Kokobongo Beach Hotel, Saltpond

Proprietor Cyril Walley writes:

Kokobongo Beach Hotel is a new beach hotel located on the beach between Saltpond and Kormantse, two historical villages. It is a walking distance from the main Accra and Cape Coast road and. It is between fifteen and twenty minutes drive from the Cape Coast historical slavery museum. it is also between forty and fifty minutes drive from the crocodile pond, and the famous Kakum National Park. We have clean, comfortable and affordable accommodation for our guests. We have sea view double rooms which cost Cedi 35. We have also family size rooms for Cedi 60, suitable for families on holidays (it has one double bed and two single beds]. For backpackers and volunteers to escape the tourist population in Cape Coast and also in Accra , we have single rooms for Cedi 12, and a six-bed dormitory for Cedi 12 per person .we have discounts for volunteers, and students. If you want to visit cape coast and you want a cheap, clean and affordable beach hotel then your ideal choice is Kokobongo beach hotel. our place is a walking distance from fort Amsterdam. We can boast of our clean and friendly beach, a perfect place for stress management after a busy week. Our beach is long and good for long walking and exercising. we have a sea view restaurant and a bar that serve fresh sea fish etc and you must try our own made fruit shakes. Our email address is walleycyril@yahoo.com, tel no, 0247887841.call or email us for your reservations. We offer free airport pick up for our guest from abroad. We also plan domestic tours to historical places such as the Elmina and the Cape Coast castles, Kakum NP, Mole national park, and Ashanti region to see the palace and Lake Bosumtwe.

Kokobongo Beach, Saltpond

Cyril Walley, the owner of the new Kokobongo Beach Lodge in Saltpond, has forwaded me the following details:

We are on Saltpond Bypass, house number 1, just 100 meters from the Accra-Cape Coast road  (but you will only hear the sea here, not the traffic. We are too small to be a resort. We have 4 sea view rooms with double beds, own toilet and shower. Price : 30 cedis a night. Also we have one family room with a double bed and 2 single beds, toilet and shower. Price : 50 cedis a night. Camping costs 8 cedis a night. There’s a restaurant and bar on the beach, with meals costing 8 – 12 cedis. Our guests have expressed reactions like ”This is a paradise, I should like to live here.” As one English man, walking from Winneba to Takoradi, said: “I’ve seen the whole coast, but you are so different. That’s why I wanted to stay here for several days.”

Website: http://www.kokobongobeach.com/

Contact telephone for reservations: 0233 247887841. E-mail : walleycyril@yahoo.com  We check the mails on the phone but we cannot answer every day.

Updates for Kokrobite & Saltpond & Apam

Sam Says:
(August 2, 2008)

Kokrobite

I was robbed on the beach at Kokrobite three weeks ago. I didn’t have much of value on me (a broken watch, some coins, and some random pieces of paper). There were 5 of them. One had a knife which he displayed but not in a threatening way. They approached me and one of them said, “ok bring your things”. They weren’t forceful or menacing, which made me think that they were just some opportunists rather than dedicated robbers, but armed robbery is armed robbery! I think they were disappointed that I wasn’t loaded but they left after about a minute.

Saltpond:

Victoria Beach Resort looked closed to me. I stayed in the Naatoa Guest house which was fine for a night. Not much to do in Saltpond though I liked the posuban shrine and got to meet the local chief who was very nice and explained all the aspect of the shrine to me. The beach would be superb if it weren’t for the huge amount of toiletting going on there!

Apam:

I stayed in the castle. They wanted 10 cedis for the night. There is no electricity and the bathrooms are downstairs, and require that you fetch your water from the well. The sheets on the bed stunk. I recommend the castles at Senya and Princesstown if you are looking to stay overnight. The nearby beach in Apam is an official bathroom with signs even indicating which part of the beach is for men and which is for women! I’ve been almost all over Ghana, and this is the worst place I’ve been for shouts of ‘obruni’ from kids. I was not impressed by Apam.

On this trip I saw the funniest name for a shop I’ve ever seen: near Nkrumah Circle in Accra there is a lottery ticket kiosk called “Satan Will Die Naked”!!