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Attraction · Butre

Busua–Butre Coastal Hike & Butre Hills Viewpoint

An informal coastal footpath linking Busua and Butre in Ghana's Western Region, climbing laterite headlands above the Atlantic to Fort Batenstein and the Butre river mouth.

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Attraction · Akwidaa

Fort Dorothea ruins

Fort Dorothea is a ruined 17th-century fortification on a rocky hill at Akwidaa, Western Region, Ghana, reached by trekking with local permission.

Photo: Stig Nygaard · Source

Attraction · Prince's Town

Fort Gross-Friedrichsburg

Ghana's only German-built fort, a hilltop fortification on Manfro Hill at Princes Town (Pokesu), Western Region, now a partially restored attraction and rest house.

Photo: Roberto Zaugg · Source

Beach · Prince's Town

Prince's Town Beach

A long, unspoiled Atlantic beach at Prince's Town (Pokesu) in the Ahanta West District, Western Region, with local food vendors and nearby Fort Gross Friedrichsburg.

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Resort · Busua

Busua Beach Resort

Beachfront resort on Busua Beach, a curved bay of nearly 2.4 km of golden sand about 30 km west of Sekondi-Takoradi in Ghana's Western Region.

Photo: Mac-Jordan Degadjor · Source

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Attraction · Jaway Wharf

Abby Lagoon

Abby Lagoon is a trans-boundary wetland near Jaway Wharf in Jomoro, Western Ghana, listed among the municipality's attractions and believed to hold West African manatees.

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Beach · Aboadze

Aboadze Beach

Aboadze Beach is the working fishing shoreline of Aboadze, a coastal town in Ghana's Shama District, Western Region, about 20 km from Takoradi.

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Beach · Aboadze

Abuesi Beach

Abuesi is a fishing community on the Gulf of Guinea in Ghana's Shama District, with an open surf shoreline, offshore rocky outcrop and a hillside beach resort.

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Attraction · Busua

Ahanta Waves Surf School & Camp

Locally owned surf school and surf camp on Busua Beach, Western Region, offering surf lessons, board rental, guided surf trips and accommodation at Ahanta Eco Lodge.

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Attraction · Agona Nkwanta

Akatekyi Crocodile Pond

A sacred crocodile pond near the fishing community of Akatekyi, about 30 km west of Takoradi, visited through a local traditional spiritual leader.

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Attraction · Wassa Akropong

Akropong Town Park

Akropong Town Park is a public town park and athletic ground in Wassa Akropong, capital of the Wassa Amenfi East Municipal District in Ghana's Western Region.

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Attraction · Akwidaa

Akwidaa

Akwidaa is a small fishing town in Ahanta West District, Western Region, split between a coastal Old Town and an inland New Town, with fort ruins and beaches.

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Attraction · Essikadu

Albert Bosomtwi Sam Fishing Harbour

GPHA-operated fishing harbour in Sekondi, Western Region, with inner and outer harbours, a canoe basin, and an adjacent fish market and processing area.

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Attraction · Beyin

Amansuri Wetland

A blackwater wetland system near Beyin in Ghana's Western Region, visited by canoe to the stilt village of Nzulezo.

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Attraction · Bakanta

Amanzule River Boat Cruise

A boat and canoe cruise on the Amanzule River near Nzulezo in Ghana's Western Region, run in association with the Nzulezo Stilt Village Tourism Project.

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Attraction · Beyin

Amanzule Wetlands Nature Preserve

Amanzule wetland near Beyin in Ghana's Western Region is described as the country's largest intact swamp peat forest, reached by canoe tour to Nzulezo stilt village.

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Attraction · Elubo

Ankasa Rain Forest

Ankasa Conservation Area is a 509 km2 wet evergreen forest in southwest Ghana near Elubo, comprising Nini-Suhien National Park and Ankasa Resource Reserve.

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Attraction · Kwameniampa

Ankobra Golf Club

Ankobra Golf Club is a 9-hole golf club near Bogoso in Ghana's Western Region, listed among Prestea-Huni Valley District attractions, with no confirmed current visitor details.

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Attraction · Axim

Ankobra River Boat Tour

Guided motorboat excursion on the Ankobra River near Axim, run by Ankobra Beach Retreat, with a long Dominase market trip and a shorter mangrove canoe option.

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Beach · Shama

Anlo Beach

Anlo Beach is a small artisanal fishing community and curved sandy shoreline in the Shama District, Western Region, between the Pra River and the sea.

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Attraction · Shama

Anlo-Shama fishing community

Anlo-Shama (Anlo Beach) is a small fishing and farming community at the Pra River estuary in Ghana's Shama District, Western Region, facing severe coastal erosion.

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Attraction · Takoradi

Apremdo Palace

Apremdo Palace is a traditional palace and cultural site in the Apremdo area of Takoradi, Western Region, described by directories as a small museum of local artifacts.

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Attraction · Atuabo

Atuabo Beaches

Atuabo beaches are the shoreline of Atuabo, a coastal fishing town in the Ellembelle District of Ghana's Western Region, within the Eastern Nzema Traditional Area.

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Attraction · Awudua

Awudua Community Centre

A community hall and auditorium in Awudua, Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality, built by AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine and commissioned in July 2021.