Day Trips from Accra

Sometimes you only have a day or so available. Or perhaps you wish to stay in the comfort of Accra and make various day-trips. Here are some options you can try.

Nkrumah Monument

Our tour of Accra includes many points of interest. Independence Square, Makola Market and Jamestown give a good flavor of the city. Memorials include the Kwame Nkrumah memorial celebrating the first president of a free Ghana and the W.E.B. DuBois center celebrating the famous pan-Africanist. Also visit the Christiansborg castle, now a presidential museum.



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Cape Coast Castle

The former slave castle at Cape Coast is a UNESCO World Heritage site commemorating a sad history inflicted on Africa, and Ghana in particular. This is about a 3 hour drive from Accra, so it is possible as a long day trip from Accra. We also visit a Posuban shrine and either a pineapple farm or Chana's first cathedral.

A before-sunrise departure from Accra will also permit a visit to Kakum National Park to enjoy West Africa's longest rain forest canopy walkway as well as the crocodile ponds at Hans Botel can be visited before returning to Accra. But we recommend a less-hurried 2-day excursion to include these additional sites.

A Door of Return ceremony can be arranged for those of the Diaspora at the castle.



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Wli Falls

Enjoy 3 unique waterfalls in the Eastern Region, close to Accra. Both Boti Falls and Akaa Falls are seasonal falls accessed via an easy walk and stairs. This tour also includes a short walk to Umbrella Rock for spectacular views, as well as the rarely visited and serene environment at Asenema Falls.



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Shai Hills

Morning visit to the Shai Hills Resource Reserve for wildlife sightings of baboons, antelope, and imported zebras and ostriches in this fenced reserve. Ascend the lookout rock for a scenic vista of the plains.

Continue to the sacred Dodowa Forest, site of the Kantamanso battle where Asante forces were defeated by the Ga-Adangbe southern tribes aligned with the British, leading to British domination. See the ancient baobab tree where the conflict ended and hike to the pleasant, but seasonal, Tsenku Falls.



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Visitor shopping for carvings in Ghana

A day trip to the cool and refreshing Aburi Botanical Gardens and the nearby market to watch the carvers or shop for various crafts. Continue to the Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm, Ghana's first cocoa farm, to learn of Ghana's most important cash crop.

Complete the day by visiting a market with beads from across West Africa (depending on the day of the week), or a hand-made bead workshop to witness the creation of traditional glass beads.



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Visitor shopping for carvings in Ghana

This tour takes you to a traditional bead making workshop for a hands-on activity with the craftsmen. Learn this ancient Ghanaian tradition whiles you create your own beads with your chosen colors and pattern to be taken away.



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Grey-headed Kingfisher Ghana

The Sakumono Lagoon in Tema is an exciting urban place for bird watching and very close to Accra with the shoreline and dunes along the edge of the lagoon.

Spend the mid-day visiting a fantasy coffin workshop and an amazing multi-story gallery before late afternoon birding and activities at Legon Botanical Gardens to complete your day.



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Bee eater Ghana

A couple hours drive from Accra is the pristine Atewa Forest, one of the forest jewels of Ghana. This rarely visited location is some of the most beautiful forest you will ever see and richly rewarding for birding and nature.

This is a very remote location, so a packed lunch and water will be needed, or this can be obtained on the drive from Accra.



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Traditional blessing day trip

Be given your Ghana name at a traditional naming ceremony in a compound in an undeveloped community. This is a ceremony to give babies a name and wishes for a long life at their outdooring after birth.

Afterwards, receive blessings from a spiritual leader at an authentic African shrine for ancestors and traditional gods. Your gift of gin, schnapps, cash, or a live chicken will be well received and blessings bestowed upon you for a safe journey.



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Durbar at Akropong chief palace

Experience a private Durbar, a ceremonial gathering of chiefs, in a highland village near Accra. Witness or participate in the drumming and dance that tell a story. Libations will be poured and prayers offered to ancestors. Greet the assembled elders at the chief's palace as you enjoy a cultural spectacle.



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Fisherman in canoe Volta River

A full day of activities around Ada, where the Volta River empties into the Gulf of Guinea. Take a motorized canoe to various river villages to witness local products being crafted by hand, including basket and mat weaving, local rum distilling, and coconut oil production. Visit the mangrove forest and a fun beach camp where the mighty Volta and the ocean come together.



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Adomi Bridge

Travel to the Volta River for fun, frolic and relaxation at a beach resort on the riverbanks. Paddleboat on the river, enjoy a motorboat to the Akosombo Dam, or calmly canoe with a local fisherman. Local food, 2 splash pools and a water slide make this an enjoyable day for adults and children alike.

Walk across the Adomi Bridge, Ghana's only steel arch bridge for wonderful river views before returning to Accra.



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Ghana beach

Skip the crowded city beaches and travel a short distance east of Accra to the less visited beach at Prampram. It is a very relaxed location, with clean open beaches, fresh air, fresh seafood, and pristine swimming pools at area resorts.



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shopping for Ghana cloth

Shopping experiences are plentiful and varied in Accra - from roadside sellers to craft markets to trendy upscale boutiques. This tour visits a number of fashion designers for clothing and accessories, as well as a top-of-the-line cloth shop, a jewelry shop with Ghana gold, and a unique craft shop that repurposes water sachets into fashion.



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Let us mix and match anything listed above to fill your time. We are at your service in Ghana!


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