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Itinerary (Subject to minor changes)
Day 1 Arrival Oct 24th.
Free Day, recover from travel
Day 2 Accra CITY TOUR
Oct 25th
After breakfast leave for Accra City tour driving through the principal streets of Accra to the Du Bois center for Pan African culture for a guided tour into the life of Dr Du Bois a leading member of NAACP and his wife Shirley.
We continue to the national museum for another guided tour where we will see on display a collection of pre historic to contemporary artifacts. Depart the national museum driving through old Accra James town for sight and sound of the Boxing capital of Ghana arriving at the Kwame Nkrumah museum the third and final burial place of the first president of the republic Ghana and a guided into the life of the first president of the republic Ghana and a great Pan Africanist who fought not only for Ghana’s independent but whole of Africa and black people everywhere. We make a shopping stop at the arts center for shopping in locally produced goods and crafts.
Leave the arts center for the independence square where we hold our national anniversaries and walk through the black star gate we return to the hotel via the wonderful casket makers of Accra.
Overnight in Accra
Day 3 ACCRA – NKYINKYIM
Oct 26th.
Today we drive to Akoto Banfos nkyinkyim museum where he uses sculptures heads to tell the story of the slave trade in that part of the country we return to Accra for overnight
Day 4 ACCRA – CAPE COAST
Oct 27th
Depart Accra for Cape coast driving through farming and fishing communities arriving at the Elmina castle for a guided tour where will tour the infamous dungeons and have a first hand experience of the Trans Atlantic Slave trade and also learn about the forced mistresses of the governors. Check into your hotel for overnight
Ghana, West Africa, Educational & Historical Expedition
Join us as we visit West Africa and “The Door of No Return” Ghana for 7 nights, 8 days, Oct 23rd – Nov 1st 2024
Cost: $2990.00 per person (AIRFARE NOT INCLUDED)
Cost includes: 7 nights hotel accommodations (double occupancy), Daily breakfast & lunch, admission to museums (As listed in itinerary), ground transportation, baggage handling & professional guide.
A $300.00 Nonrefundable deposit (per seat) due at booking, payment plan is available. Credit cards are accepted with a 3% fee.
Make all checks payable to:
Building Life Foundation 906 Green Briar Hills Dr. O’Fallon MO 63366
Phone 314 680 7533
Day 5 CAPE COAST- HERITAGE TOUR Oct 28th.
We will visit the British built Cape coast castle for another guided tour where we will go through the door of no return will return through same door which our ancestors could not do. Spend the rest of the day at the beach relaxing. Overnight in Cape coast
Day 6 CAPE COAST – KUMASI
Oct 29th
Today we will say good bye to the central region and head to Kumasi the unofficial cultural capital of Ghana via the Assin Manso slave river site for the guided tour where the captives had their last bath and first branding which also serve as one of the largest slave markets in the south. Learn about Samuel Carson and crystal who were reburied at the ancestral grave yard. We continue to Kumasi arriving early evening for check in and overnight
Day 7 KUMASI CITY TOUR
Oct 30th
After breakfast leave for Prempeh ll museum for a guided tour into Ashanti history and culture also see the fake golden stool that was given to the British. Learn about the famous queen mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa.
We continue our tour to the site of the famous sword planted by the legendary fetishist priest and also learn about the foundation of the Ashanti empire.
We depart to the seat of the Ashanti kingdom
Manyiah Palace museum where we will come face to face with rare royal paraphernalias use by the various Ashanti kings and effigies of past Ashanti kings and queens and also learn about the history of the Ashanti people. We return to our hotel for overnight
Day 8 KUMASI – CRAFT VILLAGES back to Accra for departure.
Oct 31st
Leave for the craft villages of Bonwire for Kente weaving learn about the origin of this famous Ghanaian cloth which is woven on looms u will have the chance to learn or try your hands on weaving the famous cloth.
End of tour
Join BLF for “VICTORY OVER VIOLENCE” 7 DAY WESTERN CARIBBEAN FUNDRASIER CRUISE JAN 5TH – 12TH 2025.
A $100.00 nonrefundable deposit is due @ booking per person!!!
HURRY CABINS ARE BOOKING FAST!!
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To reserve your cabin click the link below or call 314 680 7533
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COST INCLUDES ALL PORT FEES & TAXES
ENTRANCE TO ALL WHITE PARTY & GLOW PARTY ON SHIP.
Inside cabin $789.65pp
Ocean view $899.65pp
Balcony $1124.65pp
Culture & Educational Study Abroad to Barcelona & Madrid
Parents with youth in grades 6th to 12th register now for our trip to Barcelona & Madrid Spain, June 17th – June 26th 2025. Parents are welcome to join as well. Call 314 680 7533 or click link below for more information. Hurry Limited space!
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- Fill out the application info and Emergency Contact info on the CONTACT page. Click Next.
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- Review all of your info and tick the boxes to confirm all of the legal info on the CONFIRMATION page. Click “submit application” to complete enrollment
Egypt Tour 2025
Building Life Foundations travel’s to Egypt Nov 14th – 23rd 2025
Cost: $1500.00 per person, based on double occupancy (Airfare is not included in this price.)
A $100.00 Nonrefundable deposit per person is due at booking Call 314 680 7533 for more information or to reserve your spot. Credit cards are accepted with a 3% fee.
Cost Includes:
Meet and Assist at the airport. (2) Nights’ Steigenberger Hotel El Tahrir – Cairo or similar.
(3) Nights’ Nile Cruise accommodation based on Full-board.
(3) Nights’ Golden Beach Resort in – Hurghada
Domestic airfare Cairo/Aswan – Hurghada/Cairo, All transfers in private Deluxe A/C Bus, Baggage handling and portage, Private English Guide/Egyptologist.
ITINERARY
Arrival – Cairo
Upon arrival to Cairo, You’ll be met by the representative in Cairo and assisted with visa and customs formalities. Proceed to check in to your hotel.
Day 1
Cairo (Pyramids, Sakkara, and Memphis)
After breakfast your private Egyptologist tour guide and driver will pick you up and start your tour. Drive to Giza and visit the Pyramids.
See the Great Pyramid, a royal burial chamber and the Sphinx.
Continue to Memphis, capital of the pharaohs during the Old Kingdom.
Visit the recumbent statue of Ramses II and the 80-ton alabaster sphinx.
Lunch en route; Continue to Sakkara to see the prototype of the Pyramids, the Step Pyramid, built for the 3rd Dynasty pharaoh Djoser by the exalted architect Imhotep.
Back to the hotel, overnight.
(Breakfast / Lunch)
Day 2
Cairo (Egyptian Museum, Citadel, Old Cairo, Khan El Khalily)
After breakfast visit the Egyptian Museum, this houses a magnificent collection of Pharaonic antiquities, especially the golden treasures of Tut Ankh Amun. Lunch en route.
In the afternoon you will proceed to Old Cairo to visit the citadel of Salah El Din, and the Mohammed Ali Mosque situated high above the city, Continue to visit the Church of Abu Serga, Moallaqa Church (Hanging Church) and Ben Ezra Synagogue, the oldest Jewish synagogue in Egypt. Overnight at hotel.
(Breakfast / Lunch)
Day 3
Cairo /Aswan
Breakfast, transfer to Cairo airport for your flight to Aswan, upon arrival you will be met by representative and start a tour of Aswan High Dam, Egypt’s modern example of building on a monumental scale. Continue by a short motor-boat ride to the Temple of Philae on the island of Agilka.
The temple was dedicated to Isis, sister/wife of Osiris and patroness of the Ptolemaic rule
(Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Day 4
Nile cruise (Kom Ombo temple)
Breakfast, sail to Kom Ombo where you will visit the Sobek Temple, dedicated to the two gods, which offers beautiful murals and reliefs. Lunch on board. Sail to Edfu, Dinner and overnight in Edfu.
(Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Day 5
Nile Cruise (Edfu temple – Karnak and Luxor temples)
After breakfast, Set out by horse-drawn carriage to visit the Temple of Horus, the largest and most perfectly preserved of all the Nile temples. Horus, also known as Haroeris, was the falcon-headed solar war god. Back to cruise, lunch on board, sail to Esna. Cross the lock of Esna.
Visit the great Luxor Temple and the magnificent Karnak Temple of Amun with its famous Hypostyle Hall and the 134 huge columns, the Statue of Ramses II, the Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut and the Sacred Lake… Dinner and overnight on board
(Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Day 6
Luxor (Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut, Memnon)/ Hurghada
Breakfast, disembarkation, cross to the West Bank of the Nile and visit the wondrous Valley of the Kings, a vast city of the dead, where the magnificent tombs of 62 pharaohs have been discovered. The tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs.
Next, visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. This beautiful monument to the reign of the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it. On the way back stop at the famed Colossi of Memnon. These colossal statues were known by the ancient Greeks to emit haunting voices at dawn. Though damaged by nature and ancient tourists, the statues are still impressive, back to your cruise for Lunch, transfer to Hurghada with air conditioned private bus. Check in to your hotel, dinner and overnight at hotel.
(Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Day 7 & 8
Hurghada Snorkeling on safari trips,
Breakfast, relax and enjoy the red sea, dinner and overnight
ATV & City Tour to farmers market
Day 9
Hurghada/ Cairo – Final departure
Breakfast, disembarkation. Flight back to Cairo, connection for your final departure.
(Breakfast)
Mail all checks to:
Building Life Foundation
906 Green Briar Hills Dr.
O’Fallon MO 63366