Ghana ITINERARY MARCH 15 to MARCH 26 2025

•  4425.00 USD...Based on Double Occupancy--pay with Zelle sankofa.c@gmail.com

Day 1 - Departure from New York/Newark, NJ en route to Accra, Ghana. Meals on flight.

Day 2 - Arrive in the capital city of Accra, the largest city in Ghana with over 3 million residents. It’s a bustling city full of commerce, marketplaces, music and energy. Travel to Elmina by modern air-conditioned bus. Overnight in our hotel in Elmina. Dinner not provided. Let's go out for a hot meal before bed.

Day 3 - Visit Elmina Castle and the environs with salt mines in the morning after breakfast. This is the second largest of three castles on the coast of Ghana situated in the Central region of the country. Enjoy the beach, surf and people. Cape Coast Castle is the largest and most famous of the three edifices which housed captured Africans before they were transported across the Atlantic Ocean. Overnight in our hotel. B/D

Day 4Visit Assin Praso,the river crossing and path where our ancestors walked en route to the slave dungeons; visit Assin Manso where our Ancestors took their Last Bath before boarding the infamous slave ships. Visit Anomabo to see Fort William, a lesser known, but very important slave castle. Visit one of two hanging bridges of its kind in the world at Kakum Forest National Park. Overnight in our hotel. B/D

  
Day 5 -Western Region to Nzulezo. Village People on stilts Overnight in our resort/hotel. B/D 

 Day 6 Full rest day in hotel/resort B/D

Day 7 - Early morning journey to Kumasi, the seat of the Ashanti Kingdom and the home of the kente weavers, where we will visit the museum of Okomfo Anokye (founder of the Ashanti Kingdom) and the sword he placed in the ground over 300 years ago to maintain the unity of the State. Visit the Kente Village near Kumasi. Overnight in our hotel 

l. B/D

Day 8 - Full day in Kumasi to visit the Arts and Crafts Village; the Manhyia Palace Museum; see the statue of Yaa Asantewaa, the Queen Mother who successfully fought off a Portuguese invasion. In the afternoon, a visit to the natural lake. Overnight in our hotel. B/D

Day 9- - Drive back to Accra. Rest day. Overnight in our hotel. B/D

Day 10- Full day visit to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's Monument and the W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture. Overnight in our hotel. B/D

Day 11 - Early departure for the US. Meals on flight. Arrive in Newark, NJ/NYC. B

 Sign up for: Double occupancy  Price per

person: (2   per room)  $4,425.00 

Single (1   per room)  $4,425.00  Plus  single supplement $725.00 = 5150.00

 Child (Age 2-11

sharing with 2 adults)

$3,850.00

NOTE: INITIAL DEPOSIT of $300.00 is non-refundable. 

Payment schedule below is based on Double Occupancy.

     Pymt SCHEDULE    

PAYMENT SCHEDULE for Double Occupancy cost of 4425.00 per person.

INITIAL (non-refundable) DEPOSIT per person: $300.00 – August 15, 2024

August 15, 2024        300.00

September  15, 2024    687.50

October   15, 2024----- 687.50

November   15, 2024.   687.50

December  15, 2024       687.5

January  15, 2025            687.50

February 15, 2025             687.50

Please secure visas prior to travel and make sure passport name and visa name correspond. For further info https://ghanaconsulatenewyork.org/gcn/VisaApplication. aspx

All inclusive package 

NOTICE

We will do our best to match tour members with roommates, however, we cannot promise a share. Tour members must pay the single rate if no roommate is available or if your roommate cancels.

 B = Breakfast , L = Lunch, D = Dinner

1. (B & D are full meals served buffet-style) 

Dr. Crawford's  Ghana  Tour MARCH 15 to MARCH 26,  2025 

INCLUDES:

•  Round trip International air from NYC/ACCRA/NYC
•  Domestic transportation in air-conditioned buses
•  Double (2 adults per room)  Modern  and  5 star  hotels based on twin bedded rooms with bath
•   Single (1 adult per room) accommodations.  Single supplement extra 
•  2 meals daily throughout (starting day 3 of the tour)
•  All transfers with assistance and portage
•  Sightseeing as per itinerary including entrance fees
•   All services charges, hotel taxes, and tips
•  English-speaking guides
•  Prof. Crawford's as main guide and resident historian

NOT INCLUDED IN TOUR COST:

TRAVEL VISA

A Visa is mandatory for travel to Ghana  for  US citizens (please obtain in  obtained in the US)

Ecowas passport holders get visa on landing if required. 

Non-US and US citizens should contact the nearest Ghanian  Consulate for Visa fees. 

Please secure visas prior to travel and make sure that passport name 

and visa name correspond.

INSURANCE  

 WE STRONGLY SUGGEST TRAVEL INSURANCE to safeguard your trip against severe penalties and cancellations.

You will receive insurance information once you submit your deposit. 

AIRPORT EXIT TAXES

 BEVERAGES WITH MEALS / LUNCH

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS / BEVERAGES

PERSONAL SERVICES AND EXPENSES

TRAVEL INSURANCE

TRAVEL VISA

OPTIONAL NON-REFUNDABLE TOURS / EXCURSIONS  in Ghana

CONDITIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES

Dr. Crawford/Sankofa World Tours, and/or its agents act only as agents for the passenger with respect to the hotels, transportation (whether by air, rail, steamship, limousine, or motorcoach), sightseeing, sporting activity (for example: scuba diving, snorkeling, fishing, golfing, tennis) and other services, and as such holds itself free of liability for any death, delays, accidents, injuries, or damages from any cause whatsoever. Nor shall Dr. Crawford/Sankofa World Tours and/ or it agents, have or incur any other liability. Further, Dr. Crawford/Sankofa World Tours, and/or its agents accept no responsibility for losses, damages or delays occasioned by sickness, strike, act of war, quarantine, weather or other acts beyond our control Dr. Crawford/Sankofa World Tours and/or its agents accept no responsibility for the loss of personal items. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO CHANGE ITINERARIES WITHOUT PENALTY WHEN CONSISTENT WITH THE INTERESTS OF THE TOUR. The right is reserved to decline to accept or retain any tour member at any time without penalty to Dr. Crawford/Sankofa World Tours and/or its agents. Any abusive and/or disruptive behavior by travelers could result in them being sent back to the USA or their respective countries before the tour is over without penalty to Dr. Crawford/Sankofa World Tours and/or its agents. Further, Dr. Crawford/Sankofa World Tours, and airlines used in connection with this tour are not to be held responsible for any act, omission or event during the time the passengers are not on board the aircraft. The passenger tickets in use by the airline(s) when issued shall constitute the sole contract between airline(s) and the purchaser of these tickets and/or passenger.  Further, our tours are videotaped onsite therefore; anyone who does not want to be taped should make every effort to stay out of the camera   Dr. Crawford/Sankofa World Tours do not assume responsibility for any errors or omissions in the contents of this brochure. Payment of deposit for this tour signifies full understanding and acceptance of the above-mentioned conditions.