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.
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Viewpoints in Ghana
Ghana rewards anyone willing to look up and out. This page gathers twenty places where the view is the point: mountain summits, forest canopies, waterfalls, lighthouses, forts and hilltop gardens, spread from the coast to the northern savannah. Some are famous, like the canopy walkway at Kakum National Park near Cape Coast, the paragliding take-off on Odweanoma Mountain at Atibie-Kwahu, and the Adomi Bridge at Atimpoku, Ghana's first permanent Volta River crossing. Others are quieter: the ruined Fort Dorothea at Akwidaa, the Tengzug Shrine in the Tongo Hills, or the stepped climb up the igneous mountain at Mafi Kumase.
What they share is height, water or history, and often all three. How they differ is in effort and setting. Jamestown Lighthouse in Accra asks only for 112 steps; Mount Gemi above Amedzofe, Mount Adaklu near Ho and the Kpando Lake Mountain zipline ask for a proper walk. Cape Three Points, Ghana's southernmost tip, is a fishing village with an 1875 lighthouse ruin and a working 1925 tower, while Harbour View Gardens in Takoradi is simply a raised garden, bar and restaurant above the port.
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Before you go
Plan around the walking. Several of these places are reached on foot or by guided hike, including Umbrella Rock near Boti Falls, Ote Falls above Amedzofe and Fort Dorothea, where you need permission from the local chief. Boti Falls is seasonal, so check conditions before travelling. Some sites, such as Mount Adaklu and the Kpando Lake Mountain zipline, are run locally, so confirm access and guiding in advance. Distances between regions are long, so group nearby places into one trip rather than criss-crossing the country. Take water, sun protection and sturdy shoes, and carry cash for community fees.
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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.
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Waterfall · Opersika
Boti Falls
Boti Falls is a seasonal twin waterfall in the forest of Huhunya, Yilo Krobo Municipality, about 17 km northeast of Koforidua in Ghana's Eastern Region.
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Attraction · Akwidaa
Cape Three Points Lighthouse
Cape Three Points is Ghana's southernmost tip, a fishing village and peninsula in Ahanta West known for its 1875 lighthouse ruin and working 1925 tower.
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Attraction · Accra
Jamestown Lighthouse
Jamestown Lighthouse is a 28 m red-and-white banded tower in Jamestown, Accra, built in 1932 to replace an 1871 lighthouse, with 112 steps to summit views.
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Attraction · Cape Coast
Kakum National Park
Kakum National Park is a 375 sq km protected forest near Abrafo in Ghana's Central Region, about 33 km north of Cape Coast, best known for its canopy walkway.
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Attraction · Kintampo
Kintampo Canopy Walkway
A suspended canopy walkway over a valley at the Kintampo Waterfalls site in Bono East, inaugurated in April 2019 and described as Ghana's second canopy walk after Kakum.
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Attraction · Amedzofe
Mount Gemi
Mount Gemi is the peak above Amedzofe in Ghana's Volta Region, climbed for its summit cross and wide views over the surrounding hills.
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Waterfall · Amedzofe
Ote Falls
Ote Falls is a multi-tiered waterfall in the forest above Amedzofe, a mountain town in Ghana's Volta Region, reached by a forest trail and canopy walkway.
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Attraction · Tongo
Tengzug Shrine
Tengzug Shrine is the paramount shrine of the Talensi people, set among sacred shrines in the cliffs of the Tongo Hills, about 15 km southeast of Bolgatanga.
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Attraction · Opersika
Umbrella Rock
Umbrella Rock is a balancing rock formation near Boti Falls in Ghana's Eastern Region, reached mainly by a guided forest hike and known for its overhang and valley views.
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Attraction · Aburi
Aburi Mountain / Akuapem Ridge Viewpoint
A 350–500 m hill range above Aburi in Ghana's Eastern Region, known for panoramic viewpoints over Greater Accra, cooler weather and hiking routes.
Hotel
Hotel · Ho
African Hill Resort
African Hill Resort is a hilltop hotel and resort on Kabakaba Hill in Ho, Volta Region, with 26 rooms, a pool, spa, restaurant and bar.
Attraction
Attraction · Amedzofe
Amedzofe Township and Avatime Hills Viewpoint
Amedzofe is a hill settlement in the Avatime Hills of Ghana's Volta Region, at the foot of Mount Gemi, known for hiking, valley views and the Ote Falls.
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Attraction · Akwidaa
Fort Dorothea, Akwidaa
Fort Dorothea is a ruined Brandenburg-era fort on a rocky hill at Akwidaa in Ghana's Western Region, reached on foot with permission from the local chief.
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Attraction · Takoradi
Harbour View Gardens
Harbour View Gardens is an elevated garden, bar and restaurant in Takoradi's Harbour Area, overlooking Takoradi Port and marked by a war memorial at its entrance.
Attraction
Attraction · Kpando
Kpando Lake Mountain Zipline
A mountain-top recreation site above Kpando in the Volta Region, with a zipline, canopy walk, hiking trail and a telescope view over Lake Volta.
Attraction
Attraction · Mafi Kumase
Mafi Kumase Igneous Mountain
An igneous rock mountain known locally as Akpokpo at Mafi Kumase in the Central Tongu District, Volta Region, climbed informally via a stepped route to town views.
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Attraction · Helekpe
Mount Adaklu
Mount Adaklu is a roughly 580 m flat-topped mountain about 12 km from Ho in Ghana's Volta Region, climbed on guided hikes from Breeze Bar at its foot.
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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.
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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.
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Attraction · Liati Wote
Twin Mountain
A pair of steep peaks near Liati Wote in the Agumatsa Range, offering a quieter, more demanding guided hike than the Afadjato trail.
Hotel
Hotel · Ho
Volta Serene Hotel
A four-star hotel on Kabakaba Hill in Ho, Volta Region, with 300 rooms, conference and event spaces, dining, a rooftop bar and extensive listed leisure facilities.
Visitor information
Visitor information · Akosombo
VRA Akosombo Dam Visitor Centre
The VRA Akosombo Dam Visitor Centre is the visitor information point for the Akosombo Dam, the VRA-operated hydroelectric dam on the Volta River in Ghana's Eastern Region.
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