Palm-lined golden beaches of Ghana

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6th March 1957

Kumasi market is the largest in West Africa
   

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  Welsey Kerr visits Ghana for the BBC Holiday programme  

Ghana's a warm, friendly, welcoming and culturally rich country

Ghana is a colourful, vibrant and very lively country.  It offers rainforest, wildlife, golden coast and a rich culture.  Ghana is one of the most traveller-friendly countries in West Africa, it is English-speaking, politically stable and affordable.  An excellent travel guide to Ghana is the Bradt Ghana Third Edition by Phillip Briggs.

You can visit the noisy, bustling capital city Accra with open-air markets, museums, arts centre, chop bars and beach to the Kakum National Park in the rainforest with an amazing canopy walkway.  Ghana's coast has beautiful, palm-lined golden beaches and also the historically haunting Cape Coast and Elmina castles.  All of these attractions are only a few hours from the Kotoko International Airport.

Moving north through the country the geography changes from humid rainforest to drier savannah.  The city Kumasi has the largest open-air market in Africa selling everything you can imagine from giant snails to beautiful batik prints.  The Mole Game Reserve is a must if you are visiting the north of Ghana.  There are excellent guides and you will get the chance to see elephants, baboons, roam antelopes and lots of other wildlife.  Other attractions in Ghana are:

 

Paga Crocodile Pond

Larabanga Mosque

Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary

 

 

  TV Chef Anthony Bourdain tastes the food in Ghana  
               
  See elephants at close quarters in the  Mole National Park in northern Ghana     Festival in Cape Coast  
               
  The amazing rainforest canopy walkway at Kukum National Park     Beautiful scenic waterfall in the Volta Region  
   

Links for visiting Ghana

 

Flights to Ghana

www.fly-ghana.com

www.ghanatours.co.uk

www.klm.com

 

Volunteering

Volunteering in Ghana (northern area)

 

Ghana Tourism

www.ghanatourism.gov.gh

www.ghanaweb.com

www.ghana.gov.gh

www.ghanatoday.com

www.viewghana.com

www.ghana.co.uk

www.africaguide.com/country/ghana

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Panafest

 

Sissala

Mission

Sissala West

Sissala West District

 

Accommodation

www.aximbeach.com

The Hideout Lodge

Hans Botel

Akwaaba Beach Resort

 

Wildlife

Birding

 

   
               
  Cape Coast castle used to hold slaves before shipping to the Americas     Colourful fishing boats at Elmina  
               
  Touch a wild crocodile at Paga, Upper East Region, Ghana     Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary  
               
  African Chief displaying the colourful kente cloth and gold     See a wide variety of wildlife at Ghana's many National Parks  
 

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