April 2014 trip report

David writes:   Accra Clarisse: You might consider adding this Accra restaurant located near Trashy Bags to your list. It is French-influenced, its menu offers a change of pace from the standard fare, it is inexpensive, and quite popular with young expats. Like the Rotary Club in Ho, no utensils are provided. It is quite …

Trip report Feb/Mar 2013

Manchán Magan (www.manchan.com) writes: In Cape Coast the Gramophone Records Museum and Research Centre has gone. The staff of the Cape Coast Centre for National Culture have no idea what happened to it. Wassa Domama Rock shrine project is still working well and their guest house is open.  WASSA DOMAMA, BOX K3, CAPE COAST, Ghana, …

Graham’s trip report

Graham Douglas has sent me the following updates:   ACCRA The STC terminal on Ring Road is still there but no buses, perhaps they have all been moved to the other one near Tudu station ? There is another bus terminal for Benin, on the road towards Achimota from Nkrumah Circle, a few hundred yards …

Trip report November 2012

Lesley Sage writes: Four of us, including a Ghanain National and her English husband who have a home in Koforidua as well as running their own business in UK, have just finished a short visit to the Volta region, calling into Akosombo on our return to pick up their order of tilapia fingerlings for their …

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 …

Detailed accommodation and trip report

Thanks to Nitharshan Srikanthapalan for the wonderfully detailed report below: Here’s some info from the trip I’ve just had in Ghana (1st – 27th March). Mainly involving prices although I think others have already provided a bit of an update on that front anyway… FYI I rated each hotel out of 7 (likeart scale) so …

Tsatsudo Falls

If thinking about heading to Tsatsudo Falls in the Volta Region for the swimming possibilities you may be be disappointed. When we visited, the waterfall was way too powerful and the pool is too rough to swim in. The guide book says that you pay the village chief C4.5 or C3.5 for volunteers but this …

Stefan’s updates

ACCRA. Rising Phoenix is great value but you have to like rastafari culture (they are constantly hanging around there). Fort Ussher: worth seeing, but in a bad state of repair - ask the guard which parts to enter, some are close to structural collapse. Beaches: forget about it, also at Labadi Beach Hotel. The water …

Hotel feedback

In Yendi, the Yahaya Iddi guesthouse has gone downhill. The rooms are not very clean, the restaurant is closed, there is no running water (although plenty provided in buckets) and the aircon was not working when we were there (Feb 2010). Luckily there is a pleasant new place to stay, Eyarro’s Lodge. It is closer …

Vodafone Internet

VODAFONE HIGH SPEED (THE FASTEST IN AFRICA AT 40 MB!) INTERNET CAFES: State of the art facilities-a/c, skype, modern computers and comfortable desk chairs-at Vodafone INTERNET cafes. 4 have opened up in Accra at Cantonments, Accra North, Accra Mall and Accra Central as well as at the main post office in Kumasi. Introductory price GH …