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 · Kumasi

Centre for National Culture, Kumasi

A government-supported cultural centre in Kumasi, established in 1956, with Asante craft workshops, a gallery, a crafts shop and the Prempeh II Jubilee Museum.

Photo: Jude Hammond · Source

Hotel · Sogakope

Cisneros Villa Hotel

Villa Cisneros Spa & Resort (Cisneros Villa Hotel) is an 86-room riverside hotel on the Volta River in Sogakope, South Tongu District, Volta Region, Ghana.

Photo: AtisoBright · Source

Attraction · Tamale

Dakpema Chief's Palace

The Dakpema Chief's Palace is the traditional palace of the Dakpema, chief of Tamale, in Ghana's Dagbon traditional area, and a focal point for Dagbon festivals.

Photo: Samaru Samaru · Source

Attraction · Dambai

Dambai Ferry Site

Dambai Ferry Site is the working ferry landing at Dambai, Oti Region, on the eastern bank of the Oti River, served by VLTL vessels on the Dambai–Overbank route.

Photo: Isibrahy · Source

Attraction · Dambai

Dambai Volta ferry crossing

VLTC's Dambai ferry carries passengers and vehicles across the Oti River (Volta Lake) in the Oti Region, linking Dambai with the opposite bank.

Photo: Isibrahy · Source

Attraction · Denu

Denu Market

Denu Market is the main trading market in Denu, capital of Ketu South Municipal in Ghana's Volta Region, near the Togo border town of Aflao.

Photo: Enock4seth · 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.

Photo: Stig Nygaard · Source

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.

Photo: Hiroo Yamagata · Source

Attraction · Akosombo

Dodi World Cruise

Dodi World runs cruises on Lake Volta at Akosombo aboard the three-deck MV Dodi Princess II, sailing to Dodi Island with live band music and water sports.

Photo: Celestinesucess · Source

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.

Photo: Isaac Gyemfi · Source

Attraction · Elmina

Dutch Cemetery, Elmina

A public, non-denominational colonial burial ground in Elmina, established in 1806 and holding about 70 interments, including Dutch officials and Elmina King Nana Kobina Gyan.

Photo: Fentener van Vlissingen · Source

Attraction · Besease Ejisu

Ejisu Besease Shrine

Traditional Asante shrine house at Ejisu Besease, Ashanti Region, one of the ten UNESCO-listed Asante Traditional Buildings and the listing's main visitor site.

Photo: Sucram Yef · Source

Hotel · Keta

Eli Beach Resort

Beachfront resort hotel at Tegbi near Keta, Volta Region, with a spa, gym, rooftop terrace, restaurant, pool and gift shop.

Photo: Papjeff · Source

Resort · Keta

Eli Boutique Hotel and Beach Resort

Beachfront hotel and resort at Tegbi-Aklamanstse near Keta, Volta Region, with 50 rooms, a restaurant, pool and conference facilities.

Photo: Papjeff · Source

Attraction · Elmina

Elmina Castle

St. George's Castle, commonly called Elmina Castle, is a 1482 Portuguese-founded castle and museum on a promontory at Elmina in Ghana's Central Region, listed by UNESCO.

Photo: Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada · Source

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.

Photo: sucram21 · Source

Attraction · Elmina

Elmina Java Museum

A private museum in Elmina, Central Region, interpreting the history of the Belanda Hitam — African soldiers recruited on the Dutch Gold Coast for the Netherlands East Indies Army.

Photo: Fentener van Vlissingen · Source

Hotel · Keta

Emancipation Beach Camp

A rustic beach camp behind Fort Prinzenstein in Keta, Volta Region, with reed huts, communal wash facilities, a beach bar and restaurant, and tent pitching.

Photo: Forgive Kwashie Agboada · Source

Resort · Keta

Emancipation Beach Resort

A rustic beach camp on the shoreline at Keta behind Fort Prinzenstein, with reed huts, communal wash facilities, a beach bar and restaurant, and camping permitted.

Photo: Zoomgh · Source

Attraction · Komenda

English Fort Komenda

English Fort Komenda is a ruined British Gold Coast fort on the Komenda River in Ghana's Central Region, part of a UNESCO World Heritage property and in GMMB custody.

Photo: Flixtey · Source

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.

Photo: aripeskoe2 · Source

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.

Photo: Esthee2010 · Source

Attraction · Teshie

Fort Augustaborg

Fort Augustaborg (Fort Teshie) is a ruined 1787 Danish fort in Teshie, Greater Accra, listed among Ghana's UNESCO-inscribed coastal forts and castles.

Photo: Shahadusadik · Source

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.

Photo: Macabe5387 · Source

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