The region of gold, culture and history is well connected by air, rail and road.Its capital, Kumasi, occupying the central portion of modern Ghana was founded in 1695 by Asantehene Osei Tutu and is replete with forts,museums and the best in culture, pump and pageantry. It reveals the distinct cultural and historic backdrop for the festivals and
ceremonies that are still important today.

The home of the most important goldmine in the country and the richest in the world, The Ashanti Goldfields. Its attractions are diverse, some of them still unspoilt and natural. It also abounds in quality,hospitality institutions, natural environment, historical and cultural heritage.

Ashanti offers you:

• Manhyia Palace Museum Kumasi (Where the king of Ashanti resides)
• Prempeh 11 Jubilee museum
• Kumasi Fort and Military museum
• Kejetia market (largest open air market in West Africa)
• Kumasi Zoo
• Bonwire (Kente weaving village) where the magical kente cloth is woven
• Ntonsu (Adinkra cloth making village)
• Brass smiths of Ampabane Krofrom
• Gold & Silver Smiths of Kumasi
• Fishing on Lake Bosumtwi (a crater lake surrounded by hills)
• Forest wildlife (includes bucks, monkeys and clouds of butterflies; Bobori forest, Owabi wildlife sanctuary.
• Caves of Mframabuom
• Shrines of Ejisu ( home of Nana Yaa Asantewaa, the warrior Queen who led the Ashantis into war against the colonial regime)
• Obuasi Goldmines (surface visits can be arranged.