8 Hour Accra highlights Tour

Highlights

Explore the Nationalism Park

Visit Black Star Square

Head to Accra Arts Centre

Walk through the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum

Stop at Ussher Fort

Look at Jamestown Prison

Behold the Lighthouse and Ghana Museum

Accra

photography, historical, walking

Private Tour

8 Hours

Easy

English

Description

Embark on this tour that will expose you to the true history and culture of Accra, the capital of Ghana, on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park honours Ghana’s first president, who helped lead the country to independence. The park contains Nkrumah’s mausoleum and a museum charting his life. Visit the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, Black Star Square, Ussher Fort, Nationalism Park and other relevant places on this guided tour.

Itinerary

Places to visit in Accra
- Explore the Nationalism Park which was constructed in the memory of the shooting of soldiers during the Second World War with your Ghanaian tour guide.
- Visit Black Star Square, also known as Independence Square.
- Head to Accra Arts Centre where locally-made crafts are made and sold, eg: beads, drums, traditional clothes and others.
- Proceed to Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum where the bodies of Ghana's first president Dr Kwame Nkrumah and his wife Fathia Nkrumah are kept.
- Stop at Ussher Fort that was built in the 1600s.
- Learn about the Jamestown Prison.
- Tour the Jamestown district for its historical places like the Lighthouse and Ghana Museum.