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Going for Ghana

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Suitable for Families Suitable for Solo Travelers Suitable for Community

Trip Highlights

- Volunteering in schools and with HIV sufferers
- Local craft villages
- Kumasi Fort
- Manso Slave Market
- Cape Coast and beautiful beaches
- Accra's coffin makers

Your "Taste of Volunteering" Project

Helping conduct AIDS/HIV awareness programmes in schools, and assisting AIDS/HIV sufferers

Trip Summary

We begin with an orientation to Ghana and its culture, before taking in the gorgeous Bobiri butterfly sanctuary, and various indigenous craft villages.On Day 5 your volunteering program begins, and you can choose from either helping with AIDS awareness activities in schools, or attending to AIDS sufferers.

After these fulfilling experiences, you will head over to the Ejisu Besease Shrine, Kumasi Fort and Open Market. On Day 10 you will depart for Kakum and Assim and the moving slave market in Manso. We then enjoy Kakum National Park before heading down to the Cape Coast with its stunning beaches and Elmina Castle.We then make our way back to Accra, and visit its unique coffin makers before saying sad farewells and flying back home.

* Note Comfort Level
Accommodation is in simple, locally owned guesthouses and 2* hotels for 13 nights, with one night in a 3* hotel

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Info

Tour Code:
GN001
Length:
15 days
Activity Level:
Comfort Level:
Projects:
Teaching
Police Check:
Required
Guest Numbers:
2 to 12

Pricing
£1,400

Approximately:
NZD $3,400
USD $2,700
AUD $2,800
CAD $2,700
EUR $1,750
Single Supplement:
USD $810

(Flights not included)
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Trip Dates

2008: 1st November, 20th December

If you are booking for two or more people, you can select your own departure date if these dates do not suit. We can also tailor-make a trip to suit your exact requirements

Itinerary

Day 1 Arrival, meet and greet D
Day 2 Cross Cutltural and Placement Orientation BLD
Day 3 Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary BLD
Day 4 Craft Villages - Pankronu, Ahwiaa, Ntonso, Adanwomase and Bonwire Kente BLD
Day 5 Volunteering BLD
Day 6 Volunteering BLD
Day 7 Volunteering BLD
Day 8 Volunteering BLD
Day 9 Ejisu Besease Shrine/Kumasi Fort and Military Museum, Manhyia/Kumasi Open Market BL
Day 10 Depart for Kakum/Assin Manso Slave Market BL
Day 11 Kakum National Park BL
Day 12 Cape Coast and Elmina Castle BL
Day 13 Mankessim Posuban ShrineBeach BL
Day 14 City Tour, Old Accra BL
Day 15 Unique coffin makers in Accra / Departure BL

B = Breakfast, L= Lunch, D = Dinner