Where To StayRock City Hotel
A hillside resort in Nkwatia on the Kwahu Plateau, built around twin outdoor pools, rooftop cabanas and modern rooms, with views across the escarpment.
Eastern Region
Top Attractions
41 attractions, festivals and heritage sites across Ghana.
Where To Stay
Forts & CastlesCape Coast Castle
A UNESCO World Heritage site on the Gulf of Guinea, Cape Coast Castle is the most visited monument on Ghana’s coast and the anchor of every heritage itinerary.
Central Region
Forts & CastlesElmina Castle
Portuguese-built, Dutch-held and finally British, Elmina Castle sits above a working lagoon harbour thirteen kilometres from Cape Coast.
Central Region
Parks & WildlifeKakum National Park
Seven rope bridges strung between giant emergent trees, forty metres above the floor of a protected tropical rainforest.
Central Region
Parks & WildlifeMole National Park
Ghana’s largest wildlife reserve, where guided walking safaris bring visitors within metres of elephants at the waterholes.
Savannah Region
Culture & HeritageNzulezu Stilt Village
A living village built entirely on stilts over Lake Tadane, reached by dugout canoe through the Amansuri wetlands.
Western Region
Parks & WildlifeWli Waterfalls
A two-stage waterfall inside the Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary, with an easy lower trail and a demanding climb to the upper falls.
Volta Region
Parks & WildlifeAburi Botanical Gardens
Sixty-four hectares of colonial-era gardens on the Akuapem ridge, forty minutes above the capital.
Eastern Region
Culture & HeritagePaga Crocodile Pond
A sacred pond on the Burkina Faso border where the crocodiles are considered the reincarnated souls of the townspeople.
Upper East Region
Culture & HeritageBonwire Kente Village
The historic home of Asante kente weaving, twenty minutes from Kumasi, where visitors can sit at a loom themselves.
Ashanti Region
Culture & HeritageManhyia Palace Museum
The former residence of the Asantehene in Kumasi, now a museum of the kingdom’s regalia, history and continuing authority.
Ashanti Region
Culture & HeritageIndependence Square, Accra
Black Star Square, the Independence Arch and the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park make up the ceremonial heart of the capital.
Greater Accra
FestivalsHomowo Festival
The Ga harvest festival that "hoots at hunger", marked across Accra with a ban on drumming, then a month of processions.
Greater Accra
FestivalsDamba Festival
The great festival of the Dagbon, Mamprusi and Gonja kingdoms, marked with drumming, dancing and a mounted chiefs’ durbar.
Northern Region
Coast & BeachesElmina Fishing Harbour
Hundreds of hand-painted canoes packed into the Benya Lagoon beneath the castle walls, at their busiest just after dawn.
Central Region
Food & DiningEating in Accra
Chop bars, waakye stands and rooftop kitchens: how to eat well in the capital, from breakfast to late night.
Greater Accra
FestivalsHogbetsotso
Anloga’s biggest day of the year re-tells the seventeenth-century escape of the Anlo-Ewe from the walled city of Notsie, with a coastal clean-up, peace rites and a grand durbar.
Volta Region
FestivalsFetu Afahye
The Oguaa state’s biggest festival closes out the year with Asafo companies parading from Kotokuraba Market to the chief’s palace, marking a historic purification that ended a plague.
Central Region
FestivalsPanafest & Emancipation Day
Every odd-numbered year, the Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival brings performers and visitors from across Africa and its diaspora to Cape Coast and Elmina, closing with a candlelight vigil at the Door of No Return.
Central Region
FestivalsChale Wote Street Art Festival
For five days each August, Accra’s historic Jamestown fills with murals, performance and film as the Chale Wote Street Art Festival turns its lanes and lighthouse into Ghana’s biggest contemporary arts event.
Greater Accra
Where To StayKempinski Hotel Gold Coast City
A five-star landmark on Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue, with a rooftop pool, spa and some of the largest rooms in the capital.
Greater Accra
Where To StayLabadi Beach Hotel
A beachfront hotel with direct access to its own stretch of sand next to Labadi Beach, popular for weekend pool days as well as overnight stays.
Greater Accra
Where To StayVilla Monticello
A small boutique hotel in Osu built around a plunge pool and courtyard, walking distance from Oxford Street’s restaurants and shops.
Greater Accra
Where To StayCoconut Grove Beach Resort
A beachfront resort just outside Elmina, within easy reach of Elmina Castle, Cape Coast Castle and Kakum National Park.
Central Region
Where To StayAnomabo Beach Resort
A low-rise beach resort in the fishing town of Anomabo, a quieter alternative to staying directly in Cape Coast.
Central Region
Where To StayBusua Beach Resort
A beachfront resort in Busua, the Western Region’s best-known surf town, with board rental and lessons run out of the village itself.
Western Region
Where To StayGolden Tulip Kumasi City
A hilltop hotel overlooking Kumasi, close to Manhyia Palace and Kejetia Market, with conference space that makes it a regular choice for business travel.
Ashanti Region
Where To StayNoda Hotel
A mid-range hotel in central Kumasi, within walking distance of Kejetia Market and a short ride from Manhyia Palace.
Ashanti Region
Where To StayRoyal Senchi Resort
A resort on the banks of the Volta River just above the Akosombo Dam, with pool decks and gardens running down to the water.
Eastern Region
Where To StayVolta Serene Hotel
A hillside hotel in Ho, the most practical overnight base for reaching Wli Falls and the Volta Region’s hiking trails.
Volta Region
Where To StayZaina Lodge
A tented lodge inside Mole National Park itself, close enough to the waterhole to watch elephants without leaving the grounds.
Savannah Region
Where To StaySun City Hotel
A mid-range hotel in central Tamale, the usual staging point for trips to Mole National Park and Northern Region festivals.
Northern Region
Where To StayRoyal Park Hotel
A straightforward hotel in Bolgatanga, the usual overnight base for visiting Paga’s crocodile ponds and the Upper East’s craft villages.
Upper East Region
Where To StayUpland Hotel
A modest hotel in Wa, the Upper West’s regional capital, used mainly as a stop for travellers heading to Lawra and the Kobine festival.
Upper West Region
Coast & BeachesLabadi Beach
Accra’s busiest and most sociable stretch of sand, run by the La traditional council and best visited at the weekend.
Greater Accra