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Explore the rich history and top attractions of cape coast and Elmina  on a 2.5-hour walking tour. Led by a local guide, hear about the traditional rules of the cities as you stroll through the neighborhood cape coast and elmina 

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After doing elmina township and castle tour, We take leisurely stroll across cape coast.  Along the way, we'll stop by Garrison British colonial cemetery  where the colonial armies who died of fever and malaria were buried – west African court of appeal which was established by the then British in 1866 after the dutch transfer all their forts in Ghana to the British and the Philip quaque boys which was the first school in school started inside cape coast by the first Anglican black priest to inculcate in children christian doctrines. 

From there, we'll head into the Emintsimaadze palace where the then chief of efutu whose rule cape coast fell relocated his inland capital to capitalize on the growing trade out of cape coast. from there we go to the cape coast court complex which is the biggest court building in Ghana which was built in 1976 by the then military Government headed by Ignatius kutu Acheampong, and house 9 court High court, appeals and circuit court. and then to abrofo mpoano  meaning white beach where during the slave trading era a wall was constructed to disallow black people from entering to the other beach side where the slave ship land to convey slave to their respective destinations.

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  We proceed to open fishing market which sells all sort of fish and head the center of the city where crab statue is built as an emblem of the land by the chiefs and the traditional leaders because crab helped cape coast to become a trade hub even before the Europeans touch the shores of the land

we will visit the traditional posuban shrines of asafo companies (which was the  defense of the state during the colonial) where you can see shrines, a combination of symbolic and mythical objects on the street of cape coast

 

stop on the tour may include a visit to kids school and interact with them. next we take a trip to the kakum rain forest which is home to endangered mammals such as forest elephants, bongo antelopes and primates like the Diana monkey. The park is rich in butterflies and birds, including African grey parrots and horn bills. The Canopy Walkway, suspended 30 meters above the ground, provides treetop views of the forest.

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