AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS
PRESENTS
GHANA REPATRIATION & INVESTMENT TOUR
May 24 - June 6, 2017
Welcome to the journey of a lifetime everyone. Join us for a real cultural experience on an incredible 4 Region tour throughout Ghana, West Africa. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to reconnect with our people, land, enjoy paradise in the tropics, networking with the group, and learn about the roots, culture, repatriation, investment opportunities and more. Africa is the future; see you in the motherland.
DAY 1 WEDNESDAY MAY 24 DEPART ATLANTA to ACCRA via AMSTERDAM
Meet and greet 4PM at Departure gate at Delta International Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport in Georgia. Flight departs at 5:50PM on Delta Airlines flight # DL 72 to Amsterdam, Netherlands and arrive the next day May 25 at 8.30AM.
DAY 2 THURSDAY MAY 25 AMSTERDAM/ WELCOME to ACCRA, GHANA
Meet and greet 1PM at KLM Ghana Departure gate at Amsterdam Airport. Flight depart at 3:25PM on KLM Airlines flight # KL 589 to Accra, Ghana. Arrive at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana at 8:05PM. Transfer to Miklin hotel. Brief orientation and various night life options. Overnight at Miklin hotel. www.miklinhotels.com
DAY 3 FRIDAY MAY 26 ACCRA CITY TOUR
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Leave hotel for Accra City tour including Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, the Culture Center, Independence Square, George Padmore Library and the WEB Dubois Center. 5PM Dinner then 6PM Repatriation and Investment Conference with Africans born in the Diaspora and local business people. Social gathering for night life at Chez Afriq Restaurant in the neighborhood. Enjoy the scenery, live music and networking. Overnight at Miklin hotel.
DAY 4 SATURDAY MAY 27 ABURI & TUTU MOUNTAINS/ LEGON
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Leave hotel for Aburi and Tutu in the Mountains. 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 botanical gardens. Shop at Aburi Wood Carving Village. Visit University of Ghana for campus tour. 6PM enjoy Dinner and night life at Bomani's City Jam out in Accra at Afrikiko Leisure Center Restaurant. Enjoy an incredible Ghanaian buffet and live music. Overnight at Miklin hotel. www.miklinhotels.com
DAY 5 SUNDAY MAY 28 TECHIMAN - BRONG AHAFO REGION
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Check out of the Miklin hotel. Depart for Techiman in the Brong Ahafo region. Enjoy group discussions, documentaries and relaxation time on the way to Techiman in the Brong Ahafo region. Check into Premier Palace hotel. Welcome reception with dinner and various night life options. Overnight at Premier Palace hotel. www.premierpalace-hotel.com
DAY 6 MONDAY MAY 29 TECHIMAN & KINTAMPO
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Leave hotel for city tour, visit Boabeng Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, Hiking and sightseeing at Kintampo waterfalls. 6PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at Premier Palace hotel.
DAY 7 TUESDAY MAY 30 TECHIMAN to KUMASI - ASHANTI REGION
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Check out of Premier Palace hotel. Welcome reception with lunch and live cultural entertainment hosted by Nunet of Benu Village. Enjoy group discussions, documentaries and relaxation time on the way to Kumasi in the Ashanti region. Check into the Noda hotel. 6PM Dinner, social gathering with group and various night life options. Overnight at the Noda hotel in Kumasi. www.nodahotel.com
DAY 8 WEDNESDAY MAY 31 KUMASI
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Leave hotel for Kumasi City Tour and Neighboring Craft Villages including Ntonso for Kente Weaving and Adinkra, Printing, Wood Carving village and Bonwire the famous Kente cloth weaving village. Lunch and more shopping at the Culture Center. Drive through the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology. 6PM Dinner and social gathering with group. Night life at Bomani's Pool Tournament Jam. Overnight at the Noda hotel.
DAY 9 THURSDAY JUNE 1 ASSIN MANSO/ ELMINA/ CAPE COAST
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Check out of the Noda hotel. 9AM Youth Institute of Science & Technology School supplies presentation. Depart for Assin Manso Old slave fort. Drive through the Cape Coast University for Campus Tour. 6PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at the One Africa Resort or The Almond Tree Guest house. www.oneafricaghana.com or www.almond3.com
DAY 10 FRIDAY JUNE 2 KAKUM/ ELMINA
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 9AM Depart from One Africa Resort to visit the Akoma International Academy of Arts & Science in Ayensudo, Elmina. Return to One Africa for leisure in paradise or journey with us to the Canopy walk and hike tour of Kakum National Park. 6PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at the One Africa Resort or The Almond Tree Guest house.
www.akomainternationalacademy.com
DAY 11 SATURDAY JUNE 3 ELMINA/ CAPE COAST
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 9AM Depart for the Cape Coast or Elmina 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.
Naming ceremony on One Africa beach front. 6PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at the One Africa Resort or The Almond Tree Guest house. www.oneafricaghana.com or www.almond3.com
DAY 12 SUNDAY JUNE 4 ELMINA/ ACCRA
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 9AM Check out of One Africa Resort or The Almond Tree Guest House for an afternoon return to Accra. Before returning to hotel enjoy an afternoon at Bojo Beach for lunch, leisure and optional swimming. 6PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at Miklin hotel. www.miklinhotels.com
DAY 13 MONDAY JUNE 5 ACCRA
Free day good for final shopping leisure and more. 5PM Dinner then 6PM Repatriation and Investment Conference. Enjoy various night life options. Overnight at Miklin hotel.
DAY 14 TUESDAY JUNE 6 DEPART ACCRA to ATLANTA via AMSTRERDAM
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 to leave for Accra Airport. 10:10PM depart on KLM flight # KL 590 flight to Amsterdam in Netherlands. Arrive at 7AM Wednesday June 7. Depart AMS at 10:45 to ATL on Delta Airlines flight # DL 73 and arrive in Atlanta at 2PM.
(Note this itinerary may change slightly for logistic and operational efficiency)
Hotels that we are staying at in Ghana from May 25-June 6, 2017
Miklin hotel in Accra (May 25-27 and June 4 & 5)
Premiere Palace hotel in Techiman (May 28 & 29)
The Noda hotel in Kumasi (May 30 & 31)
One Africa Resort in Elmina (June 1-3)
The Almond Tree Guest house (June 1-3)
www.almond3.com
Ghana Embassy
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
For questions and additional info visit our website www.africafortheafricans.org and
Contact Tour Organizer: Bomani Tyehimba at (404) 931-9429 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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