AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS
PRESENTS
GHANA REPATRIATION & INVESTMENT TOUR
May 23 - June 5, 2018
Welcome to the journey of a lifetime everyone. Join us for a real cultural experience on an incredible 5 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 23 DEPART ATLANTA to ACCRA via AMSTERDAM
Meet and greet 3:30 PM at Departure gate at Delta International Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport in Georgia. Flight departs at 5:28 PM on Delta Airlines flight # DL 72 to Amsterdam, Netherlands and arrive the next day May 24 at 8.05 AM.
DAY 2 THURSDAY MAY 24 AMSTERDAM/ WELCOME to ACCRA, GHANA
Meet and greet 1:30 PM at KLM Ghana Departure gate at Amsterdam Airport. Flight depart at 3:25 PM on KLM Airlines flight # KL 589 to Accra, Ghana. Arrive at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana at 7:50 PM. Our Ghana staff will escort us from baggage claim or Airport exit to bus after 9 PM for a 15 mins drive to transfer to Miklin hotel. Brief orientation and various night life options. Overnight at Miklin hotel. www.miklinhotels.com
DAY 3 FRIDAY MAY 25 ACCRA CITY TOUR – INVESTMENT CONFERENCE
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8 AM Leave hotel for Accra City tour including Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, the Culture Center, Independence Square, George Padmore Library and the WEB Dubois Center. 5:30 PM Dinner then 6:30 - 8:30 PM 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, great music and networking. Overnight at Miklin hotel.
DAY 4 SATURDAY MAY 26 ABURI & TUTU MOUNTAINS/ LEGON
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8 AM Leave hotel for a 45 mins to 1 hour drive to Aburi and Tutu in the Mountains. Stop by Rita Marley Studio and Foundation to take pictures outside. Visit Trinity Home Foundation a School in Tutu to donate school supplies. Shop at Aburi Wood Carving Village. Take a walk through Aburi botanical gardens. Visit University of Ghana for campus tour. 7 PM enjoy Dinner and night life at Bomani's City Jam out in East Legon at Jam Rock Restaurant. Enjoy an incredible Ghanaian/Jamaican buffet with a great music and social gathering. Overnight at Miklin hotel.www.miklinhotels.com
DAY 5 SUNDAY MAY 27 MEET REPATRIATED AFRICANS in NINGO/PRAMPRAM COMMUNITY
Free day good for final shopping leisure and more. Optional tour depart at 9 AM and return at 4 PM to meet and network with repatriated Africans in the Ningo/Prampram community by the city of Tema. This is an estimated 45 mins -1 hour drive. 7 PM Dinner at hotel. Enjoy various night life options. Overnight at Miklin hotel.
DAY 6 MONDAY MAY 28 ACCRA to TECHIMAN - BRONG AHAFO REGION
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8 AM Check out of the Miklin hotel. Depart for a 7 hour drive to Techiman in the Brong Ahafo region. Enjoy group introductions, discussions, documentaries and relaxation time on the way to Techiman in the Brong Ahafo region. Check into Premier Palace hotel. Welcome reception with 7 PM dinner and various night life options. Overnight at Premier Palace hotel.
DAY 7 TUESDAY MAY 29 TECHIMAN - SUSTAINABLE LIVING COMMUNITIES
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8 AM Leave hotel for Akina City hotel tour. Visit to the Permaculture Institute of Ghana. Welcome reception, tour, lunch and live cultural entertainment hosted by Nunet of Benu Village. Learn about land acquisition, development and how to get started with your future projects. Visit the future headquarters of Africa for the Africans tours & Investments, Bomani Technology and our Repatriation Community Central Ghana. 7 PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at Premier Palace hotel.
DAY 8 WEDNESAY MAY 30 TECHIMAN / KINTAMPO – DAY OF ECOLOGY
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8 AM Leave hotel for hiking, sightseeing and swimming at Kintampo waterfalls. Visit Boabeng Fiema Monkey Sanctuary. 7 PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at Premier Palace hotel.
DAY 9 THURSDAY MAY 31 TECHIMAN to KUMASI - ASHANTI REGION
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 9 AM Check out of Premier Palace hotel for 3 hour drive to Kumasi. Enjoy group discussions, documentaries and relaxation time on the way to Kumasi in the Ashanti region. Check into the Miklin hotel. 7 PM Dinner, social gathering with group and various night life options. Overnight at Miklin hotel in Kumasi. www.miklinhotels.com
DAY 10 FRIDAY JUNE 1 KUMASI – SHOPPING at CULTURAL VILLAGES/ CENTERS
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8AM Leave hotel for Kumasi City Tour and Neighboring Craft Villages including Bonwire the famous Kente cloth weaving, Ntonso for Kente Weaving and Adinkra Printing and Wood Carving village. Lunch and more shopping at the Culture Center. Drive through the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology. 7 PM Dinner and social gathering with group. Night life at Bomani's Pool Tournament Jam. Overnight at Miklin hotel.
DAY 11 SATURDAY JUNE 2 ASSIN MANSO/ ELMINA/ CAPE COAST
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. Dress in your Pan African colors of Red, Black, Green & Gold combination outfits for our first ancestral reconnection day. 8 AM Check out of Miklin hotel for a for 4 hour drive to Assin Manso Old slave market then a 1 hour drive to Elmina. Drive through the Cape Coast University for Campus Tour. 7 PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at the One Africa Resort or The Almond Tree Guest house. www.oneafricaghana.comor www.almond3.com
DAY 12 SUNDAY JUNE 3 ELMINA/ CAPE COAST HOLLOCAUST DUNGEONS
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. Dress in your all white outfits for our second ancestral reconnection day. 9 AM Depart for the Cape Coast or Elmina Holocaust Dungeons where many of our ancestors were held prior to shipment across the Atlantic during the European slave trade of Stolen Africans after going through the Door of no return.
Naming ceremony on One Africa beach front. 7 PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at the One Africa Resort or The Almond Tree Guest house. www.oneafricaghana.comor www.almond3.com
DAY 13 MONDAY JUNE 4 ELMINA SCHOOL VISIT /KAKUM NATIONAL PARK
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 9 AM Depart from One Africa Resort to visit the Akoma International Academy of Arts & Science in Ayensudo, Elmina. Visit beach access property in Elmina for land development and acquisition presentation from Tour Guide Kobina. Return to One Africa to enjoy the rest of the afternoon at leisure in paradise. Everyone else will take lunch to go for a 45 mins ride to the Kakum rain forest for the Canopy walk and hike tour. Farwell dinner at 7 PM with various night life options. Overnight at the One Africa Resort or The Almond Tree Guest house.
DAY 14 TUESDAY JUNE 5 DEPART ACCRA to ATLANTA via AMSTRERDAM
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. Move all bags to the designated departure area by 9 AM. Check out of rooms by 10 AM at One Africa Resort or the Almond Tree Guest House. Estimated 11 AM -12 PM departure for a 3 hour drive to Accra. Check into Accra Airport at 5:30 PM for a 10:10 PM departure on KLM flight # KL 590 flight to Amsterdam in Netherlands. Arrive at 7 AM Wednesday June 6. Depart at 10:45 AM to ATL on Delta Airlines flight # DL 73 and arrive in Atlanta at 2:21 PM.
(Note this itinerary may change slightly for logistic and operational efficiency)
Hotels that we are staying at in Ghana from May 24-June 5, 2018
Miklin hotel in Accra (May 24-27)
Premier Palace hotel in Techiman (May 28-30)
The Miklin hotel in Kumasi (May 31 & June 1)
One Africa Resort in Elmina (June 2-4)
The Almond Tree Guest house (June 2-4)
www.almond3.com
Ghana Embassy
About Ghana
www.ghana-embassy.org/corp_div_embassy3.cfm?BrandsID=49
Maps of Ghana
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Map of Africa
www.library.northwestern.edu/africana/map/
Maps of West Africa
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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.
