More info on Wulugu and Walewale

Thanks to Mashood Issifu Mahama to alerting to me to his useful blog http://cic-walewale.blogspot.com/p/tourism-sites.html about tourism sites in and around Walewale, including the unique Zayaa Mosque at Wulugu (see page 451-2 of the 6th edition). 

Bradt Ghana updates now on Facebook

Please note that notifications for all future posts on this and my other Bradt travel update websites will automatically be publicised on the Facebook page Philip Briggs's Africa Travel Updates. Visit this page, 'like' it, and a link will appear on your Facebook wall as soon as I post a new update. 

Elmina walking tours

On our most recent visit to Elmina we did a walking tour of the town with Felix Nguah, of http://www.ghanaecotours.com. Highly recommended. He’s engaging and well-informed, and better yet, he’s pursuing an extremely admirable idea in Ghana: sensible, non-harmful tourism that helps you get closer to the communities and also helps people in those communities. …

University of Ghana bookshop

A reader has written to let me know that the University of Ghana Bookshop now has a website, with online buying facilities planned, where you can buy language books. See http://www.ugbookshop.com

Websites for Ghana’s museums and wildlife reserves

I've just been pointed to these two useful new(ish) official websites: http://www.wildlifeghana.com http://www.ghanamuseums.org

New website for West Coast tourism

My name is Lorena López, I am a UNWTO volunteer working with an italian NGO in conjuction with the Ghana Tourist Board Western Region. Since a few years ago the Ricerca e Cooperazione, thementioned NGO, works with other stakeholders to promote tourism in the West Coast using tourism as a tool to poverty reduction. As …

Ghana blog

Entertaining blog about day-to-day life in Ghana: hollisramblings.blogspot.com

ghana-pedia

Peter Morris, co-administrator of Ghana-pedia, just made contact to let me know about a new website devoted to Ghana, particularly the travel aspects... it's called www.ghana-pedia.org and is well worth a look! Cheers, Philip