| Holiday Itinerary - Ghana
GHANA
After a night stay in one of the finest hotels in Accra, we head northwest out of the capital and towards the hustle and bustle of Ghana's second city. Kumasi has a lot of interesting places to visit, from the palace of the Asante King to the vast central market where you can buy traditional Asante craft and squeeze through alleyways packed with chickens, shoemakers and layers of brightly coloured cloth. You can visit the Kumasi cultural centre to see woodcrafts being made.
The following day we travel 30 km south to Lake Botsumtwi, which sits quietly at the bottom of a green crater. The lake is a perfect place to relax, swim and explore the lakeside villages as well as having the opportunity to go out on a boat and see the unusual local fishing styles.
Heading north through Ghana we make our way to Mole national park. We arrive at sunset to camp in high quality safari tents on a hill overlooking a crocodile and elephant populated watering hole and a view that stretches out across the 5000 square kilometers of national parkland. At dawn we walk down to the watering hole with a park ranger to get closer to the numerous species of wildlife that roam the park.
BURKINA FASO
From Mole we head north again stopping to have a look at the famous mud mosque in Larabanga. We cross the border at Hamale, leaving any English speaking behind and head into Burkina Faso.
Our first stop is at Bobo-Dioussolo the second largest city in Burkina. Bobo has a slow pace of life and is a beautiful city, with mango lined tree avenues and old colonial buildings. During the day you will be able to visit the picturesque traditional mosques, the swimming hole at La Guinguette in the Kou Forest and village of Koumi with its characteristic, psuedo-fortified, Bobo architecture.
MALI
From Bobo we charge across the border into Mali and head to the island town of Djennie. Djennie is an incredible little town made up of hundreds of little passageways and crowds of children scribing the Koran furiously onto their slates. The architecture you stroll between is totally unique and you soon become captivated by the mystique of the country.
Then we drive into the Dogon country. For many the highlight of any adventure across West Africa is a trek through the dramatic scenery and ancient villages of the Dogon. The Dogon valley is a 160km escarpment where the people have lived in their traditional villages since the 15th Century. We pass down rocky passes and hop across fresh-water streams, cooling off in the rock pools. The view from the villages across the valley is phenomenal.
BURKINA FASO
We re-enter Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou which is great and a good opportunity to write postcards and call home just to remind people where you are.
GHANA
From Ouaga we hammer it down across the border at Tamale and back through Ghana. We arrive at Kakum national park, (a protected rainforest) a couple of days later for an intrepid traverse along the 40m high and 300m long canopy bridges, the highest in Africa. We climb up into the canopy at dawn and watch the monkeys as they launch themselves between the branches as the sun rises over the rainforest. 40km south of Kakum and we hit the Gold Coast. At Elmina and Cape Coast we visit the forts, where we are given a guided tour, learning about the squalid and violent slave trade. At Elmina castle, the oldest European monument in Sub-Sahara Africa. The last night will be spent back at the hotel in Accra.
.The holiday travel could also include optional cultural day trips, and many historical and cultural sights on Gold coast.
Our crew will see you safety to the airport the following day for your flight home.
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