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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Places to explore

Attraction

Attraction · Fantevikope

Nkyinkyim Museum

Nkyinkyim Museum is an outdoor museum and evolving sculpture installation in Nuhalenya-Ada, Greater Accra, created by artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo to honour enslaved African ancestors.

Attraction

Attraction · Nogokpo

Nogokpo Shrine and Village

Nogokpo is a village in Ketu South, Volta Region, known for its Yewe Temple or Torgbui Zakadza Temple, a traditional spiritual site where visitors seek spiritual justice.

Attraction

Attraction · Loho

Nubuke Centre for Textiles and Clay

Nubuke Foundation's craft centre in Loho, near Wa in the Upper West Region, devoted to the region's weaving and clay traditions.

Waterfall

Waterfall · Nyagbo Sroe

Nyagbo Sroe Waterfall

Nyagbo Sroe Waterfall is a waterfall at Nyagbo Sroe village in the Afadzato South District of Ghana's Volta Region, listed among the region's waterfalls.

Visitor information

Visitor information · Axim

Nzema East Municipal Assembly

Local government authority for Nzema East Municipal, based at Bankyim in Axim, Western Region; handles permits, certificates and municipal services.

Resort

Resort · Cape Coast

Oasis Beach Resort

A beachfront stay near the historic centre of Cape Coast.

Waterfall

Waterfall · Aburi

Oboadaka Falls

Oboadaka Falls is a roughly 20 m waterfall in the Akwapim-Togo range near Aburi, Eastern Region, reached by a short forest walk and used for swimming and picnics.

Hotel

Hotel · Akosombo

Odo So Royal Hotel

Odo So Royal Hotel is a small hotel on the Tema–Akosombo Road in Akosombo, Asuogyaman District, Eastern Region, listed with a restaurant, bar, fitness centre and terrace.

Attraction

Attraction · Atibie

Odweanoma Mountain Paragliding Site

Ghana's main paragliding take-off point, on Odweanoma Mountain at Atibie-Kwahu in the Eastern Region, overlooking Nkawkaw and hosting the annual Easter paragliding festival.

Attraction

Attraction · Kibi

Ofori Panin Fie

Royal palace of the Okyenhene of Akyem Abuakwa in Kyebi (Kibi), Eastern Region, housing a Hall of Justice, artifacts and archives, and serving as a research centre.

Hotel

Hotel · Avatime-Dzokpe

Ogo Lodge

Ogo Lodge is a lodge at Avatime-Dzokpe in the Volta Region, next to the Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary and about five minutes' drive from Logba-Alakpeti.

Attraction

Attraction · Old Tafo

Ohum Shrine and Ohum Dua (Gyempremo Shrine), Old Tafo

A sacred shrine and ancient spiritual tree in Old Tafo, Eastern Region, central to the Ohum Festival of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area.

Attraction

Attraction · Akropong

Okuapeman Palace

Okuapeman Palace at Akropong is the traditional palace and seat of the Okuapehene, paramount chief of the Akuapem Traditional Area in Ghana's Eastern Region.

Attraction

Attraction · Kibi

Okyeman Old Palace Museum

The Okyeman Old Palace in Kibi, Abuakwa South Municipality, is preserved as a museum reflecting the royal heritage of the Akyem Abuakwa State.

Attraction

Attraction · Old Ningo

Old Ningo Landing Beach

Old Ningo Landing Beach is the public landing beach of Old Ningo (Great Ningo), a Ga-Dangme fishing town in the Ningo-Prampram District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana.

Attraction

Attraction · Axim

Old St James Methodist Church, Axim

Old St James Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church in Axim, Western Region, Ghana, listed among the town's landmarks near Axim Beach and Fort Saint Antony.

Hotel

Hotel · Agbozume

Omega Hotel Complex

Omega Hotel Complex is a 42-room hotel in Klikor-Agbozume, Ketu South Municipal District, Volta Region, listed with a restaurant, bar/lounge, conference centre and free parking.

Hotel

Hotel · Ho

Onlyyou Hospitalities

Guest house and bed-and-breakfast style accommodation listed in the Volta Region, with a disputed address between Ho and Hohoe.

Attraction

Attraction · Teshie

Osabu-Ayiku Shrine

Traditional Ga shrine and seat of the Teshie Wulomo in Teshie, Greater Accra, and customary venue for the Bloahejuu and Abele kuu rites of the Homowo season.

Attraction

Attraction · Mangyea

Osagyefo Barge

The Osagyefo Barge is a decommissioned barge-mounted gas turbine power station at Effasu-Mangyea in Ghana's Jomoro District, listed by the municipal assembly as a heritage site.

Attraction

Attraction · Amedzofe

Ote Lower Falls

Ote Lower Falls is the lower, pathless tier of the multi-tiered Ote (Amedzofe) Falls in the Avatime Hills, reached via Gbadzeme village in the Ho West District, Volta Region.

Attraction

Attraction · Techiman

Our Lady of Calvary Grotto, Asueyi

A Catholic pilgrimage and retreat grotto of the Diocese of Techiman, built on rock formations at Asueyi in the Bono East Region.

Attraction

Attraction · Paga

Paga Border Market

Paga Border Market is the working cross-border market at Paga on the Ghana–Burkina Faso frontier, a daily informal trade hub in the Kassena Nankana West District.

Attraction

Attraction · Paga

Paga Pia Palace

Paga Pia Palace is the chief's compound in Paga, Upper East Region, seat of the Paga Pio and a living Kassena extended-family compound with decorated mud walls.

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