SEVEN (7) DAYS GHANA HISTORICAL TOUR

DAY 1 -- ARRIVE IN ACCRA

• Arrive at Kotaka International Airport, transfer and check into hotel.
• Visit Independence Square (also known as Black Star Square), home of Arch and flame of African Liberation. Continue to the Kwame Knrumah Memorial, the mausoleum of Ghana's first President. (please not afternoon arrivals will visit these sites on the 7th day.
• Evening at Leisure. Overnight at The Novotel Accra City Centre Hotel or similar.

DAY 2 – ACCRA (Meals Included - Breakfast)

• Tour James Town, a part of ACCRA featuring colonial era architecture including 1 30 km high lighthouse Fort James.
• Continue to Usher Town, where you will see Fort Ushser, a former prison where Kwame Nkrumah was once held. See Osu Castle (also known as Christiansbourg Castle) constructed by Denmark in the 1600's and the seat of government from 1876 to the present.
• Continue to the National Theater to see a display of traditional instruments and carvings including Male and female handcrafted drums. See the traditional crafts and other ethnographic displays at Museum.
• Overnight at the Novotel Accra City Centre Hotel or Similar

DAY 3 -- CAPE COAST (Meals Included - Breakfast)

• After breakfast, depart Accra for Cape Coast,, Tour Elmina Castle, a Unesco World Heritage site build in 1842. This castle was the first European structure in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Continue to Cape Coast Castle and the Castle Museum for a guided tour. Cape Coast Castle is another restored UNESCO World heritage Site, and one of the departure points for Africans being sent to the Americas. The castle is home to the infamous Door of No Return.
• Overnight Elmina Beach Resort of Similar

DAY 4 -- CAPE COAST/KUMASI (Meals Included - Breakfast)

• After breakfast, depart Cape Coast Visit the Ndonkor Nsuo (Slave River) in Assin Manson where captured and Africans had their last bath before confined and await their departure to the Americas.
• Arrive in Kumasi, where you will visit the Prempreh II Jubilee Museum named for the former Acanthine (ruler of the Ashanti people) Nana Osei Agyeman Prempreh II. Exhibits include what is said to be a replica of the famed Golden Stool, which is believed to have descended from the sky and is the spiritual symbol of the Ashanti people.
• In the afternoon, continue to see the Okomfo Anokye Sword, ad important symbol of Ashantee unity that marks the spot where the Golden Stool descended from the sky and has been in place for 300 years.Legend says the Ashanti kingdom would collapse should the sword ever be removed.
• Visit Marniya Palace, which remains in use by the Asantehene today and houses a small historical museum.
• Over night at Sir Max hotel of (similar)

DAY 5 -- KUMASI (Meals Included - Breakfast)

• After breakfast,visit Kumasi Central Market (also known as Kejetia Market) the largest open air market in West Africa where more than 10,000 vendors sell just about everything imaginable.
• Tour Kumasi Fort, completed by the British in 1897 and the site of the Ashanti Rebellion initiated by Queen Mother Yaa Asantewaa in 1900. View a collection of weapons, photos and memorabilia.
• Return to Accra in the afternoon. Overnight at Sir Max Hotel or (similar)

DAY 6 -- ACCRA (Meals Included - Breakfast)

• Visit the WEB Du Bois Center, the former home and burial place of WEB DU BOIS now transformed into a research center and library.
• In the afternoon, visit the University of Ghana, home to a library filled with colonial era books and documents, and the Museum of Archeology where you will see displays on ancient crafts, human prehistory, Elmina Castle and more.
• Overnight at Novotel Accra City Centre Hotel or (similar)

DAY 7 -- ACCRA/DEPART (Meals Included - Breakfast)

• Visit Independence Square (also known as Black Star Square) home of Independence Arch and the Flame of African Liberation.
• Continue to the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial, the mausoleum of Ghana's first President. (Please note morning departures will have already visited these sites on Day 1).
• Afternoon at leisure. Depart to airport for onward flight.

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DISCOVER SENEGAL SEVEN (7) DAYS

DAY 1 -- ARRIVE IN DAKAR- SENEGAL

• International flight arrives Dakar. You are met, assisted and transferred to your hotel. Day at leisure relax and refresh.
• Overnight at Novotel Dakar or (similar)

DAY 2 -- DAKAR (Meals Included - Breakfast)

• Today go on  a tour of Metropolitan Dakar. Visit the colorful markets including Tilen Market, famous for a variety of medicinal herbs and traditional healers.
• Visit the National Art Gallery and the picturesque district of Medina.

DAY 3 -- GOREE ISLAND (Meals Included - Breakfast)

• Visit the world heritage Site of Goree Island. Tour includes a visit to the ethnographic museum and lecture of the curator on the history of Goree Island.

DAY 4 -- DAKAR/ ST. LOUIS (Meals Included – Breakfast, Dinner)

• A tour of Pink Lake, a rare natural phenomena caused by a unique combination of microorganism and high concentration of salts which gives the lake its pink color. Interact with the "Salt Harvesters" 
• Continue the afternoon of St. Louis, Senegal's former French Colonial Capital.
• Overnight at The Residence or (Similar)

DAY 5 -- ST. LOUIS (Meals Included – Breakfast, Dinner)

• Tour of St.Louis, the former colonial capital of Senegal which still has the appearance of an old provincial town - circa 1800's. Explore the narrow streets flanked by houses with carved wooden balconies and verandas.
• Overnight at The residence of Similar

DAY 6 -- NATIONAL BIRD SANCTUARY/DAKAR (Meals Included – Breakfast)

• Today reroute to Dakar, visit the National Bird Sanctuary which has a vast array birds included pelicans, ducks flamingoes among others.
• Continue to Dakar for dinner and overnight.
• Overnight at Novotel Dakar or Similar

DAY 7 -- DEPARTURE HOME (Meals Included – Breakfast)

• Morning at leisure before departing for your destination

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DISCOVER SOUTH AFRICA 8 DAYS

DAY 1 -- JOHANNESBURG

• International flight arrives in Johannesburg. You will meet, assisted and transferred to your hotel.
• In the afternoon, depart on a tour to Soweto.

DAY 2 -- JOHANNESBURG/ KRUGER NATIONAL PARK (Meals Included – Breakfast, Dinner)

• Depart Johannesburg along the N4 Highway towards Mpumalanga Province. Spend the day exploring this beautiful region. Enjoy the magnificent view from God's Window across the Blyde Lowveld, the natural splendor of Bourke's Potholes and quaint old mining town of Pilgrims Rest.
• Enter the world famous Kruger Park.

DAY 3 -- KRUGER NATIONAL PARK (Meals Included – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

• Enjoy a full day of games viewing in open vehicles in search of the "BIG FIVE" namely lions, elephant buffaloes, rhinos and leopards. During the heat of the day, stop for a leisurely lunch at one or the camps.
• Return to the camp in time for dinner.

DAY 4 -- KRUGER NATIONAL PARK/JOHANNESBURG (Meals Included – Breakfast)

• Starting at dawn and do a thorough morning drive taking in as much as possible on this your last day in the Park. By this time hopefully you have caught a glimpse of elusive Leopard.
• Have breakfast and depart thereafter for the scenic drive towards Johannesburg. Explore the Mpuma Panorama route, and along the way we visit some breathtaking views and spectacular scenery. Our first stop is God's Window, an over whelming beautiful viewpoint with a 100m drop in the "Loweveld" at Bourke's Luck Potholes, the Blyde (happy) and the Treur (sad) Rivers meet up and a magnificent display in the Blyde River Canyon. We stroll back in time, down the historic main street of Pilgrim's Rest. It takes us back to the days when dreamers and desperadoes from around the world converged on this little known valley in a hectic scramble for the riches that lay beneath its grassy hillsides.
• Return to Johannesburg.

DAY 5 -- JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN (Meals Included – Breakfast)

• Enjoy a few hours of shopping alone of the shopping malls in Rosebank or Sandton before being transferred to the Johannesburg International Airport for your flight to Cape Town.

DAY 6 -- CAPE TOWN (Meals Included – Breakfast)

· Early morning, take the cable car to the Table Mountain (weather permits) for a fabulous view of Cape Town and the Cape Peninsular.

· In the afternoon, depart by ferry to Robben Island for a tour of the Island and prison where Nelson Mandela spent 26 years.

DAY 7 -- CAPE TOWN (Meals Included – Breakfast)

· Enjoy Africa's Premier route to the romantic meeting place of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Sir Francis Drake, the explorer, called it "the fairest Cape the we saw in the circumference to the Globe". This tour offers a full and excited day our visiting Hout Bay, Chapman's Peak, Cape Point Nature reserve Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope, Penguin Colony, the Fish Hoek Gallery, Simonstown, Constantia and the world famous Kirstenbosch Gardens.

DAY 8 -- CAPE TOWN /DEPART (Meals Included – Breakfast)

• This tour of the wine lands is unique as its one of the few that visit the areas of Paarl, Franschoek and Stellenbosch. Enjoy wine tasting in the Stellenbosch area and a visit to the town that includes the village Museum.
• Afternoon transfer to Cape Town International Airport for flight to Johannesburg to connect to your onward flight.

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