Cape Coast Castle courtyard and cannons overlooking the Atlantic

Explore Ghana

Ghana

Cape Coast Castle · Photo: Rjruiziii · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Ghana brings together coastal cities, inland communities and places to explore across sixteen regions. Start with the reviewed destination guides and build a trip around the places that interest you.

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Where to go

Destinations

Greater AccraCentralAshantiVoltaWesternEasternNorthernSavannahUpper EastUpper WestOtiBono EastBonoWestern North

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Places to explore

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 · Keta

Aborigines Beach

Golden-sand Atlantic beach at Keta in the Volta Region, fronted by the long-running Aborigines Beach Resort.

Photo: Nana Ama Pokua · Source

Resort · Keta

Aborigines Beach Resort

Beachfront resort in Keta, Volta Region, with a pool, open-air bar and restaurant, water sports centre, petting zoo and rooms from Standard to Royal Suite.

Photo: Nana Ama Pokua · Source

Hotel · Amedzofe

Abraerica Hospitalities and Tour

Abraerica Hospitalities and Tour, also branded Abraerica Mountain Resort, is a hotel and guest house in Amedzofe, Ho West District, Volta Region, Ghana.

Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · Source

Attraction · Aburi

Aburi Botanical Gardens

Aburi Botanical Gardens is a 64.8-hectare botanical garden in Aburi, Eastern Region, Ghana, opened in March 1890 and known for its plant collections and recreation areas.

Photo: Nkansahrexford · Source

Attraction · Aburi

Aburi Craft Village

Aburi Craft Village is an artisan market and craft centre near the Aburi Botanical Gardens in Ghana's Eastern Region, refurbished by GEPA in 2021.

Photo: Koby DDT · Source

Beach · Ada Foah

Ada Foah Beach

Palm-lined beach and estuary at Ada Foah, about 120 km from Accra, where the Volta River meets the Atlantic Ocean.

Photo: SanBa · Source

Attraction · Adanwomase

Adanwomase Kente Village

Adanwomase is a kente-weaving town in Kwabre East District, Ashanti Region, about 27 km northeast of Kumasi, with a Visitor Centre, community workshop and mini kente museum.

Photo: shawnzam · Source

Resort · Atimpoku

Adi Lake Resort

Adi Lake Resort is a lakeside resort on the Volta River at Atimpoku in Ghana's Eastern Region, near the Adomi Bridge and Akosombo Road.

Photo: Efo Komla · Source

Attraction · Atimpoku

Adomi Bridge

The Adomi Bridge is Ghana's first permanent Volta River crossing and longest suspension bridge, a steel crescent arch at Atimpoku on National Route N2.

Photo: Celestinesucess · Source

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.

Photo: Benebiankie · Source

Attraction · Liati Wote

Aduadu Mountain

Aduadu Mountain is a c. 746 m peak in the Agumatsa Range near Liati Wote, Volta Region, usually reached as an extension beyond the Mount Afadja summit trail.

Photo: Amuzujoe · Source

Attraction · Liati Wote

Afadjato-Tagbo Eco-Tourism Reception Centre

Community-run reception centre and trailhead in Liati-Wote, Volta Region, where visitors arrange guided hikes to Mount Afadja and Tagbo Falls.

Photo: Kradolferp · Source

Attraction · Aflao

Aflao Market

Aflao Market is a working marketplace in Aflao, a Ghana–Togo border town in the Ketu South Municipal District of the Volta Region, serving cross-border trade.

Photo: Komavo · Source

Waterfall · Koforidua

Akaa Falls

Akaa Falls is a seasonal waterfall near Akyeremanteng in the Akuapim North Municipal District, Eastern Region, about 21 km northeast of Koforidua and 7 km from Boti Falls.

Photo: Neeti Shree · Source

Restaurant · Akosombo

Akosombo Continental Hotel Restaurant

The riverside hotel restaurant of Akosombo Continental Hotel on the Volta River, serving local and international cuisine in Akosombo, Eastern Region.

Photo: Simon Ontoyin · Source

Attraction · Akosombo

Akosombo Dam

The Akosombo Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Volta River in Ghana's Eastern Region, operated by the Volta River Authority and impounding Lake Volta.

Photo: Allison Stillwell at English Wikipedia · Source

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.

Photo: ecbourque · Source

Attraction · Amedzofe

Amedzofe Canopy Walkway

A suspended forest canopy walkway at Ote Waterfalls in Amedzofe, Volta Region, reached by a steep guided trail of roughly 259 concrete steps.

Photo: Efo Komla · 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

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.

Photo: ZSM · Source

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.

Photo: Tahiru Rajab · Source

Attraction · Anyanui

Anyanui to Ada Foah Boat Trip

A roughly 7 km boat crossing between Anyanui in the Volta Region and Ada Foah, travelling the Volta River estuary past mangroves and sandy banks.

Photo: Philip Nalangan · Source

Beach · Apam

Apam Beach

Apam Beach is the sandy Atlantic shoreline of Apam, a fishing town and Gomoa West District capital in Ghana's Central Region, about 45 km east of Cape Coast.

Photo: StephanieRing · Source

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