2-day Slave Route Tour from Accra: Five key sites

Walk through the dungeons and forts where millions were held before the Middle Passage

A 2-day guided tour from Accra tracing the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade through five key sites: Fort Good Hope in Breku, Cape Coast Castle, Fort Amsterdam, Elmina Castle, Fort St. Jago, Assin Manso Slave River and Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi. The tour includes an English-speaking guide, all entrance fees, overnight accommodation in Cape Coast, bottled water, a Star Tours Ghana t-shirt and free WiFi. Pickup from your hotel in Accra is included. Minimum age is 13.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1: Accra to Cape Coast forts visit

• Travel to Fort Good Hope at Senya Breku
• Visit Fort Amsterdam in Kormantin
• Tour Cape Coast Castle with local guides
• Visit Fort Victoria (Phipp’s Tower)

Day 2: Elmina and Ashanti Kingdom tour

• Tour Elmina Castle with local guides
• Visit Fort St. Jago on the hill
• Stop at Assin Manso Slave River
• Visit Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi
• Learn at Okomfo Anokye Sword site

The Experience

The tour starts in Accra and moves west along the coast, stopping first at Fort Good Hope in Breku to learn how the Dutch built a permanent trading post there in the 17th century. From there you travel to Fort Amsterdam in Kormantin, a World Heritage Site captured by the Dutch in 1665, then to Cape Coast Castle itself. Local guides meet you at the castle and walk you through the dungeons and the cannon-lined catwalks. Afterward you have time to explore on your own. The day ends with a visit to Fort Victoria, built by the English and later renamed for Queen Victoria, before you settle into your overnight stay at Mighty Victory hotel in Cape Coast town.

Day two takes you east to Elmina Castle, where another local guide leads you through the site before you have free time to wander. You'll then cross to Fort St. Jago on the hill opposite, tour it with a guide, and make a stop at Assin Manso Slave River: the final link in the slavery route from northern Ghana and the largest slave market before captives were taken to Cape Coast. The route ends at Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, the royal seat of the Asantehene, the absolute monarch of the Ashanti kingdom, and at the Okomfo Anokye Sword site, where a guide explains the history and significance of the mysterious sword in Ashanti culture.

Your Star Tours Ghana guide and driver handle all logistics and entrance fees. The air-conditioned vehicle carries you between sites. You bring nothing but yourself. The operator donates all profits to Future Stars Ghana, a charity supporting over 150 orphans and destitute children.

What’s included

• Air-conditioned vehicle with experienced guide and driver.
• all entrance fees to Fort Good Hope, Cape Coast Castle, Fort Amsterdam, Elmina Castle, Fort St. Jago, Assin Manso Slave River and Manhyia Palace Museum.
• overnight stay at Mighty Victory hotel in Cape Coast.
• unlimited bottled water.
• Star Tours Ghana t-shirt.
• free WiFi.
• hotel pickup from Accra.

Good to know

Easy physical level

Operated by Star Tours Ghana

Is this one for you?Book this if you're based in Accra without your own transport: the two-day format with an overnight in Cape Coast lets you absorb the history at each of the five slave trade sites rather than racing through them in one day.

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Top questions

How does the tour trace the slave trade across these five different forts and sites?

The route follows the geography of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade: it starts at Fort Good Hope in Breku, where the Dutch built their first permanent trading post, then moves through Cape Coast Castle and Fort Amsterdam on the central coast, crosses to Elmina Castle to the east, stops at Assin Manso Slave River (the largest slave market before captives were transported), and ends at Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi to show the Ashanti kingdom's own history and power.

What exactly happens inside Cape Coast Castle and Elmina Castle?

At both castles, local guides meet you and lead a tour through the dungeons and the upper levels where cannons line the catwalks. After the guided tour, you have free time to explore on your own at your own pace.

Where do I sleep, and what's included in the price?

You stay overnight at Mighty Victory hotel in Cape Coast town on the first night. The tour includes all entrance fees to the five sites, an air-conditioned vehicle, an English-speaking guide and driver, bottled water, a Star Tours Ghana t-shirt, free WiFi and hotel pickup from Accra.

Does the tour start and end in Accra, or do I need to arrange my own transport?

Pickup from your hotel in Accra is included, so you don't need your own car or to arrange separate transport to the first site. The tour ends in Kumasi after visiting Manhyia Palace Museum and the Okomfo Anokye Sword site.

What's the physical demand of this tour?

The tour is suitable for all physical fitness levels. You'll walk through forts and museums, climb stairs inside the castles and move between sites by vehicle, but there are no strenuous hikes or extreme conditions.