Egypt, Kenya & Ghana Guided Tour

Buffet breakfast at the hotel then start a full day guided tour to visit one of the Seven Wonders the Great Pyramids of Giza; (Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus) were reckoned by the Greeks to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World. A single pyramid is built with 2.300.000 blocks, each weighing an average of two and a half tones. In the face of such immensity, one cannot help but feel the wonder and awe that so many writers and artists have sought to convey over the centuries. The Cheops Pyramid is more interesting, because its interior burial chambers are open for inspection by the public. Not far from the Pyramids is the Great Sphinx of Giza, which dates from the time of Chephren (2620 BC). Hewn from natural yellowish limestone and standing 65 feet-high and 187 feet-long, this unforgettable statue combines the head of a Pharaoh with a lion’s body. Your tour will include a 15-20 minutes camel ride by the Pyramids. Later, A quick visit to papyrus institute or a perfume shop can be arranged after the visit. Then drive to the hotel to refresh.

Lunch can be served in an oriental restaurant and then a short drive through the downtown will take you to Khan El Khalili bazaars; which is one of the most famous worldwide with its amazing narrow alleyways. The visitor can discover small restaurants and workaday cafes where Egyptians & non-Egyptians come to smoke water pipes and enjoy some of the traditional Egyptian drinks in the cafes scattered around the area.
Drive back to your hotel & overnight in Cairo
MEALS: B, L

Breakfast in the hotel, check out and transfer to the airport for your flight to Aswan.
Meet & assist upon arrival & transfer to the Nile cruise.
11:00 Am: Check-In.
12:30 Pm: Lunch on board.
01:30 Pm: Visit the High Dam, the Temple of Philae.
07:30 Pm: Dinner on board & overnight in Aswan

07:00 Am: Breakfast on board.
Felucca sailing tour around Kitchener Island.
12:30 Pm: Lunch on board.
01:00 Pm: Sailing to Kom Ombo.
05:00 Pm : Visit the Temple shared by two gods Sobek & Haeroris in Kom Ombo.
18:30 Sailing to Edfu.
19:30 Dinner on board & overnight in Edfu.

06:00 Am: Tea and Coffee Before the visit of Edfu temple.
06:30 Am: Visit of Horus Temple in Edfu.
08:00 Am: Breakfast on board.
08:30 Am: Sailing to Luxor via Esna.
01:00 Am: Lunch on board.
16:00 Visit of East Bank (Karnak & Luxor Temples)
20:00 Dinner on board & overnight in Luxor

07:00 Am: Breakfast on board.
08:00 Am: Check- out after breakfast.
08:00 Am: Visit West Bank – Valley of the Kings, and Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Transfer to Luxor airport for a flight takes you to Cairo.

Transfer from Cairo airport to the hotel. Overnight in Cairo. Evening at leisure whereby an Optional tour can be booked to enjoy your dinner & Cairo by night while cruising the Nile & watching the folkloric show.
MEALS: B, L

Breakfast in the hotel, and check out.
Transfer to Cairo international airport for your flight to JKIA Airport in Kenya.

MARA SOPA LODGE/ SENTRIM MARA CAMP.
Upon arrival, you will be picked up at 7:30 AM (Depending on flight schedule) from the airport and transferred to Masai Mara. This drive will take about 5 to 6.5 hours with a scenic stopover at Great Rift Valley. Arrive in Masai Mara shortly after noon and check into Mara Sopa Lodge/ Sentrim Mara Camp, have hot lunch and then depart for an afternoon game drive.
After the game drive, we head back to lodge/camp to reach around 5:30 or 6:00 PM, freshen up and enjoy a freshly prepared Dinner. Overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge/ Sentrim Mara Camp.

MEALS: B, L, D

Today’s itinerary is flexible and you can discuss with your guide on the previous evening and plan for today’s schedule.
You can either have a relaxed breakfast and depart for full day game drives around 9:00 AM with packed lunch and return back to lodge late afternoon around 6:00 PM. Or you can depart at 6:00 AM on an early morning game drive (This is the best time to see the animals and a good chance to witness hunt/kill). Later return to accommodation for breakfast and relax for a while and depart on an afternoon game drive with packed lunch. you will stop at a picnic spot for having packed lunch and later depart on a game drive. Around 6:00 PM return to lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Mara Sopa Lodge/ Sentrim Mara Camp.
MEALS: B, L, D

Early morning tea / coffee or Hot chocolate, then depart for a morning ‘Spice’ game drive. Here we find the Old Africa of the movies, with rolling grasslands dotted by acacia trees and sweeping plains teeming with wildlife. No matter how much you have thought about Africa, this is more than you expected—and the ideal backdrop for a hot air balloon expedition. Return to your lodge or camp for a full English breakfast. Then depart for Nairobi by road for an evening flight to JNB and then to Accra, Ghana.

LABADI BEACH HOTEL OR ALISA HOTEL
Our Representatives will meet with you on your arrival at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. Make yourself known to your guide as you leave the customs and arrival hall. Community elders will join us to pour libation to welcome you to Ghana. We will enjoy welcome drinks, discuss the trip, we will also have tailors and dress makers taking your measurement to make an outfit for you, and the remainder of the evening will be spent at leisure and relaxation whilst acclimatizing yourself to the motherland. Dinner & overnight
MEALS: B, L, D

Having enjoyed your first night in Accra, today is dedicated to an Accra city tour, first visit is W. E. B. DuBois and Pan African Center is a memorial place and a research center, dedicated into a great Pan Africanist who lived and died as a Ghanaian, he came to Ghana at the Age of 95 with 1,000 books to work on African Encyclopedia on invitation of Ghana’s first president.

At the center we will visit African American Association of Ghana office and join other
returnees to participate in some of the yearlong activities earmarked for the “Beyond the Return”. Ghana seeks to continue to invite home all and sundry kith and kin of African descendants on a pilgrimage journey to the motherland to reconnect with their ancestral roots, whilst commemorating 400 years since the first enslaved Africans landed in America. We also honor our heroes and heroines for fighting for our emancipation and liberty.

We continue to visit the garden adjoining the National Museum, which has sculptures and other artifacts which tells more about our customs and traditions which gives us excellent overview of Ghana and West African culture. Lunch will be taken at a local restaurant serving a selection of West African and continental dishes. In the afternoon we pass by Independence Square and view the enclosed flame of African liberation, which was lit by Kwame Nkrumah himself in 1961. We continue the short distance to the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, final resting place of Ghana’s founder. Set in attractive gardens, there is an adjoining museum, which contains photos, artefacts and an insight into this incredible man’s life. Adjoining the park is the National Cultural Center, which is actually Ghana’s largest outdoor arts and crafts market selling traditional crafts from all over West Africa. After testing your bargaining skills we return to our hotel for our evening meal, the remainder of the evening is for leisure. Dinner & overnight.
MEALS: B, D

LANCASTER OR SIMILAR
After breakfast we depart for Kumasi capital of the Ashanti region to learn about the powerful Ashanti Empire and its people. We will enjoy our lunch upon arrival, we start the day visiting some traditional villages but first we take a visit to the traditional home of Nana Yaa Asantewaa a great female warrior who led the Ashantes in the 1901 war against the British, she was also the Queen Mother of Ejisu Besease, we shall visit her Spiritual Shrine where she fortified herself during the war. Kumasi is regarded as cultural center of Ghana, with its many ancient craft villages within touching distance of the city. Remainder of the day is dedicated to visiting these traditional villages; our next stop is Adanwomasie famous as the birth place of Kente. Adanwomasie produces some of Ghana’s finest Kente cloths, many designs of cloth are woven here and some are exclusive only to this region. We will interact with the community, learning about the history behind the many designs. As we walk through the village, we see highly skilled locals weaving outside their homes. The machines that the weavers use have not changed in design for centuries. During our time at Adanwomasie, we have the opportunity to buy excellent quality cloth at very reasonable prices before setting off for the village of Ntunso.

The ancient village of Ntunso, is where Adinkra originates. Adinkra are traditional symbols with meanings, carved from calabash shells, and printed onto traditional cloth using natural dyes made from the bark of certain local trees. Adinkra cloth has been adorned by the Ashanti’s for more than 4 centuries and pre dates Kente cloth. Even today most Ashanti’s will wear Adinkra cloth for funerals, festivals and other important occasions. During our time here we have the opportunity to make our own strip of Adinkra cloth using symbols with personal significance. Dinner & overnight.
MEALS: B, L

We will embark on city tour of Kumasi, with a visit to Manhyia Palace museum, which houses regalia, paraphernalia and real good ornaments which tells the history, tradition, continuality and customs of Ashantes. We continue to visit National Cultural Centre. The cultural center is found in one of the oldest suburbs of Kumasi. There is a wonderful craft market here and during our leisurely tour we have the opportunity to visit the Prempeh II Jubilee Museum which offers an excellent overview of Ashanti history.

A short distance from the palace is Kejetia market which is the largest outdoor market in the whole of Western Africa. Visiting here gives us a wonderful opportunity to experience everyday life for the people in this great city and pick up a few bargain souvenirs. The market is a labyrinth of stalls nestled closely together, and a hive of activity. Some stall holders sleep here in the evenings as trade rarely stops. Lunch will be taken at a local restaurant which sells an excellent selection of local and continental dishes.

Okomfo Anokye sword which has defied all human strength to pull it out, the sword was planted there by famous priest Okomfo Anokye who believed to have conjure the golden stool from the heaves. The last place to go to today is the campuses of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology which was established by our first president Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in 1952 to be the leading University in the sub region to research into science and technology. After visiting these wonderful places, we return to our hotel for our evening meal and relaxations.
MEALS: B, L

COCONUT GROVE OR SIMILAR
We checked out of our hotel, our final destination today is Elmina, we will first stop at Assin Manso, which was one of the major slave markets 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.

After a wonderful, yet thought-provoking day, we check into our hotel, the rest of the day is spent at leisure.
MEALS: B, L

One of the highlights of the trip is a visit to Kakum tropical rainforest to experience the much talked about Canopy walkway, the uniqueness of the park lies in the fact that it was established at the initiative of the local people, it is one of the only 3 locations in Africa with a canopy walkway, which is 350 meters (1,150 FT) long and connects seven tree tops, the park is also notable for a lot of endangered species of fauna in the park.

We stop for lunch at Han’s Cottage Botel near Kakum, Han’s is built over a lake containing Nile crocodiles and set in a beautiful location surrounded by tropical guinea rainforest. It is an original and comfortable establishment, which is teeming with bird life and an excellent place to enjoy lunch.

Before heading to Elmina, we will drive through the campus of the University of Cape Coast to learn more about educational structures in Ghana from the technocrat point of view. Upon arrival in Elmina our first stop will be Elmina fishing market to visit the boat builders, building colourful fishing boats using traditional tools and methods spanning centuries. We will also visit the Elmina castle built by the Portuguese in 1482 which is the oldest European building in Sub Saharan Africa. This castle is steeped in history and played a prominent part during the tragic transatlantic enslaved African trade era. There is an informative museum inside which concentrates on local history and it is designated a world heritage site by UNESCO.

Finally, will also participate in traditional Cooking Lessons, explore the fragrant and exotic flavours of Ghana and West Africa finest cuisine and take the recipe back home.
MEALS: B, L

Sadly, your final day with us in Ghana, after breakfast we check-out of our hotel and depart for Accra. We will drive through scenic coastal plantation, having a glimpse looks at several historical and heritage sites on our way. We will enjoy lunch at a local restaurant. If time permits, we may have the opportunity to pick up any last-minute souvenirs as we visit Ghana’s largest arts and crafts market. We then enjoy an early evening farewell dinner before your transfer to the airport and departure after an unforgettable 7 Day tour with TPT.
MEALS: B

MARA SOPA LODGE

COCONUT GROVE

LABADI BEACH HOTEL

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ALISA HOTEL