Akan Naming Ceremony at Slave River Site & Cape Coast Tour

Embark on a tour of the Assin Manso Slave River Site and Cape Coast Castle. Participate in an Akan Naming Ceremony and learn about the history of the slave trade in Ghana.
Be picked up from your hotel in Accra and driven to the Assin Manso Slave River Site for a dual-purpose experience of an Akan Naming Ceremony and a tour of the former slave market and the enslaved last bath river site.

Be prepared for the ceremony with some preparation rituals. Adorned in a traditional dress, be named in accordance with Akan cultural practice. Get a Ghanaian name based on the day of the the week that you were born and learn all about your personality and purpose borne out of your names. As part of the ceremony, receive a certification and other paraphernalia as part of the ceremony.

After this detailed cultural experience, take a tour of the site including the river site where the enslaved Africans had their last bath, the site of auction and the tombs of the returned slaves from New York, Jamaica, and Barbados.

On the return, visit the Cape Coast Castle which has a lot to do with the slave river site. "The Door of No Return" here changed to "The Door of Return" when the returned bones of the slaves from the USA and Jamaica were symbolically taken through that door in 1998 when Ghana first celebrated the Emancipation Day. Take a guided tour here through the dungeons, condemn cells among others.

Drive back to Accra after the tour and be dropped off at your preferred location.

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.