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On the touristy side. Not much tribal life here.
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atufft Says: Kakum National Park is about an hour from Cape Coast. It would be difficult to find a tro-tro direct, but one should go by the park entrance as these roads are well traveled. The park itself is something of a rainforest preserve with quite a variety of flora. The park is...
atufft Says: The Cape Coast Castle was originally controlled by the Portuguese, Swedes, Danes, and Dutch, before the British took over. With each occupation, the castle was enlarged both in terms of slave exporting capacity and military defense. Much of the recent building on the upper...
Wafro Says: The Kakum National Park is a fairly old national park, having been established in 1932 and used for the last fifty years for thee extraction of timber. It is located in Central Region of Ghana, about 20 kilometres north of Cape Coast. It covers 360 square kilometres of...
georeiser Says: Kakum National Park is a 350 square km national park in the Central Region of Ghana. The park was first established in 1960. The entire area is covered with tropical rainforest.The Park contains rare animals, like pygmy elephants, forest buffalo, civet cats, a wide array of...
Canopy junglewalk in Kakum National Park
georeiser Says: The Canopy junglewalk in Kakum National Park passes over a 330 metres long series of hanging bridges made of ropes. They are connected together by the trees, and are all together the worlds longest and highest hanging bridge. At 40 meters height you walk over the tropical...
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Castle Restaurant: Seafood by the sea
flynboxes Says: While kind of a tourist dump the food is not bad here and the location next to the castle in front of the beach make this place hard to ignore. Get a seat at the tables that overlook the beach and enjoy the ocean breeze with a cold beer and a good meal. I had the curry...
Oasis Beach Resort: Fresh fruit on the beach
Pieter11 Says: I didn't really have a meal here, at Oasis Beach Resort, but I did have a fresh pineapple for lunch here. At a hot and sweaty afternoon this is a great spot to get some refreshment: with your feet in the sand, the sea only 10 metres away, palmtrees providing you with shade...
La hacienda, oasis, sweet gardens etc: dodgy single scene in Cape Coast
Obrunipapapa Says: Women travelling on your own beware!!! There are very charming Ghanaian men who target white (Obruni) women. They will be very friendly at first and will offer to show you around and be your friend. however, they generally are just looking to take advantage of you, both...
Oasis Beach Resort: Oasis Beach Resort
Pieter11 Says: A great place to go to at night when you are in Cape Coast, is the Oasis Beach Resort. It is situated at 300 metres west from Cape Coast Castle, and directly at the beach. You can enter is from both the city-side and the beach-side. Besides quite a luxurious accommodation,...
georeiser Says: A taxi is the most convenient way of transportation in and around Cape Coast. Make sure to settle the price before you enter the car.
Pieter11 Says: If you want to go to places in and around Cape Coast that are too far away to walk to, you can either charter a (relatively expensive) drop-taxi, or you can try your luck with a shared taxi. The system of shared taxi's is much cheaper, because the normal price of a trip is...
grets Says: There were many reasons why African men and women ended up as slaves: they may have been criminals, unrecoverable debt, loss of family or kin group, as a result of ethnic conflict, victims of religious crimes. Some people even gave themselves up willingly as slaves in order...
grets Says: Fishing is the main occupation for most of the people living in Cape Coast, and many travel far out to sea. Tuesday is the day that fishing nets are being mended as this day is considered taboo for fishing. There seemed to be quite a few boats grounded on the Sunday we were...
Pieter11 Says: When you are taking the STC-bus from Cape Coast, it ca happen that you'll have to wait for the bus for a few hours. And when you are waiting, you can also get hungry after a while. Íf you get hungry: DON'T try the meat-sticks they sell at the station. I tried them because...
grets Says: Many of the houses along the coastline at Cape Coast become unsafe during the rainy seasons. People are slowly being rehabilitated into modern architectural buildings that are being especially constructed by the government to replace such dilapidated buildings as these.
Pieter11 Says: Besides the attraction, Cape Coast is just a nice town to walk around in. There are some old, colonial buildings that still are used. They are hidden under a think layer of rubbish, commercial signs and paint, but when you pay attention, you can still see some of its old...
Pieter11 Says: When you are visiting the Cape Coast Castle, you can already have a look at the colourful harbour that lies right behind it. There, you can see the fishermen bring their fish in, organising their nets, and checking their colourfully painted "pinasses", wooden boats that are...
Buildings with decorated advertisements
georeiser Says: A lot of houses and buildings in Cape Coast are decorated and painted with advertisements from mobile network companies.
georeiser Says: Cape Coast is the capital of the Central Region in Ghana, and has a population of 100.000 people. The city is located 165 km west of Accra, which takes about 3-4 hours to drive. Cape Coast is most known for beeing the place where a large number of the slaves were held...
On the road from Cape Coast to Kakum
georeiser Says: The road from north from Cape Coast to Kakum National Park takes you through many small villages and jungle areas.
The capital of Ghana's Central Region is Cape Coast. Not a very big, but very pleasant city that is completely surrounded by green and blue: The Gulf of Guinea with its blue water and wide beaches to...
Cape Coast is located about 150 km west of Accra, along the coast. Unfortunately, the town is most famous for its dark history – that of the slave trade. Most tourists come here to visit Cape Coast......
To the west of Accra lies Cape Coast the Capital of Central Region. Cape Coast was the Capital of Gold Coast before it became Ghana, and was moved to Accra in 1877. Cape Coast is 144-km away from...
Cape Coast Slave Fortress & Kakum National Park
There were some 300 slave castles along the Gold Coast at one time, but Cape Coast may be the best for visitors today. The buildings are in reasonable repair, and the museum in world-class in its...
The former capitale of the Gold Coast
A trip to Ghana would not be complete without a visit to Cape Coast, the capital city of Ghana's legendary Central Region. Located one and a half hours directly West of Accra, Cape Coast is the hear...
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