Day 1: Arrive in Accra
Arrive in Accra in the early evening. Transfer to your accommodation, followed by an official welcome, orientation, and safety briefing.

Day 2: Shai Hills Reserve and Fairtrade Krobo Beads
Travel from Accra toward the Volta Region, stopping at Shai Hills Reserve. Hike to the Obonu Tem caves with a wildlife guide, looking for baboons, antelope, monkeys, bats, and colorful birdlife. Enjoy rock climbing among the reserve’s granite formations.

After lunch, visit a Krobo family compound to learn about traditional bead-making and create your own wrist beads. Return to your riverside accommodation for the evening.

Day 3: Mt Afajato and West Africa’s Highest Waterfall
Hike Mount Afajato, Ghana’s highest mountain, while learning about the region’s birds, butterflies, plants, and wildlife. After lunch, trek through the Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary to Wli Falls, believed to be the highest waterfall in West Africa. Relax in the pool beneath the falls before returning in the evening.

Day 4: Markets, Biking and Local Cooking Class
Travel early to New Edubiase, stopping for lunch along the way. In the local market, work in groups to buy ingredients for dinner while practicing your bargaining skills.

Then cycle through the surrounding villages and rainforest to Breku and Bonkro. After settling into the community guesthouse, prepare dinner with local cooks. The evening includes a welcome, project briefing, and introduction to village life.

Day 5: Bonkro Project – Fair Trade Cocoa, Black Soap, Gari and more
Student groups prepare a traditional Ghanaian breakfast with community cooks, including dishes such as waakye, porridge, kosie, and tom brown.

Spend the morning and early afternoon volunteering on a school, community, or rainforest conservation project. Possible activities include:

• School construction, maintenance, painting, and repairs
• Water, sanitation, classroom, library, canteen, or IT projects
• Community cleanups, housing repairs, medical facilities, and youth programs
• Beehive, fishpond, and farming projects
• Pangolin and Picathartes conservation
• Reforestation, tree nurseries, wildlife surveys, and environmental education

Later, visit a local cocoa-farming family and learn about Fairtrade cocoa production through the Kuapa Kokoo Cooperative. Explore the harvesting process, learn about cocoa’s use in black soap, and try making gari with local processors. Spend the evening relaxing with the community.

Day 6: Bonkro Project – Hiking, Picathartes and Pangolins
Help prepare breakfast before continuing service work throughout the morning and early afternoon.

In the evening, hike through the rainforest to search for the endangered White-necked Rockfowl, or Yellow-headed Picathartes, at its nesting site. Local guides will also look for pangolins, one of the world’s most trafficked mammals. End the day with local food, journaling, and group discussions.

Day 7: Reforestation, Kakum, Kayaking, Drumming, and Beach Bonfire
Before breakfast, plant three native trees in degraded habitat to help offset the carbon footprint of your trip. Say goodbye to the community, then travel toward Brenu Akyinim near Elmina.

Visit Kakum National Park and walk its famous canopy walkway, suspended approximately 40 meters above the rainforest floor. Continue to a coastal lagoon for a team kayaking challenge, followed by a walk through the fishing community of Brenu Akyinim.

At the beach accommodation, learn traditional Djembe drumming and dance. Enjoy dinner on the beach, followed by a bonfire and Ghanaian music.

Day 8: Beach Clean, Cape Coast Castle, Baobab Foundation and Batik
Begin with a beach clean-up, collecting plastic and other waste for recycling through Trashy Bags. After breakfast, visit UNESCO-listed Cape Coast Castle, including its dungeons, museum, and “Door of No Return.”

Have lunch at the Baobab Children Foundation, which supports children who have left school early and children with disabilities. In the afternoon, take part in a traditional batik workshop with Global Mamas. Create your own fabric, which can be tailored into a shirt, skirt, or dress.

Return to the beach accommodation for a final evening party with music from a local DJ.

Day 9: Elmina Markets, Boat Builders, Castle and Fantasy Coffins
Enjoy a relaxed beachfront breakfast before exploring Elmina’s fishing market, fishmongers, traditional boat builders, and colorful harbor.

Visit the historic Castle of St. George, built in 1482 and now a UNESCO World Heritage site. After lunch, travel to Accra and visit the Fantasy Coffins workshop, known for its imaginative designs inspired by occupations, objects, and personal interests.

Share an early evening meal at a locally owned restaurant before transferring to the airport for your international departure.