Ghana

Cape Coast Castle courtyard and cannons overlooking the Atlantic — 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 Accra Central Ashanti Volta Western Eastern Northern Savannah Upper East Upper West Oti Bono East Bono Western North

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Places to explore

Attraction · Navrongo

Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Navrongo

A stone shrine with an altar and a statue of the Madonna, built by Father Robert in 1933–34 at the White Fathers' Mission in Navrongo, Upper East Region.

Photo: Sucram Yef · Source

Attraction · Paga

Paga Crocodile Pond

A sacred pond in Paga, Upper East Region, where habituated West African crocodiles are called to shore by guides and are central to local totem tradition.

Photo: Dieu-Donné Gameli · Source

Attraction · Paga

Pikworo Slave Camp

Pikworo Slave Camp is a rock-cut heritage site at Paga Nania, about 3 km west of Paga in Ghana's Upper East Region, active as a slave-trade transit camp from 1704 to 1845.

Photo: Celestinesucess · Source

Beach · Prampram

Prampram Beach

Prampram Beach is the Atlantic-facing beachfront of Prampram (Gbugbla), the Ningo-Prampram District capital in Greater Accra, about 15 km east of Tema.

Photo: Xibitgh · Source

Beach · Prince's Town

Prince's Town Beach

A long, unspoiled Atlantic beach at Prince's Town (Pokesu) in the Ahanta West District, Western Region, with local food vendors and nearby Fort Gross Friedrichsburg.

Photo: BIG ALBERT · Source

Restaurant · Ho

Prisons Canteen

Prisons Canteen is a canteen eatery in Ho, Volta Region, associated with the Ho Central Prison grounds at Ho Bankoe.

Photo: Wonder Genya · Source

Attraction · Tamale

Red Clay Studio

Red Clay Studio is an open art studio, education campus and exhibition complex founded by Ibrahim Mahama near Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana.

Photo: Christian Yakubu · Source

Attraction · Salaga

Salaga Central Mosque

Salaga Central Mosque is the active Sunni central mosque of Salaga, in the historic Zongo quarter of East Gonja Municipal District, Savannah Region.

Photo: Édouard Riou (1833–1900) · Source

Attraction · Salaga

Salaga Slave Market site

An 18th-century slave market and heritage site in Salaga, Savannah Region, commissioned in July 2024, with an information office, slave wells and statues.

Photo: Gonzo Gooner · Source

Attraction · Salaga

Salaga Slave Tree

A replacement baobab at the site of the former Salaga slave market, where enslaved people were reportedly chained and displayed for sale.

Photo: Gonzo Gooner · Source

Attraction · Salaga

Salaga slave wells

A heritage site in Salaga, Savannah Region, marking the town's role as one of West Africa's largest slave markets, with slave wells, statues and a museum.

Photo: Cdilalo47 · Source

Attraction · Doryumu

Shai Hills Resource Reserve

Shai Hills Resource Reserve is a Forestry Commission–managed wildlife reserve of savannah and granite hills about 50 km from Accra, known for baboons, caves and hiking trails.

Photo: daSupremo · Source

Attraction · Shiare

Shiare Hanging Village

Shiare, the "Hanging Village", is a roughly 900-year-old Akyode settlement of rock-and-clay terraced houses in the Breast Mountains, Oti Region.

Photo: Dapsonishmeal · Source

Waterfall · Shiare

Shiare Waterfalls

Waterfall near Shiare, the Hanging Village, in the Breast Mountains of Oti Region's Nkwanta South District, reached by a steep 30–40 minute foot trek.

Photo: Kradolferp · Source

Attraction · Sirigu

Sirigu Women's Organisation for Pottery and Art

SWOPA is a community-based women's craft organisation in Sirigu, Upper East Region, founded in 1997, with a visitor centre, gallery, workshop and guesthouse.

Photo: shawnzam · 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 · Tafi Abuife

Tafi Abuife Kente Weaving Village

Tafi Abuife is a small Ewe kente-weaving community in Afadzato South District, Volta Region, where visitors can watch weavers at work and buy cloth directly.

Photo: Warmglow · Source

Attraction · Tafi Atome

Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary

A community-run sacred grove in Tafi Atome, Volta Region, protecting mona and patas monkeys that villagers have long regarded as sacred messengers of the gods.

Photo: Selorm18 · Source

Attraction · Tafi Atome

Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary and Cultural Village

A community-run sacred grove in Tafi Atome, Volta Region, protecting Mona monkeys and offering guided forest walks, village tours and a guesthouse.

Photo: Mike Norton · Source

Attraction · Tafi Atome

Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary Tourist Information / Receptive Centre

Reception and information centre for the Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary and Cultural Village in the Volta Region, where guides, souvenirs and a rustic guesthouse are arranged.

Photo: Mike Norton · Source

Attraction · Tafi Atome

Tafi Atome Monkey Shrine

The fetish shrine inside the sacred grove at Tafi Atome, Volta Region, where mona monkeys are protected by tradition and the shrine core is closed to all but the fetish priest.

Photo: Mike Norton · Source

Attraction · Tafi Agome

Tafi Monkey Village

Community-run sacred grove in Tafi Atome, Volta Region, protecting Mona monkeys and offering guided forest walks and cultural village experiences.

Photo: Mike Norton · Source

Waterfall · Liati Wote

Tagbo Falls

Tagbo Falls is a multi-stage waterfall on the Tagbo River at Liati Wote in Ghana's Volta Region, reached by a 45-minute to one-hour walk from the village.

Photo: Kradolferp · Source