Sandie & Ian’s trip report

My husband and I have lived in Ghana for almost a year, working on a voluntary basis with a chain of low-cost private schools west of Accra.  In our free time we have travelled to different parts of the country, and I believe we have seen all the major points of interest.  We have used …

Busua & Axim updates

Hello – We just returned from a great trip to Busua and surrounds, and Axim area. First, about Green Turtle Lodge, where we stayed one night. The place is beautiful and nice people, etc. However, we were driving our own car and no one warned us about the road to reach the lodge. It is …

Safe swimming on Ghana’s beaches

We were recently informed about the drowning of a tourist at the beach used by Axim Beach Hotel in Western Ghana in August 2011, as detailed on Tripadvisor. Having communicated both with the hotel and with a friend of the victim who witnessed this tragic incident, it seems timely to issue a reminder to all …

Pedro’s updates

I have just arriving from a 15 days holiday touring Ghana covering each of the different regions of the country. As usual I relied on Bradt Guides, namely the 5th edition of your Ghana Guide. Concerning the trip I would like to add some informations and recommendations: 1) I was going to go in a …

Detailed trip report from Glenn and Christine

We have just returned from a five-week tour of Ghana, where we used your guide extensively.  It was an invaluable key to points of interest and to practical necessities (e.g. It’s very late – where can we find a guest house near the bus station?).  Occasionally, though, the description in the guide seemed out-of-date, so …

Essiama & Axim

Taxi from Elubo was 4.5GhC a seat, having crossed the Ivorian border late afternoon I realised the only way to get there was to take all the seats as the Takoradi tro-tros had no intention of stopping in Esiama or any others, as hard as I tried. Arriving in Esiama, I was directed to Maggies …

Sekondi-Takoradi & Axim updates

Sekondi-Takoradi The street food stand outside of the You 84 restaurant is quite good. There is a fairly reliable internet café that is air conditioned at the football/soccer stadium in Sekondi (they have wireless and charge 80 pesewas an hour). There is also a decent air conditioned gym (which has more massage machines than exercise …

Updates from Thor Young

My wife and I traveled to Ghana on vacation recently and relied heavily on the 4th Edition of the Bradt guide in our travels. I have comments on some of the places we visited for your internet readers or next edition. I’ll go in order from west to east with a general comment on tipping …

Axim Beach Hotel

Axim Beach Hotel Spent the night here in September 2009, and I can't recommend it enough! The hotel is a group of bungalows on a hill, each with a stunning ocean view. The grounds are beautifully maintained, and the staff is very friendly and helpful. I paid 40 cedis (about $30) for a room with …

Ankobra Beach Resort

has a new website http://www.ghana-resorts.com in English and German