AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS

PRESENTS

GHANA REPATRIATION & INVESTMENT TOUR

October 29 - November 11, 2014

 

Greetings African family join us for a real African experience on an incredible 4 Region tour in Ghana, West Africa. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to reconnect with our people, land, enjoy paradise in the tropics, network with group, learn about the roots, culture, repatriation, investment opportunities and more. Africa is our future; see you in the motherland. 

  

 

DAY 1 WEDNESDAY OCT 29 DEPART JFK, NYC TO ACCRA via AMSTERDAM

Meet and greet 4PM at Departure gate at Delta International Terminal at JFK Airport in New York City. Flight departs at 5:26PM on Delta Airlines flight # DL 205 to Amsterdam, Netherlands and arrive the next day Oct 30 at 5.55AM. 

 

DAY 2 THURSDAY OCT 30 AMSTERDAM/ WELCOME TO ACCRA, GHANA

Meet and greet 12:30PM at KLM Ghana Departure gate at Amsterdam Airport. Flight departs at 2:05PM on KLM Airlines flight # KL 589 for Accra, Ghana. Arrive at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana at 7:55PM. Transfer to the Miklin Hotel. Brief orientation and various night life options. Overnight at Miklin Hotel. www.miklin-gh.com 

 

DAY 3 FRIDAY OCT 31 ACCRA CITY TOUR

Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM leave Hotel for Accra City tour including; The WEB Dubois Center, George Padmore Library, Independence Square, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and the Arts Center. 6PM Dinner/ Repatriation and Co-Operative Investments Network gathering with Africans born in the Diaspora and local business people. Enjoy night at Bomani's Birthday JAM. Overnight at Miklin Hotel. 

 

 

DAY 4 SATURDAY NOV 1 ABURI & TUTU MOUNTAINS/ LEGON

Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Leave for Aburi. Stop by Rita Marley house to take pictures outside, Visit Trinity Home Foundation a School in Tutu to donate school supplies. Take a walk through Aburi botanic gardens. Visit University of Ghana campus. 6PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at Miklin Hotel. www.miklin-gh.com

 

DAY 5 SUNDAY NOV 2 AKOSUMBO/ LAND OPPORTUNITY

Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Check out of the Miklin Hotel. Depart early for land opportunity site in the Eastern Regions by Lake Volta called Fihankra, this is a landsite in Akosombo, Eastern Region. www.fihankrainternationalproject.org

Enjoy a day of leisure on the ultimate getaway at this resort in paradise on lake Volta. Overnight at Afrikiko River Front Resort. Dinner and various night life options. www.afrikikoriverfrontresort.com

 

DAY 6 MONDAY NOV 3 AKOSUMBO/ PARADISE ON LAKE VOLTA

 Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. Afrikiko Resort Getaway Jam: Boat ride on Lake Volta while viewing the Volta Dam. Enjoy the rest of the day on the ultimate getaway at this resort in paradise on lake Volta. 6PM Dinner and Night in paradise jam. Overnight at Afrikiko River Front Resort.

   

DAY 7 TUESDAY NOV 4 KOFORIDUA/ AGOGO/ KUMASI

 Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Check out of Afrikiko River Front Resort. Sightseeing drive through Koforidua in the Eastern Region. Vist the Youth Institute of Science & Technology in Agogo to donate school supplies. Continue onto Kumasi in the Ashanti region. Check into the  Sillicon  Hotel. 6PM Dinner and social gathering with group. Overnight at the Silicon Hotel in Kumasi. www.siliconhotel.com

 

DAY 8 WEDNESDAY NOV 5 KUMASI

 Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Leave Hotel for Kumasi City Tour and neighboring Craft Villages; Ntonso for Kente Weaving and Adinkra, Printing, Wood Carving village and Bonwire the famous Kente cloth weaving village. Drive through the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology. 6PM Dinner and social gathering with group. Overnight at the  Silicon Hotel.

  

DAY 9 THURSDAY NOV 6 ASSIN MANSO/ ELMINA/ CAPE COAST

 Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Check out of the  Silicon Hotel. Depart for Assin Manso Old slave fort. Drive through the Cape Coast University. 6PM Welcome Dinner celebration of our visit at One Africa. Enjoy various night life options. Overnight at the One Africa Resort. www.oneafricaghana.com  

 

DAY 10 FRIDAY NOV 7 KAKUM/ ELMINA

 Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Depart from One Africa Resort to visit the Akoma International Academy of Arts & Science in Ayensudo, Elmina. Return to One Africa for cooking class or an afternoon of leisure in paradise or journey with us to the Canopy walk tour of Kakum National Park. 6PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at the One Africa Resort. www.akomainternationalacademy.com

 

DAY 11 SATURDAY NOV 8 ELMINA/ CAPE COAST

 Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Naming ceremony on One Africa beach front then depart for the Elmina and Cape Coast Holocaust Dungeons where many of our ancestors were held prior to shipment across the Atlantic during the slave trade after going through the Door of no return. 6PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at One Africa Resort. www.oneafricaghana.com  

  

DAY 12 SUNDAY NOV 9 WINNEBA/ ACCRA

 Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Check out of One Africa Resort. Tour & Lunch at Rock Top Beach Hotel in Winneba. Depart for afternoon return to Accra. 6PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at the Miklin Hotel. www.miklin-gh.com 

   

DAY 13 MONDAY NOV 10 ACCRA

 Free day good for final shopping leisure and more. 8AM departure for group members interested in signing up for bank/ investment accounts at UBA (United Bank for Africa) at their Ghana Corporate building in Accra. www.ubagroup.com. 5PM Dinner. 6PM Repatriation and Co-Operative Investments Network gathering. Enjoy various night life options. Overnight at Miklin Hotel. 

   

DAY 14 TUESDAY NOV 11 DEPART ACCRA TO NEW YORK CITY

 Free day. Check out of your room by 12PM and move all bags to the designated departure room on the 1st floor. Dinner at 4PM with a 5PM Check out of the Miklin Hotel and leave for Accra Airport. 10:10PM depart on Delta Airlines flight # DL 479 direct flight to JFK Airport in New York City arrive at 4:34AM Wednesday Nov 12.

  

 

(Note this itinerary may change slightly & Price is subject to change)

 (Please read the General Terms and Conditions of this Tour)

  

 

 Hotels that we are staying at in Ghana

 Miklin Hotel in Accra

 www.miklin-gh.com 

 Afrikiko River Front Resort in Akosombo

 www.afrikikoriverfrontresort.com

 The Silicon Hotel in Kumasi  

 www.siliconhotel.com

 One Africa Guest House in Elmina

 www.oneafricaghana.com

 

 Ghana websites

www.ghanaweb.com

www.info-ghana.com

www.ghanamartplaza.com

www.panafest.org/home.html

www.thejosephproject.com

www.ghana50.gov.gh/ghana50/index.php

http://business.everythinghana.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

 

Ghana Embassy

www.ghana-embassy.org

 About Ghana

www.ghana-embassy.org/corp_div_embassy3.cfm?BrandsID=49

 

Maps of Ghana

www.library.yale.edu/~fboateng/ghana2.gif

www.tanguydlv.free.fr/Pays/Carte-Ghana.gif

 

Map of Africa

www.library.northwestern.edu/africana/map/

 

Maps of West Africa

www.cpj.org/Briefings/2000/Bekoutou/africa_pol98.jpg

www.afropop.org/img/wa/m/wstafmap.gif

   

Land opportunity in Ghana

Fihankra landsite Akosombo, Eastern Region

www.fihankrainternational.org

  

For questions and additional info contact Tour Organizer:

Bomani Tyehimba (404) 931-9429 and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.