GHANA, TOGO & BENIN

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GHANA, TOGO & BENIN
   
DAY 01 TRAVEL TO ACCRA, GHANA
Depart for your flight to West Africa.

DAY 02 ACCRA, GHANA
Arrive Accra. Your tour guide will escort you to your hotel. Evening to rest.
La Palm Royal Hotel Dinner

DAY 03 ACCRA/CAPE-COAST/ELMINA
Visit the slave dungeons of Elmina & Cape Coast castles. Spend the rest of the day relaxing by the sea.
Coconut Grove Hotel Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner

DAY 04 ELMINA/ACCRA
Drive to a village near Elmina. Return to Accra.
La Palm Royal Hotel Breakfast-Lunch

DAY 05 ACCRA

Take a city tour of Accra. See historical sites including W.E.B. Dubois Museum, Makola Market, ?Precious Minerals for Gold Jewelry? and Art Galleries.
There is also the National Museum, the Independence Square, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and the Art & Crafts Bazaar.
La Palm Royal Hotel Breakfast

DAY 06 ACCRA/KUMASI

Take a scenic drive to Kumasi, home of the Ashanti People. Visit the Craft Market, Ahwiaa and Ntonso where the fertility dolls, stools, wood carvings and the Adinkra Fabrics are made. See the Military Museum and other historical sights.
Rexmar Hotel Breakfast-Lunch

DAY 07 KUMASI/ACCRA
On the way to Accra, stop over at Bonwire, the village where the famous Kente fabric is believed to have originated. Continue on to Accra.
La Palm Royal Hotel Breakfast-Lunch

DAY 08 ACCRA/LOME,TOGO
Meet your Benin tour guide at the Ghana /Togo Border. Welcome to Togo,
appropriately nicknamed the ?Smile of Africa?. Tour the city of Lome. check-in at the
2 Feviere Hotel Breakfast Lunch-Dinner

DAY 09 LOME/COTONOU, BENIN/GANVIE

After shopping and the fetish market, depart for Cotonou. Stop for lunch at the Marox Restaurant. Arrive Togo/Benin Border. Depart for Ganvie, the Venice of Africa.
Visit lovers? lane, the floating market, homes on stilts and watch traditional dances on the lake. Check in to your hotel.
Benin Sheraton Hotel Breakfast-Lunch

DAY 10 PORTO-NOVO/SHOPPING
Porto-Novo is known for their museums. See the very interesting Ethnographic
Museum. Pay a courtesy visit to the Superior chief of Zangbeto (traditional night
guardian) and Zangbeto dancers. Lunch at the Restaurant Edelweiss. Buy your fabric and have the tailors make your outfits. They will be ready before you depart.
Benin Sheraton Hotel Breakfast-Lunch

DAY 11 OUIDAH
To European slave traders, Ouidah was the most important port in Benin. It is also the birthplace of Voodoo. Visit the Sacred Forest of Kpasse, Sacred Temple of Pythons, the chief superior of the voodoo cult in Benin. Witness a traditional voodoo ceremony.
Sheraton Hotel Breakfast-Lunch

DAY 12 ABOMEY

Visit the Abomey compound and museum, then continue to the Hotel Abomey for lunch. Maybe you will have a chance to see the Amazone women dance the
traditional war dance. There is a lot of history and love here.
Sheraton Hotel Breakfast-Lunch

DAY 13 COTONOU
Enjoy a leisurely day or go shopping. You can say good-bye to your hosts at your farewell dinner tonight.
Sheraton Hotel Breakfast-Dinner

DAY 15 COTONOU/HOME