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Attraction · Axim

Axim Beach Resort beachfront

The private beach area of Axim Beach Resort, a palm-covered hillside property overlooking the Atlantic in Axim, Nzema East Municipal, Western Region.

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Beach · Beyin

Beyin Beach

Sandy Atlantic beach at Beyin in Ghana's Western Region, beside Fort Apollonia and the Amansuri wetland, noted for seine-net fishing and seasonal turtle nesting.

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Attraction · Beyin

Beyin Sea Turtle Conservation

Evening sea-turtle watching on the beach beside the Beyin visitor centre in Jomoro Municipal, Western Region, where a conservation project protects nesting turtles.

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Attraction · Effia Nkwanta

Bisa Aberwa Museum

A not-for-profit Pan African museum at Nkontompo, Sekondi-Takoradi, holding over 2,000 exhibits on African and diaspora history.

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Attraction · Axim

Boboayisi Island

Boboayisi Island is a small island in Axim Bay, Western Region, about 1.8 km offshore from Axim, reached by boat and known for its GPHA-managed lighthouse.

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Attraction · Axim

Bobowasi Island

Uninhabited island in Axim Bay, Western Region, Ghana, known for its early-20th-century Axim Lighthouse and reached by boat from the Axim area.

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Attraction · Butre

Butre Beach Lodge & Restaurant Cluster

A cluster of separate beachfront lodges, restaurants and bars on Butre Beach at Butre village, Ahanta West Municipal, Western Region, Ghana.

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Attraction · Butre

Butre Community Tourism / Tourist Information Booth

Community-run tourism base in Butre, a Western Region fishing village, with a village-centre information booth, local guides, Fort Batenstein hill walks and lagoon canoe trips.

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Attraction · Butre

Butre River Canoe & Mangrove Experience

A guided dugout-canoe trip upstream the Butre River from Butre village, Western Region, run by The Hideout Lodge as a lodge and community activity.

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Attraction · Butre

Butre Town Tourism Development Committee Information Booth

Community-run information booth in central Butre, Western Region, where local guides arrange tours to Fort Batenstein, the Nana Butre Lagoon and hiking routes.

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Attraction · Takoradi

Butumagyabu Attaa Park

Butumagyabu Attaa Park is a public green space in the Butumagyebu area of Sekondi-Takoradi, Western Region, used for relaxation, picnics and family outings.

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Attraction · Akwidaa

Cape Three Points Forest Reserve

A coastal rainforest reserve near Princes Town in Ghana's Western Region, protected since 1949 and recognised as a Globally Significant Biodiversity Area and Important Bird Area.

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Attraction · Shama

Cross in the Sea (White Cross), Shama

The Cross in the Sea, or White Cross, is a historic cross monument standing in the sea off Shama in Ghana's Western Region, linked to Portuguese arrival in 1471.

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Attraction · Tarkwa

Cyanide Park, Tarkwa

Cyanide Park is a public park and athletic green space in Tarkwa, Western Region, Ghana, best known for the Cyanide Astro Turf pitch inaugurated in 2022.

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Attraction · Dixcove

Dixcove Harbour

Dixcove Harbour is the natural harbour and working artisanal fishing port of Dixcove in Ghana's Western Region, with a canoe basin and fish landing beach below Fort Metal Cross.

Beach

Beach · Esiama

Esiama Beach

Esiama Beach is an Atlantic-facing beach at Esiama (Essiama), a town near Axim in the Nzema East Municipal District of Ghana's Western Region.

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Attraction · Akwidaa

Ezile River Mangrove Canoe Experience

Guided wooden-canoe trips through the mangroves of the Ezile River at Akwidaa, Western Region, with local navigators and advertised wildlife viewing.

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Attraction · Akwidaa

Fort Dorothea, Akwidaa

Fort Dorothea is a ruined Brandenburg-era fort on a rocky hill at Akwidaa in Ghana's Western Region, reached on foot with permission from the local chief.

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Attraction · Takoradi

Fort Orange

Fort Orange (Fort Oranje) is a 17th-century Dutch-founded coastal fort in Sekondi, Western Region, now a lighthouse site and Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority naval base.

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Attraction · Takoradi

Harbour View Gardens

Harbour View Gardens is an elevated garden, bar and restaurant in Takoradi's Harbour Area, overlooking Takoradi Port and marked by a war memorial at its entrance.

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Attraction · Takoradi

Heritage Fun Park

Family recreation park on the Cape Coast–Takoradi Road in Takoradi, Western Region, advertising a mini zoo, donkey ride, sports park, indoor games and an events centre.

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Attraction · Prince's Town

Jan Conny House Ruins, Pokesu

Stone remains of a house and defensive wall linked to Ahanta merchant-chief Jan Conny at Pokesu (Prince's Town), Ahanta West District, Western Region.

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Attraction · Kikam

Kikam Beach

Kikam Beach is a Gulf of Guinea shoreline at Kikam in the Ellembelle District, Western Region, named among the district's beaches by the WRCC.

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Attraction · Beyin

Museum of Nzema Culture and History

An eco-museum inside the restored Fort Apollonia at Beyin, Jomoro District, presenting Nzema culture, history and the Amansuri wetland environment.