2 Weeks in Ghana

I have just returned from a 12 day Best of Ghana Cultural Tour by Continent Tours. I have travelled around the world to over 40 countries and this was far the best trip I’ve taken. It was cultural, educational, historical, inspirational, and overwhelming with much joy which touched my mind, heart & spirit in such a sacred way. It was truly a trip of a lifetime and all due to the expertise of Tina Ross, Continent Tour Manager, the thoroughness of Matina Kuma, our tour guide, and safety of Samwell, our driver.

From the moment I contacted Continent Tours, Tina made me feel very at ease that she understood exactly what I wanted in a customized tour. She always exercised professionalism, thoughtfulness, compassion, understanding and a sweet demeanor throughout the 9 month process before our departure. She never gave any hesitation or negativity towards the changes, additions, questions and concerns that I had. Her actions certainly provided me with a comfort and assurance that I was going to have the type of tour that I desired. As the tour date became closer & closer I became more & more excited which was all due to Tina. My tour was all of what I planned and even more than my expectations and was blessed immensely with extra surprises that were included by Continent Tours.

To add to this, our tour guide was Matina Kuma, who had an effervescent and loving personality with her heartfelt hugs and sweet radiant smiles from our airport pickup throughout our journey until our airport drop off. She embraced my 3 companions and myself with much care, protection, respect & love as senior women and affectionately referred to us as “Mama”, which gave rise to us truly adopting her as our Ghanian daughter and genuine blessings of being family. She was very kind and generous to ensure our needs where met at all times. She had an amazing and thorough knowledge of all the regions of Ghana, its different languages and cultures which provided us with much education, history and to experience the different people of Ghana in every aspect of life. There was never a concern or fear or doubt that we were truly in safe hands. Samwell, our soft spoken, warmhearted and expert driver was very meticulous in maneuvering some of the undesirable roads to give us the best comfort.

I would sincerely and strongly recommend Continent Tours to anyone wishing to visit Ghana and especially for those that desire to learn their ancestry. Do your research, document what you wish to see and experience, number of days first so that Continent Tours can give you the experience of a lifetime that you will greatly appreciate with no regrets and be enthused to share with others as I do. Be sure to request Tina Ross, Matina and Samwell.

Duy, the tour leader was attentive, informative and the food we were given was fantastic.
So much so, that we will organise another night street food tour in Hoi An when we arrive there.

We have used Global Journeys a few times since 2013 to book our tours, accommodation, and flights; each and every time the level of service has been marvellous. The team at Global Journeys are very knowledgeable, reliable and customer focused. Global Journeys offer very competitive pricing rates. In view of the welcome return to a new normal after a few years in the doldrums for the travel industry due to COVID-19 there is rightfully/thankfully a surge back to booking holidays and tours again. We would highly encourage folks looking to book holidays/tours to at least consider contacting Global Journeys (https://www.globaljourneys.com). They help take the hassle and stress out of planning for your memory making journeys. Life is short, travel as often as you can. Afterall, travel is one of the best forms of education and self-discovery!

We were in a big tour group of 21 tourists from USA. Three safari vehicles from Arrive Africa picked us up from the border of Rwanda & Uganda.

Our guides Arshley Brian, Simon Gary, and Eddie waited for us for 5 hours at the border! They welcomed us with big smiles and open arms!
I was in the car driven by Arshley Brian, our tour guide. He's only in his mid-20s but he conducted himself with such professionalism and he shared with us his vast knowledge about his beautiful country and about its wildlife.

He would spot every animal along the road and he would point them to us as he would give us information about those animals. He would recognize all bird sounds he could hear and identify what kind of bird they were just by their sounds.
We were learning a lot from him! He kept our journey fun and entertaining as he was opening our eyes to the beauty of Uganda, the Pearl of Africa!

We are just back from 5 days trip to see the Mountain Gorillas in the Impenetrabile foresta. One of the most incredible experience in our life. Our trekking to meet the gorillas was quite hard but once you reach the place you are repaid for every effort made because the spectacle is just indescribable. And gorillas have been just a small part of our safari. From queen Elisabeth national Park where we saw lions and a Leopard to the chimpanzees treeking to the boat cruise on Kazinga channel. Any minute was a new surprise and we discovered a wonderful country. Great accomodations and good food. A special thanks to our driver Antony for his constant support and professionalism!

Warmly Back to the States but with my heart beat way back in Africa, we took on a group tour from South Africa,visited the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe,Flew in from Rwanda and we were picked from the Uganda Rwanda Border by our Three guides Simon,Eddie and Arshley Brian who was our guide for the whole time., We sat in Arshley's Jeep and right from the start he proved knowledgeable and so caring beyond his age, He was able to answer and well explain all questions asked without hesitation and at some point he surprised us when he kept on saying we should ask him as many questions as we can because if we didn't ask then he would fall sick,He went on to spice the trip by finding us all the animals we wisher for especially the Leopard he spotted while driving ,Mimicking different birds that would respond back to him, Arshley has a wide knowledge on trees and was able to identity them by their Latin names, We could not ask for any thing more than what we got from Arshley thanks to Arrive Africa for finding us the best of the best guide. The accommodations were all superb and the Ugandan people are all friendly. The trip was generally a life time memory and I hope one day I can return for more longer days.