Accommodation
Lancaster Kumasi City
You will see the three craft communities in Kumasi's surrounding verdant countryside after breakfast. Our first artisan village will be Bonwire, where we can observe how the renowned Kente cloth is manufactured by hand on looms according to a long-standing custom that has been handed down through the years. View the Kente fashions and take advantage of the opportunity to buy. We could pay the paramount chief of this village a courtesy visit. In the town of Ntonso, artisans' hand-stamp designs onto cotton fabric to create Adinkra textiles.
For funerals and other somber events, black-on-black and black-on-red Adinkra cloth is worn; discover how the black dye is manufactured in the village from tree bark and make your own Adinkra sash to take home. Additionally, you can buy sizable pieces of the village-made Adinkra cloth. We travel to the Ahwiaa Woodcarving Village, where skilled artisans carve Fertility Dolls, regal seats, and walking sticks from wood. Here, customers can buy a variety of hand-carved objects. We drive to the Ahwiaa Woodcarving Village, where skilled artisans carve Fertility Dolls, royal stools, and walking sticks from wood. Here, visitors can purchase a variety of hand-carved objects.
Visit the largest open market in West Africa this evening, the Kumasi Central Market (also known as the Kejetia Market), where more than 10,000 sellers sell their items. Almost anything may be found here, including food, clothing, cosmetics, and handcrafted goods.