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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Attraction

Attraction · Dzita

Anlo-Keta Sea Turtle Conservation Experience

Community-based sea turtle conservation initiative on Ghana's Anlo-Keta coast, within the Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site in Anloga District, Volta Region.

Attraction

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.

Attraction

Attraction · Antoa

Antoa Nyamaa Shrine

Antoa Nyamaa is a river deity and shrine in Antoa, Kwabre East, Ashanti Region, about seven miles from Kumasi, reached by a farm path to the Asuo Nyamaa stream.

Hotel

Hotel · Anfoega

Anum Royal Guest House

Anum Royal Guest House is a 3-star-listed guest house on an unnamed road in Anfoega, North Dayi District, Volta Region, Ghana.

Attraction

Attraction · Anyanui

Anyanui Channel Boat Ride

Motorised boat rides along the roughly 7 km Anyanui Channel, a Volta River distributary in the Anloga District, through mangroves toward the Volta estuary at Ada Foah.

Attraction

Attraction · Anyanui

Anyanui Market

Anyanui Market is a traditional Wednesday market at Anyanui, a village on the Volta River estuary opposite Ada Foah in Ghana's Volta Region.

Waterfall

Waterfall · Anyinasu

Anyinasu Waterfall

Anyinasu Waterfall is a year-round cascading waterfall at Awabre, a suburb of Anyinasu in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality, Ashanti Region, Ghana.

Attraction

Attraction · Apam

Apam Fishing Harbour and Fish Market

Apam's working artisanal fishing harbour and fish market sit on the town's Atlantic waterfront in Gomoa West District, below the Dutch-built Fort Patience.

Attraction

Attraction · Apam

Apam Posuban Shrine

The Apam Posuban is an Asafo posuban shrine in Apam, Gomoa West District, Central Region — a fortified concrete shrine built by the town's No. 1 Asafo company.

Attraction

Attraction · Liati Wote

Apollo Park

Apollo Park is a community recreation and camping space at the foot of Mount Afadjato in Liati-Wote, Afadzato South District, Volta Region.

Attraction

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.

Hotel

Hotel · Keta

Ashiata Ocean View Hotel

Ashiata Ocean View Hotel is a beachfront hospitality facility at Tegbi in Keta Municipal, Volta Region, Ghana, listed among the Keta-Anloga area's top-class facilities.

Hotel

Hotel · Kpando

Ash Town Guest House

Ash Town Guest House is a guest house at Kpando in the Volta Region, listed by the Kpando Municipal Assembly among the Municipality's hospitality facilities.

Attraction

Attraction · Assin Kushea

Assin Kushea Palace

Assin Kushea Palace is the seat of the Owirenkyi paramount chief in Assin Kushea, Central Region, reported as the biggest palace in West Africa.

Attraction

Attraction · Assin Manso

Assin Manso Ancestral Slave River Park

A Central Region heritage site where enslaved Africans took their last bath on African soil before being marched to the coastal castles.

Visitor information

Visitor information · Assin Manso

Assin Manso Slave River Visitor Centre & Museum

Reception centre and museum at the Assin Manso Ancestral Slave River Site, where guided visits to the Slave River, Ancestral Graveyard and Memorial Wall of Return begin.

Waterfall

Waterfall · Atibie

Asubone Waterfall

Asubone Waterfall is a cascading waterfall over rocky formations in Atibie, Kwahu South District, Eastern Region, Ghana, visited for hiking, sightseeing and photography.

Attraction

Attraction · Atibie

Atibie Palace

Traditional palace of the Atibiehene in Kwahu Atibie, Kwahu South District, and the recorded setting for the chief's oral history of the town's founding.

Attraction

Attraction · Atimpoku

Atimpoku Abolo Market

Atimpoku Abolo Market is a local market in Atimpoku, Asuogyaman District, Eastern Region, trading mainly in yam, fish, tomatoes, charcoal and cassava on Mondays and Thursdays.

Attraction

Attraction · Atorkor

Atorkor Slave Market

A coastal heritage site in Atorkor, Volta Region, where a 1999 memorial marks the village's role as a slave-trade port on the Upper Slave Coast.

Attraction

Attraction · Atorkor

Atorkor Slave Park

Atorkor Slave Park is a 1999 heritage memorial in the coastal Anlo village of Atorkor, Volta Region, marking the area's role in the transatlantic slave trade.

Attraction

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.

Attraction

Attraction · Ave-Dakpa

Ave-Dakpa Crocodile Pond

Ave Dakpa Crocodile Pond is a sacred, crocodile-inhabited pond and eco-tourism site in Akatsi North District, Volta Region, managed by the district assembly.

Attraction

Attraction · Gui

Avu Lagoon

Avu Lagoon (Xavi) is a community-protected freshwater wetland in Ghana's lower Volta Region, part of the Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar site and home to Ghana's only sitatunga.

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