Updates from Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions

ASUMURA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE: Due to continued illegal logging and wildfires, there were only 2 rockfowl breeding sites remaining. And report written by wildlife manager in January 2017 was that no rockfowl had been spotted even in those spots. The hunter Frank Agbeko moved to another community and isn’t really available to help search for these …

New hotel in Techiman

Charles Addo, proprietor of the Addo Plaza Hotel in Techiman, writes: I had three tourists/guests for an overnight stay at my hotel yesterday from Belgium. They just left to a nearby waterfall, and were so pleased with the standard and environment of the hotel that they strongly urged me to get in touch with you t …

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 …

Christine’s updates

Hi, I am working as a volunteer near Ashanti Bekwai, and have a few updates for your book. I have found it very useful so far. In Kumasi, Vic Baboo's is a very popular place for foreigners to meet, but be ready for extremely slow service and higher prices than similar places in town. For …

Techiman Premier Palace Hotel

Techiman Premier Palace Hotel is an ABSOLUTE NO GO. This is where we arrived, our three kids spent the night on the floor as the spare matress was taken, the key for the laundry room where the spare blankets were kept with someone who wasn't around, no manager avail, the food was taking forever (at …

Map corrections

P240 Shai Hills – the Main Gate is shown as slightly north of the road coming from Doryumu but is actually slightly to the south. P340 Techiman – it is a bit confusing to show the hotel icon for Agyeiwaa Hotel next to the Total garage when the hotel is down a turning on the …

Eating Out in Techiman

Techiman-  Do NOT, do NOT, do NOT! go to "Boomers". Overpriced (GhC6) for not very nice food and the waiter didn't even tell us all of our options (they had menus, but only had a limited selection). The most continental dish they had was Spaghetti Bolognese -- everything else was some form of Ghanaian dish, …

Kumasi & Techiman updates

In central Kumasi, Adum is intensely crowded during the day, but the streets are horribly quiet after dark: it seems that nobody lives there. I stayed for a week at the Sanbra Hotel (actually in Asomfo Road, just off Prempreh II) on your recommendation, and it was a good price for reasonably good facilities. For …