Where To Stay
Upland Hotel: an overnight base in Wa for the Upper West
Upper West Region
Upland 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.
Wa sees relatively few travellers outside festival season, and the Upland Hotel is one of the more reliable places to stay in town, with simple rooms and a restaurant attached.
It works mainly as a stopover for those continuing north to Lawra for the Kobine festival or exploring the Upper West’s mud-and-timber mosques.
Quick facts
- Region
- Upper West Region
- Style
- Mid-range, city centre
- Check-in
- From 13:00
- Best for
- Stopovers en route to Lawra
Getting there
- About two hours from Lawra by road.
- Roughly four hours from Tamale by road.
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Good to know
- Book ahead around Kobine festival, when Wa’s few hotels fill quickly.
- Fuel up in Wa before continuing north, options are sparser beyond town.
- Kobine
Upper West Region





