Itinerary Highlights

  • Immerse yourself in Ghanaian culture and history with a city highlights tour of Accra
  • Enjoy a spot of birdwatching for the iconic picathartes (rockfowl) in Nyamebe Bepo Forest
  • Head to Kakum National Park for a chance to spot a myriad of rare birds and butterflies
  • Spend time in Principe with some go-slow relaxation on the palm-fringed beaches

What's Included

  • Flights
  • Accommodation Throughout
  • Travel Guide
  • Transfers
12 nights from £6,295 per person

Shelley Phillips

Travel Specialist

I'm here to tailor-make your perfect holiday. Give me a call and I'll use my expertise to create your personalised experience.

If you wish to explore some of the spectacular highlights of Ghana followed by some relaxing beach time in Sao Tome & Principe, this sample itinerary offers a wonderful choice.

Start with a city highlights tour in Accra, where your guide will introduce you to fascinating Ghanaian history and culture while showing you some of the capital highlights. Continue to Bonkro in Ashanti country and experience authentic community-based tourism as well as a spot of birdwatching for the legendary picathartes (rockfowl) in Nyamebe Bepo Forest. Then head to the coast for two nights at the relaxed Lemon Beach Hotel, an excellent base for the Cape Coast Castle and, also, for Kakum National Park

From Elmina, drive to Accra to check in for the TAP fight over to Sao Tome Island, where you stay overnight. Take a quick flight to remote and beautiful Principe Island for some rest and relaxation time at lovely Bom Bom Island Resort. Now that the resort's rates also include a range of shared activities, you have plenty of opportunity to see more of Principe during your visit.

This combination itinerary is best achieved by flying with TAP via Lisbon.

Please note, this is an example tour. To create your own tailor-made itinerary, speak with our Travel Specialists by calling us today.

Itinerary

Depart on your early morning flight on the thrice-weekly TAP route from London to Accra via Lisbon (Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays).

On arrival at Kotoka Airport this evening, your experienced, private and professional Ghanaian guide and private driver will meet you and transfer you to La Villa Boutique Hotel for a two-night stay, all meals included.

After breakfast, your private guide and driver will collect you from the hotel.

Set off on a day of exploration in and around the capital. Stops included can be tailored to suit your individual interests, with popular options being Independence Square, Jamestown Community, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, a Fantasy Coffins workshop and the Artist Alliance Gallery.

If you're a birder, you mustn't miss Achimota Forest.

Set off after breakfast in your private air-conditioned vehicle to Bonkro in Ashanti country. Here, you enjoy an overnight stay in Picathartes Guest House, with all meals included.

You'll then be taken to visit the community at Bonkro Billage. And, in the late afternoon, enjoy a walk into Nyamebe Bepo Forest to see the incredibly unusual picathartes (rockfowls) at one of the local cave nest sites.

Set off this morning on the drive to Elmina on the Ghanaian coast, where your base for two nights is the relaxed Lemon Beach Hotel.

Activities on today's programme include a cooking lesson with Global Mamas and a visit to Cape Coast Castle, where your guide will deliver a poignant account of the slave trade.

Elmina is an excellent place to be based if you wish to visit Kakum National Park, as it's just a 45-minute drive away.

After an early breakfast, set off to Kakum, where you visit the famed Canopy Walkway for wonderful Upper Guinea Forest birds, butterflies and (with luck) some rare forest-dwelling wildlife such as lesser spot-nosed monkeys.

After having enjoyed Kakum, return to Elmina for an easy canoeing excursion and a beach BBQ.

Overnight at Lemon Beach Hotel.

Staying at   Lemon Beach Hotel

Travel back to Accra, where your guide and driver will take you to Kotoka Airport to check in for the thrice-weekly TAP flight to Sao Tome, departing in the afternoon.

On arrival at Nuno Xavier Airport in Sao Tome, you'll be met and transferred to Omali Lodge for an overnight stay in a Premier Room, with breakfast included.

Transfer to the airport this morning for the quick (40-minute) flight to Principe.

Here, you'll be met and transferred to Bom Bom Island Resort for a six-night stay in a Seaview Bungalow, with dinner, breakfast and one scheduled (shared) daily activity included.

Enjoy remote and beautiful Principe with Bom Bom Island Resort as your comfortable base.

If you wish, you can partake in one of the scheduled daily 'signature' activities included in the rates:

1. Cacao Route

2. Oquê Pipi Waterfall Trail

3. Ribeira Izé Lost City Trail

4. Rainforest to Beach Trail

5. Discover Principe

6. Bay of Needles Boat Trip

7. Southern Principe Explorer

8. Agro-forest Trail

9. Historical Route of Principe Island

All activities commence in the mornings, allowing afternoons free for relaxing at the beach.

Transfer to Principe Airport for the morning (40-minute) flight back to Sao Tome, where you'll be met and transferred to Omali Lodge. Here, you have the use of a day/evening room before your private guide and driver take you on a guided sightseeing tour of Sao Tome City.

In the evening, you'll be taken back to the airport to check in for the overnight TAP flight journey back to London via Lisbon.

On arrival at Lisbon Airport the next morning, connect with the TAP flight back to London.

Shelley Phillips

Travel Specialist

I'm here to tailor-make your perfect holiday. Give me a call and I'll use my expertise to create your personalised experience.

Pricing Information & Dates

12 nights from £6,295 per person

Shelley Phillips

Travel Specialist

I'm here to tailor-make your perfect holiday. Give me a call and I'll use my expertise to create your personalised experience.

Price Includes

  • Return International Flights as per the itinerary
  • All airport taxes and security charges
  • Accommodation and meals as specified
  • Transfers as specified
  • Activities and excursions as specified
  • All entrace fees on sightseeing tours as specified
* Price is based on economy class TAP Air Portugal fare from London Heathrow to Accra via Lisbon, from Accra to Sao Tome and from Sao Tome to London via Lisbon. * In Ghana, meal plan is full board, with unlimited mineral water and snacks in your private, air-conditioned vehicle and in the accommodations. In Ghana you are also accompanied throughout by your private guide and private driver. * In Sao Tome & Principe, meal plans are B&B at Omali Lodge and DBB/Half Board in Principe, with selected activities included. Call us for upgrades to beachfront bungalows at Bom Bom. * A fair number of our clients prefer to break the journey from UK to Accra with a stay in Lisbon, so if the idea appeals, do get in touch as we will be pleased to assist with arranging that for you.

Price Excludes

  • Travel Insurance
  • Any meals not specified in the itinerary
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Optional excursions

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