Security in northern Ghana

Rebecca and Martina write: We are currently traveling around Ghana and we really appreciate your detailed guide book from Bradt. Thanks for all the hints and information! When we were traveling to Mole National Park, we decided to continue our trip to Wa Therefor, we had to take a trotro or a shared Taxi. On …

Detailed November 2017 trip report

Dominik writes: First of all, thank you for your helpful tips in the Bradt guide. It helped a lot for my Ghana trip this November.   I usually don't write any comments on my holidays or guidebooks, but I thought that one episode might be worth being mentioned in the next edition. At least if …

Feb/March 2017 trip report

    Manon writes: My mom and I just returned from a short trip Ghana to visit our sponsor children. We used the Bradt guide of Ghana to show us around and it was really REALLY helpfull! It was packed with reliable information, the maps were incredibly useful and we used it almost every day. Because of this I …

Crime at Ezile Bay, Akwidaa

Regrettably, we have to alert readers to an ongoing crime problem at Ezile Bay, which is otherwise one of Ghana's loveliest beach retreats. We received a report today about a break-in to one of the rooms on 24 December 2016 in which the victim lost all his valuables. We also understand that at least one similar incident happened …

Safety alert for coast between Busua and Cape Three Points

Françoise writes: Yesterday on 2 Feb 2016 we were attacked on the road between Ezile Bay and Cape Three Points. We left for Cape Three Points on foot and followed the road and then the beach up to the village and then the light house. We ate at the village then came back the same way. On the …

Guides at Wli Falls

A reader writes: I would like to alert other woman travellers that, whilst swimming in the pool below Wli Falls, I was sexually assaulted by the guide assigned to me at the tourist office. I don't want to frighten women travellers off going to Wli altogether, since it is a beautiful spot and this guide …

Robbery at Cape Three Points

Rebecca writes: Just wanted to encourage all travellers to cape three points and surrounding areas to beware of any blocks in the road, however minor they seem- at 10.45am on Easter Monday we were robbed at knife point by 4 men after stopping to move an obstacle in the drive way leaving our resort. It …

Safety in Accra

A single female traveler (who lived in Osu for two months) writes: I just wanted to let you know about two things I have experienced in Accra that are concerning. Firstly, I was walking along a street in Osu with a friend at night and had someone try to snatch my bag. The men were …

Crime at Cape Coast

We are volunteers in Ghana and have been using your guide book.  We thought that you might like to know that we were mugged (beaten up and a bag ripped from our hands) on the rocks behind the Cape Coast Castle, around 10am on a Saturday.  The guy was in his mid 20s and had …

Haizel’s Guesthouse, Cape Coast

I would like to warn my fellow readers of Bradt about Haizel's Guesthouse in Cape Coast. My mobile phone was stolen there from a locked room, most likely by a staff member because the room was locked and the room key was with me and there were no signs of a forced entry. The staff …