This Castles Tour offers an educational journey through a significant chapter of world history. Ghana, once known as the Gold Coast, holds a painful legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, and these tours are dedicated to exploring the remains of the castles that were used to imprison and transport enslaved Africans.
This Castles Tour offers an educational journey through a significant chapter of world history. Ghana, once known as the Gold Coast, holds a painful legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, and these tours are dedicated to exploring the remains of the castles that were used to imprison and transport enslaved Africans.
- Cape Coast Castle - Cape Coast Castle is one of approximately 40 “slave castles” along West Africa’s Gold Coast and served as the final stop for some enslaved Africans on the “middle passage” trading route to the Americas. Touring the castle, dungeons, and individual cells with a guide provides insight into the conditions that enslaved Africans…
- Cape Coast Castle - Cape Coast Castle is one of approximately 40 “slave castles” along West Africa’s Gold Coast and served as the final stop for some enslaved Africans on the “middle passage” trading route to the Americas. Touring the castle, dungeons, and individual cells with a guide provides insight into the conditions that enslaved Africans endured and the grim history of slavery in Africa.
- Assin Manso Ancestral Slave River Park - The Slave River where slaves en route to the slave castles took their “last bath.”
The remnants of the slave trade are scattered throughout Ghana.
The atrocious crime against humanity, which forced many Africans to cross oceans to serve as slaves, is vividly recounted by the impressive Cape Coast and Elmina castles and the forts along our coast.
- Elmina Castle - Elmina Castle. Here, you will witness history, a chapter that humanity should never repeat. It is the oldest European building still standing south of the Sahara.
- Private transportation
- On-board WiFi
- Bottled water
- Snacks
- Lunch
- Breakfast
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Private transportation
- On-board WiFi
- Bottled water
- Snacks
- Lunch
- Breakfast
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.