Arrive at Kotoka International Airport (ACC). Meet your guide and transfer to your hotel. Evening visit to Osu Oxford Street for food, shopping, and nightlife. Sample local dishes like jollof rice and banku.

Morning Accra city tour. Visit the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum (first president of Ghana), W.E.B. Du Bois Centre, and Independence Square (Black Star Gate). Afternoon visit to Makola Market for local fabric and bead shopping. Evening drumming and dancing performance at the Arts Centre.

Drive to Cape Coast (3 hours). Visit Cape Coast Castle - a UNESCO World Heritage site and major departure point for enslaved Africans. Walk through the "Door of No Return". Afternoon visit to the Cape Coast Castle Museum and the nearby Posuban shrine (traditional Ashanti military structure).

Visit Elmina Castle (St. George's Castle) - the oldest European building in existence below the Sahara (built 1482). Learn about the Portuguese and Dutch colonial periods. Afternoon Kakum National Park - walk the Canopy Walkway (30 meters high, 350 meters long) through the rainforest. See monkeys, birds, and butterflies.

Morning visit to Hans Cottage Botel - see crocodiles and learn about West African wetlands. Visit the Posuban Shrine. Afternoon drive back to Accra. Stop at the fishing village of Senya Beraku to see traditional boat building. Evening free at your hotel.

Morning visit to the National Museum of Ghana (artifacts, gold weights, and Ghanaian art). Last chance shopping at the Global Mamas shop (fair trade crafts). Transfer to Kotoka International Airport for departure.