overnight in
our hotel. B/D |
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Day 10
July 29 |
Return to Cape Coast. via Anomabo Castle and visit
J. W Essel
School—10th
Panafest Event
TBA
Overnight in our
hotel. B/D |
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Day 11
July 30- |
Early morning journey to
the Western Region to visit Nzulezu—a
village on stilts in the river
10th Panafest Event TBA
Overnight in our hotel. B/D |
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Day 12
July 31 |
Free Day/ Redemption March and Candle Light parade.10th
Panafest Event TBA Overnight
in our hotel.B/D |
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Day 13
August 1 |
Emancipation Day Celebration. Early morning Assiin Manso the last
Bath and Grand Durbar and lots of fun 10th
Panafest Event TBA
Overnight in our hotel. B/D |
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Day 14
August 2 |
Leave for Accra. Spend the day shopping and sightseeing.
Overnight in our hotel. B/D |
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Day 15
August 3 |
Free Day for last minute shopping
and departure for the US. B
Meals on Flight |
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Day 16
August 4 |
Arrival at JFK airport |