Ghana traditional millet festival holiday
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Basic information
Location: Ghana
Dates: Departing on 11 October 2010
Duration: 8 days
Group size: 2+ people
Price: From £1187 including full board from breakfast day 2 to lunch day 8. Excluding flights, photo fees, dinner day 1, dinner day 8, all drinks. Extra single room £256.
Associated activities: Millet festival, canopy walk, city tour, slave castle visits.
Location: Ghana
Dates: Departing on 11 October 2010
Duration: 8 days
Group size: 2+ people
Price: From £1187 including full board from breakfast day 2 to lunch day 8. Excluding flights, photo fees, dinner day 1, dinner day 8, all drinks. Extra single room £256.
Associated activities: Millet festival, canopy walk, city tour, slave castle visits.
What will I be doing on this trip?
Millet Festival: Krobo region is famous around the world for the glass beads. Here they are produced, here they are used for cults and esthetic purpose. We attend the harvest festival: all chiefs and elders will come adorned with the best beads and jewelry.
In the Royal Palace of Kumasi we attend the Akwasidae Festival. There are certain days each year on the Ashanti calendar set aside for a celebration at the Royal Palace. This ceremony is called Akwasidae. During the celebration, the King is seated under a spectacular umbrella of colorful, draped cloth and is adorned in vivid cloth and massive gold jewelry which is centuries old.
Millet Festival: Krobo region is famous around the world for the glass beads. Here they are produced, here they are used for cults and esthetic purpose. We attend the harvest festival: all chiefs and elders will come adorned with the best beads and jewelry.
In the Royal Palace of Kumasi we attend the Akwasidae Festival. There are certain days each year on the Ashanti calendar set aside for a celebration at the Royal Palace. This ceremony is called Akwasidae. During the celebration, the King is seated under a spectacular umbrella of colorful, draped cloth and is adorned in vivid cloth and massive gold jewelry which is centuries old.
My holiday itinerary...
Day 1: Arrive in Accra, welcomed by the operator, transfer to Hotel
Day 2: Accra – Anomabu. Visit Cape Coast castle and town
Day 3 : Anomabu. Canopy walk in Kakum, visit the slave castle of Elmina
Day 4 : Anomabu – Akossombo. City tour of Accra and free time to explore
Day 5 : Akossombo. Millet Festival, meet the local women who make the glass beads
Day 6 : Akossombo – Kumasi. Transfer to Kumasi, city tour, Ashanti 'funerals' (if available)
Day 7 : Kumasi. Akwasidae Festival, participate in the festivities
Day 8 : Kumasi – Accra. Transfer to Accra, free time until departure
Day 1: Arrive in Accra, welcomed by the operator, transfer to Hotel
Day 2: Accra – Anomabu. Visit Cape Coast castle and town
Day 3 : Anomabu. Canopy walk in Kakum, visit the slave castle of Elmina
Day 4 : Anomabu – Akossombo. City tour of Accra and free time to explore
Day 5 : Akossombo. Millet Festival, meet the local women who make the glass beads
Day 6 : Akossombo – Kumasi. Transfer to Kumasi, city tour, Ashanti 'funerals' (if available)
Day 7 : Kumasi. Akwasidae Festival, participate in the festivities
Day 8 : Kumasi – Accra. Transfer to Accra, free time until departure
How does this holiday makes a difference?
We have built strong links with local communities, craftspeople and artists who are maintaining their culture and traditions. We offer visitors an opportunity to meet them, thereby valuing their activities and thus helping towards their survival. After the trip in the craft villages – Adamwomase, Ahwia and Ntonso travellers are encouraged to leave some money in the communities by eating delicious and nutritious local foods and buy local souvenirs.
Recently, in Adanwomase one of the craft villages in the Ashanti Region, the entrance fees generated were used to build visitors centre for the site and renovate their school buildings.
All guides on this trip are local guides, picked for their excellent indigenous knowledge of the area and high degree of training.
Any time we send travellers or tourists to a community based tourism site, we donate or give something to support in the development of the community.
Where is it?
We have built strong links with local communities, craftspeople and artists who are maintaining their culture and traditions. We offer visitors an opportunity to meet them, thereby valuing their activities and thus helping towards their survival. After the trip in the craft villages – Adamwomase, Ahwia and Ntonso travellers are encouraged to leave some money in the communities by eating delicious and nutritious local foods and buy local souvenirs.
Recently, in Adanwomase one of the craft villages in the Ashanti Region, the entrance fees generated were used to build visitors centre for the site and renovate their school buildings.
All guides on this trip are local guides, picked for their excellent indigenous knowledge of the area and high degree of training.
Any time we send travellers or tourists to a community based tourism site, we donate or give something to support in the development of the community.
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