Cape Coast Castle | Full HD Tour | Updated 2025

Special thanks to our amazing tour guide, Matilda, for making this a very informative and educational experience!



Cape Coast Castle (Swedish: Carolusborg) is one of about forty "slave castles", or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa (now Ghana) by European traders. It was originally a Portuguese "feitoria" or trading post, established in 1555, which they named Cabo Corso. However, in 1653 the Swedish Africa Company constructed a timber fort there. It originally was a centre for the trade in timber and gold. It was later used in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Other Ghanaian slave castles include Elmina Castle and Fort Christiansborg. They were used to hold slaves before they were loaded onto ships and sold in the Americas, especially the Caribbean. This "gate of no return" was the last stop before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.



00:00 Cape Coast Castle Full Tour
00:17 Cape Coast Castle History
01:40 Introduction and Male Slave Dungeons
05:52 Inside the Male Slave Dungeons & Immersive Experience
10:41 Treatment of Slaves and the Grand Passage
13:57 Q&A
15:38 The Plaque
16:29: Barrack Obama’s visit to the Cape Coast Castle
17:34 Philip Quaque’s (Kweku) Grave
18:48 Captain George Maclean’s Grave
19:37 Letitia Elizabeth Landon’s Grave
20:22 Water storage system at Cape Coast Castle
20:37 Rainwater Storage & Close up
21:19 Underground Tunnel
21:49 Cape Coast Castle’s Defence System
22:17 Explanation of the underground passage
23:15 Close up of the underground passage
23:27 Exit from the underground passage
24:08 Female Punishment Cells
25:20 The Female Dungeons & Immersive Experience
27:07 The Door of No Return
28:01 Transportation of Slaves
28:55 Door of Return & Further History
29:36 Emancipation
30:50 Why does it say “Akwaaba(welcome)” at the Door of No Return?
31:18 Immersive Experience of the Cell
32:33 Background History on the cell
33:50 The Governors conference room
34:26 Signalling System
34:42 Governor’s Bedroom & Hall
34:47 View from the Governor’s Bedroom
34:53 Reception Area
35:12 Overall View from the Governor’s Quarters
35:35 Children’s Library & Ending Thoughts


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