Afro Torch December in Cape Coast Ghana

Cape Coast, Ghana

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Dec 24 - 26, 2024
Group size: 1 - 100
Afro Torch December in Cape Coast Ghana
Cape Coast, Ghana

Torch light Tours
  • Email address verified

Dec 24 - 26, 2024
Group size: 1 - 100

About this trip

 The Afrotorch Festival in Cape Coast is a vibrant cultural event celebrating African heritage through music, dance, art, and cuisine. It showcases diverse African traditions, bringing together locals and visitors to experience the rich cultural tapestry of the continent. From traditional drumming to contemporary Afrobeat performances, the festival offers a dynamic platform for artists and performers to share their talents and stories. Additionally, attendees can indulge in delicious African cuisine while exploring the historic city of Cape Coast. 



What’s included

  • Pickup and Drop off
    Accommodation
  • All breakfast and dinner
    All excursion fee
  • Transportation
    All black Beach Party
  • Cultural Fair
    Business fair
  • Unlimited water

What’s not included

  • Visa
    flights
  • vaccinations
    travel insurance

Available Packages

Afro Torch December in Cape Coast
Deposit:$100
Available until November 25, 2024
$785
Deposit:$100
Single Supplement $165
Deposit:$50
Available until November 25, 2024
$950
Deposit:$50


Itinerary

Day 1
Visit Slave river, slave dungeon and naming ceremony

 Our Representatives will meet with you at our pre arrange location at Accra Mall at 8am.   Our final destination today is Cape Coast, we will first stop at Assin Manso, which was one of the major slave market during the slave trade, Ndonkor Nsuo (Enslaved African River). This river is where enslaved Africans were checked for fitness and bathed before being transported to Cape Coast for shipment to the Americas and Caribbean. At the Slave River, we will participate in “First Bath Of Return” ceremony. 

After our tour we continue to Cape Coast, we enjoy lunch upon arrival at a local restaurant overlooking the ocean before we continue to visit Cape Coast Castle also designated as a world heritage site by UNESCO. Built by the British in 1665 at the height of slavery and played a major role in holding enslaved Africans in awaiting of slave ships to ship them to the New World. We will walk through the Male and Female dungeons and the infamous “Door of No Return”. There is a historical museum inside, which explains the whole history of the castle and Cape Coast itself, as well as a souvenir shop which sells literature on all of Ghana’s forts and castles, as well as the cultural history and traditions of Ghana. 


Finally we will pay a courtesy call on chiefs and leaders of Cape Coast and formally   participate in traditional naming ceremony and “The Right to Return Atonement and Rituals Ceremony” to formally welcome you back home, you will be welcome by Elders of the community, pour libation to call on our ancestors to welcome you home.  There will be drumming, dance and other rituals performed, we check into our hotel after wonderful day, later in the evening we will join AfroTorch Street carnival with lots of cocktails and music. 





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