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Kumasi Home Base

Besease Traditional Shrine

Besease preserves one component of the UNESCO-listed Asante Traditional Buildings, whose earth, wood and thatch embody architectural, technical and spiritual knowledge. Access should follow …

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Kumasi Home Base

Bonwire Kente Weaving Community

Bonwire is a weaving community near Kumasi where kente's colour and pattern emerge from skilled work at the loom. Visit for the craft and …

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Cape Coast Home Base

Cape Coast Castle

Cape Coast Castle is a museum and World Heritage site whose rooms and coastal position bear direct witness to commerce, colonial power, Atlantic enslavement …

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Elmina Home Base

Elmina Castle

St George's Castle rises above Elmina's harbour as one of the oldest surviving European buildings outside Europe. Its long history includes trade, colonial competition …

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Elmina Home Base

Elmina Harbour and Historic Town

Elmina's harbour keeps the town's coastal identity in motion through fishing boats, markets, streets and views toward the castle and Fort St Jago. See …

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Accra Home Base

Independence Square

The Independence Arch and Black Star Monument frame one of Accra's principal civic spaces. National ceremonies still give the square an active public role, …

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Accra Home Base

Jamestown and Usshertown Historic Quarter

Jamestown and Usshertown are old coastal neighbourhoods where forts, a lighthouse, streets and working communities hold several centuries of Accra's history. Walk with local …

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Cape Coast Home Base

Kakum National Park

Kakum brings visitors into tropical rainforest by footpath and high canopy walkway, with birdlife, butterflies and the sound and structure of the forest shaping …

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Kumasi Home Base

Kejetia Market

Kejetia places the scale and energy of Kumasi's trade at the centre of a visit. Move patiently through a working market, respect traders' space …

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Kumasi Home Base

Kumasi Fort and Military Museum

Kumasi Fort houses a military museum within a monument tied to the city's colonial-era history. Use it as one part of Kumasi's layered past, …

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Accra Home Base

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

A museum, mausoleum and landscaped memorial on the former Accra Polo Grounds trace Kwame Nkrumah's political life and Ghana's independence. The site works best …

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Damongo Home Base

Larabanga Mosque

Larabanga Mosque is a living place of worship and a landmark of Sudanic earthen architecture near Damongo and Mole. Non-Muslim visitors should remain outside, …

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