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Attraction · Tongo

Tongo Chief's Palace

The royal court of the Paramount Chief of the Talensi Traditional Area, and a stop on the official Tongo-Tengzuk Cultural Landscape tour in Ghana's Upper East Region.

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Attraction · Tongo

Tongo Hills

A granite hill range near Tongo in Ghana's Upper East Region, known for balancing rock formations, caves and sacred Talensi ancestral shrines.

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Waterfall · Tarkwa

UMaT Waterfall

A small campus waterfall at the University of Mines and Technology in Tarkwa, Western Region, used by the university for World Water Day events and buffer-zone conservation.

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Attraction · Opersika

Umbrella Rock

Umbrella Rock is a balancing rock formation near Boti Falls in Ghana's Eastern Region, reached mainly by a guided forest hike and known for its overhang and valley views.

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Attraction · Bolgatanga

Upper East Regional Museum

An ethnographic museum in Bolgatanga, Upper East Region, preserving the material culture of the region since 1972 and housed at its current site since 1991.

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Attraction · Accra

Ussher Fort

Ussher Fort is a 17th-century Dutch-built fort in James Town, Accra, now home to the Ussher Fort Museum on the history of the slave trade in Ghana.

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Attraction · Wa

Wa Naa's Palace

Wa Naa's Palace is the traditional palace and official residence of the Wa Naa in Wa town, Upper West Region, and a gazetted national monument in Sudano-Sahelian mud-brick style.

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Waterfall · Wli Afegame

Wli Waterfalls

Wli Waterfalls, or Agumatsa Falls, is a two-stage waterfall on the Agumatsa River near Wli and Afegame in the Hohoe Municipality, reached through the Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Beach · Busua

Busua Beach

Sandy Atlantic beach at Busua in Ghana's Western Region, known as the country's leading surf destination, with surf schools on the sand.

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Attraction · Akosombo

Dodi Island

Dodi Island is an inhabited island in Lake Volta, Eastern Region, reached by a roughly two-hour cruise boat trip from Akosombo.

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Attraction · Dondoli

Dondoli Mosque

Dondoli Mosque is a 19th-century Sudano-Sahelian earthen mosque in the Dondoli community of Wa, Upper West Region, now reported to be in partial ruins and abandoned.

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Attraction · Elmina

Elmina Fishing Harbour

A working fishing port below Elmina Castle in Ghana's Central Region, where visitors watch pirogues land their catch, busiest at morning returns and evening departures.

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Attraction · Elmina

Fort Coenraadsburg

Fort St. Jago (Fort Coenraadsburg) is a small Dutch-era hilltop fort opposite Elmina Castle in Elmina, Central Region, Ghana.

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Attraction · Winneba

Fort Winneba

Fort Winneba is a 1694 Royal African Company fort on the coast at Winneba, Effutu Municipal District, Central Region, Ghana, built to facilitate the trade in enslaved people.

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Attraction · Kumasi

Kumasi Zoo

Kumasi Zoo is a long-established city-centre zoological garden in central Kumasi, Ashanti Region, managed by Ghana's Wildlife Division.

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Attraction · Nakore

Nakore Mosque

Nakore Mosque is a small historic Sudano-Sahelian mud mosque in Nakore village, southwest of Wa in Ghana's Upper West Region, still active for Friday prayers.

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Attraction · Dambai

Oti River

The Oti River (also called the Pendjari) is a major international waterway through Ghana's Oti Region, crossed at Dambai by ferry and canoe services.

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Attraction · Ejisu

Yaa Asantewaa Museum

A museum in Ejisu, Ashanti Region, honouring Yaa Asantewaa, Queen Mother of Ejisu and leader of Ashanti resistance in the 1900–1901 War of the Golden Stool.

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Waterfall · Obosomase

Adom Waterfalls

Adom Waterfalls (Obosomase Waterfalls) is a forest waterfall in Obosomase, Akuapim North Municipal District, Eastern Region, reached by a steep stone-step trail.

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Attraction · Sanwoma

Ankobra Estuary

The Ankobra Estuary is where the Ankobra River meets the Atlantic at Sanwoma in the Ellembelle District, Western Region, near the remains of Fort Elize Carthago.

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Beach · Anomabo

Anomabo Beach

Anomabo Beach is a wide, sandy Atlantic beach at Anomabo in Ghana's Central Region, about 115 km west of Accra on the coastal road.

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Attraction · Sefwi Wiawso

Bia National Park

Bia National Park is the 77.7 km2 northern half of the Bia Conservation Area in Western North, Ghana, a forest reserve known for primates, forest elephants and guided walks.

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