News from Volta Region

Paul and Chiemi write: Mountain Paradise Lodge in Biakpa: we have stayed there for three very enjoyable nights in the beginning of November 2021. Due to COVID-19 business was still quite slow but both the place itself, the atmosphere and the service were excellent. The owner, Mr. Tony, has upgraded two rooms (one self-contained double, …

Volta Region trip report

Kim writes: I just finished a trip to East Volta region and wanted to share some trip notes: - Tried to visit Blues of Ur Meditation Centre described as "arguably the most bizarre tourist attraction in Ghana." Arrived on a Saturday around 4pm and found what looked like a rusted out metal building all locked …

Trip report from May-June 2013

My name is Andrew and I spent May and June of this year traveling around the coastal and Volta Region areas of Ghana. The book (and this website) proved fantastically useful to me during my stay so I thought I’d chip in with my 2 cents. First off, pretty much every price listed in the …

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 …

Annette’s updates

I spent 4 months in Ghana during 2007 in which I lived just near Kumasi and travelled North to South and recently spent another 2 weeks in 2010 travelling mostly East to West. I have a few updates to the Bradt Guide which I hope will prove useful for the next edition (I was travelling …

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 …