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Ghana

Ghana travel guide

Chaotic cities, crumbling castles, birds, beaches and hypnotic drum-beats, the lively West African nation of Ghana offers an intoxicating mix

Once the hub of the West African slave trade, Ghana has shrugged off its shady past and now garners praise for being one of the continent’s friendliest and most stable countries.

What it lacks in natural wonders it makes up for with a rich history and an infectious joie de vivre – chaotic cities throb with colour, beaming locals dish out marriage proposals and life takes place against a backdrop of Afro-jazz rhythms.

While it can’t claim to have Africa’s best mountains, waterfalls or game viewing, it does have some noteworthy natural attractions. Battered castles overlook a raw coastline, elephants and monkeys roam the national parks, and twitchers will be in seventh heaven tracking some of the 750 bird species.

Wanderlust recommends

  1. Come face to face with throngs of elephants at Mole National Park. With 90 species of mammal wandering its savannas, this is Ghana’s biggest and best wildlife hotspot.
  2. Experience the sensory overload that is Accra: whether you deem it scruffy and chaotic or lively and vibrant, you’ll be sure to have a strong reaction.
  3. Head to the beaches at Busua or Dixicove to partake in a spot of surfing or kick back with a coconut juice.
  4. Pay a visit to the castles and forts at Cape Coast and Elmina for a taste of the county’s slave heritage.
  5. Make sweet music with an African drumming lesson or get to grips with the local music scene and take in some highlife.

Wanderlust tips 

Take a sheet to sleep under as most places won’t provide you with one. Take your own toilet paper. Bear in mind that penalties for drug related crime are very harsh. Be aware: scams are commonplace

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