Historic Egypt & Ghana Tour - 12 Days
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Overview
Highlights
- Nile Cruise
- Giza Pyramids
- Memphis and Saqqara
- Cairo Museum
- Library of Alexandria
- Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
- James Town
- Kumasi Central Market
- Cape Coast Castle
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Trip includes
- Meeting and assistance upon arrival and departure
- Round-trip airport/hotel transfers
- Hotel accommodation in the indicated properties
- Transportation in private vehicle
- Experienced tour guides
- Admission to listed sites
- Meals indicated (Breakfast daily & dinner on Nile Cruise)
Itinerary
Arrive in Cairo; meet assistant and transfer to hotel. In the evening, go on a Nile Cruise and enjoy an Egyptian buffet dinner and cultural performance. After the cruise, return to the hotel.
Meal(s) Included: Dinner
Overnight at Ramses Hilton
After breakfast, go on a full-day tour of the Giza Pyramids, Memphis, and Saqqara. We will visit the towering pyramids, the ruins of Memphis in the village of Mit Rahina, and the Saqqara Necropolis, where the step pyramid of Zoser stands. After lunch return to the hot...
After breakfast, enjoy a full-day tour of Cairo including the Cairo Museum, in Tahreer Square. The museum is the house of magnificent ancient Egyptian Antiquities from different periods throughout ancient Egyptian history, including the magnificent treasure of King Tu...
After breakfast, drive from Cairo to Alexandria. In Alexandria, visit the Library of Alexandria, the fort of Quaitbay (built on the original site of the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria and from the lighthouse ruins), the Catacombs of Kom El Shokafa (a series of Alexan...
Depart Cairo early afternoon to Accra, Ghana. Arrive Accra late evening. On arrival at the Kotoka International Airport, our expert cultural tour guide will meet, assist and transfer you to your hotel in our private air-conditioned vehicle. Once you have checked in, y...
After breakfast, embark on a full day tour of Accra and vicinity, passing through the economic and administrative districts.
Highlights will include:
· Independence Square where you will see the enclosed flame of African liberation, which was lit by Dr. ...
After breakfast, drive to Kumasi with a stop at Tetteh Quarshie Farm, the first commercial cocoa farm; Ghana’s largest export and is used to blend some of the world’s finest chocolates. Continue to Kumasi arriving late afternoon.
This evening, visit the Kumasi ...
After breakfast, visit Kumasi Central Market, the largest open-air market in West Africa where more than 10,000 vendors sell just about everything imaginable. Continue on to the Prempeh II Jubilee Museum, named for the former Asantehene (ruler of the Ashanti people) N...
Travel to Elmina in Ghana’s historic Central Region, with a stop at Assin Manso, the burial site of two former slaves from the U. S. and Jamaica whose remains were re-interred in August 1998 during Ghana’s first Emancipation Day Celebration.
You will see the “S...
Visit (Elmina Castle) Fort Sao Jorge de Elmina – the site of the first European contact with West Africans when the Portuguese landed here in 1471. Elmina Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was built in 1482 and is the first European structure in sub-Saharan Africa...
Enjoy the morning at leisure. Check-out from the hotel is 12pm. You can visit the Oxford Street or Accra Arts & Crafts Centre for a last minute shopping before you are transferred to the Kotoka International airport for your onward flight. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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- Round trip international flight
- Cost of visa
- Meals not listed
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- Gratuity to driver and guide
(Breakfast daily & dinner on Nile Cruise)
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