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THANKSGIVING IN BISSAU

Be grateful to be able to reconnect with your ancestors

Thanksgiving is overrated in the US? Keep the gratitude spirit and come spend time in the land of your ancestors!

Decade of Return

Thanksgiving in Guinea-Bissau

21st to 28th November 2023 

Expected Program 

  • Tuesday, Nov 21st: Arrival

Check-in at Hala Hotel and Aqua Park, Rest and dinner.​

  • Wednesday, Nov 22th: Bissau Nando

Visiting the city center, old town, Amura's Fortress...

  • Thursday, Nov 23th: Cacheu

Cacheu is the city where your ancestor probably left his land...Powerful spiritual momentthe Slave trade Museum and the door of the prison they were kept before entering the boats​.​

  • Friday 24th to Sunday 26th: Bijagos Islands retreat

Treat yourself with 2 days of tropical enjoyment in the most beautiful hotel of the arquipelago and meet this fearless Bijagos people.

  • Monday, Nov 27th: Ancestry day 

Your African Ancestry test shows you're from Balanta? Mandinga? Brame? Pepel? Fula? Djola?

On Ancestry Day, The coordinators will bring you to YOUR COMMUNITY, your family! Spend time with them, ask questions, share a traditional meal with them, BOND!

  • Tuesday, Nov. 28rd: Leaving Bissauland

Preparing to go back to your 2nd homeland.​

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Flights you need to connect to

Need help with your plane tickets?

Contact Nicole HOLMES

from Enlighten One Travel,

our travel agency partner

Can't come in 2023?

Stay tuned for dates in 2024!

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