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Beach · Akwidaa

Akwidaa Beach

Akwidaa Beach is the free, open shoreline of a fishing village in Ahanta West District, Western Region, near Cape Three Points, with turtle nesting and beach lodges.

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Attraction · Beyin

Fort Apollonia

Fort Apollonia is a colonial-era seafront fort at Beyin, Western Region, Ghana, housing the Museum of Nzema Culture and History since 2010.

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Attraction · Butre

Fort Batenstein

Fort Batenstein is a Dutch trading fort built in 1656, now a ruin on the hill above Butre village in Ghana's Western Region, overlooking the Atlantic.

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Attraction · Dixcove

Fort Metal Cross

Fort Metal Cross is a British colonial fort begun in 1692 on a promontory at Dixcove in Ghana's Western Region, now a UNESCO-listed protected monument.

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Attraction · Shama

Fort San Sebastian

Fort San Sebastian at Shama, Western Region, is a Portuguese fort of 1520–1526, later expanded by the Dutch and now a National Monument in Ghana's UNESCO-listed forts and castles.

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Attraction · Shama

Fort San Sebastian, Shama

Fort San Sebastian in Shama, Western Region, is a Portuguese-built fort of 1520–1526, now a National Monument and part of the UNESCO-listed Forts and Castles of Ghana.

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Attraction · Nzulezo

Nzulezo Stilt Village

Nzulezo is Ghana's only stilt village, reached by guided canoe through the Amanzule wetlands from Beyin in the Western Region.

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Attraction · Takoradi

Takoradi Harbour

Takoradi Harbour is Ghana's oldest seaport, a secured working industrial port in Sekondi-Takoradi commissioned in 1928, with restricted public access.

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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.

Photo: Enock4seth · Source

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 · 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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Attraction · Akwidaa

Cape Three Points

Cape Three Points is Ghana's southernmost tip, a fishing village and peninsula in the Western Region known for its 1875 and 1925 lighthouses.

Photo: Friedmut Abel · Source

Beach · Dixcove

Dixcove Beach

Dixcove Beach is the working fishing shoreline of Dixcove in Ghana's Western Region, set below the bluff-top Fort Metal Cross.

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Attraction · Axim

Fort St. Antony

Portuguese-built fort begun in 1515 on a rocky promontory at Axim, later a Dutch Gold Coast stronghold and now a UNESCO-listed state-owned site open to the public.

Photo: Jesuraj Alakassery · Source

Attraction · Takoradi

Market Circle, Takoradi

Takoradi Market Circle is a long-established market in Takoradi, Western Region, whose 2020 redevelopment has been stalled since early 2023.

Photo: Canny Kay · Source

Beach · Butre

Butre Beach

Butre Beach, also called Coconut Beach, is the narrow palm-fringed beach at the fishing village of Butre in Ghana's Western Region, where the Butre River meets the Atlantic.

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Beach · Akwidaa

Ezile Bay Beach

A roughly 300 m almond-shaded beach in a small protected bay between Akwidaa and Katakor, near Cape Three Points, Western Region, home to Ezile Bay Ecolodge.

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Attraction · Axim

Fort Santo Antonio

Portuguese-built fort begun in 1515 at Axim, Western Region, now a UNESCO-listed state monument managed by the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board and closed since 18 December 2025.

Photo: Jesuraj Alakassery · Source

Beach · Takoradi

Sports Club Beach

Sports Club Beach is a beach in Takoradi, Western Region, Ghana, described as lying behind the Atlantic Hotel and named for the adjacent Takoradi Sports Club.

Photo: Angel Lite Photography · Source

Attraction · Akwidaa

Cape Three Points Lighthouse

Cape Three Points is Ghana's southernmost tip, a fishing village and peninsula in Ahanta West known for its 1875 lighthouse ruin and working 1925 tower.

Photo: Friedmut Abel · Source

Attraction · Takoradi

Takoradi Monkey Hill

Takoradi Monkey Hill is a forested hill and primate habitat conservation site within Takoradi, listed by the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly as a tourist site.

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Attraction · Aboadze

Aboadze Thermal Power Station (VRA) visitor site

Ghana's first fossil-fuel power station, operated by VRA at Aboadze near Sekondi-Takoradi, drawing students and tourists to study electricity supply.

Photo: Enock4seth · Source

Beach · Axim

Ankobra Beach Resort

Ankobra Beach Retreat is a beachfront boutique resort at Axim in Ghana's Western Region, with African-style chalets, a restaurant and a maintained beach on a 45-hectare complex.

Photo: Roger Husvik · Source

Beach · Axim

Axim Beach

Axim Beach is the shoreline and beachfront-resort area of Axim, a coastal town and capital of Nzema East Municipal District in Ghana's Western Region.

Photo: Jeremy Weate · Source

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