Authentic Slave Route Tour
ID: GYG567453-970444
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Country: Ghana
Country: Ghana
Duration: 12:00 hours
Description
This tour gives you the opportunity to exploit one of the mass slave routes by the Tans-Atlantic Slave Traders. Discover and understand the nature of the trade.
Today you travel to Ghana’s Central Region; enroute, you will stop at Assin Manso, the burial site of two former slaves from the U.S and Jamaica whose remains were re-interred here in August 1998 during Ghana’s first Emancipation Day celebration. Visit the “Slave River” where captured Africans were washed before being confined in the Slave Castles to await shipment to the Americas and Caribbean.
Arrive in Cape Coast in time for lunch; in the afternoon, visit Cape Coast Castle a UNESCO World Heritage site, and was one of the departure points for Africans being sent to slavery in the Americas. The Castle is home to the “Door of No Return”.
The tour ends at the Cape Coast Castle built by the British in 1665. Take a guided tour here delving deeper into the heinous treatment meted out to the enslaved.
We will return to Accra after the tour is over at your hotel.
Today you travel to Ghana’s Central Region; enroute, you will stop at Assin Manso, the burial site of two former slaves from the U.S and Jamaica whose remains were re-interred here in August 1998 during Ghana’s first Emancipation Day celebration. Visit the “Slave River” where captured Africans were washed before being confined in the Slave Castles to await shipment to the Americas and Caribbean.
Arrive in Cape Coast in time for lunch; in the afternoon, visit Cape Coast Castle a UNESCO World Heritage site, and was one of the departure points for Africans being sent to slavery in the Americas. The Castle is home to the “Door of No Return”.
The tour ends at the Cape Coast Castle built by the British in 1665. Take a guided tour here delving deeper into the heinous treatment meted out to the enslaved.
We will return to Accra after the tour is over at your hotel.
Highlights
- Delve into the history of the slave trade
- Explore the slave castle of Cape Coast and learn about the "door of no return"
- Visit Assin Manso Slave River site
Guiding languages
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When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
Cancellation is not possible. If you cancel it anyway or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity and the money you paid will not be refunded.