This 8th edition of Bradt's Ghana remains the only dedicated guidebook on the market. Ghana was
the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to gain independence and is the world's second-largest
producer of chocolate. Covering everything from Ghana's 550km of Atlantic coastline to its
remote and sparsely populated northern border with Burkina Faso this new edition has been
thoroughly updated and is an ideal companion no matter what your interests are. Written by
Philip Briggs arguably the world's most experienced guidebook writer it covers everything
from inexpensive opportunities to see wildlife to cultural and historical aspects such as the
slave trading posts. Background practical and health information are complemented by a
dedicated illustrated chapter on wildlife 60 maps and 18 chapters split across five regional
sections from Accra and surrounds to the coast through eastern and central Ghana right up to
the north. The popular Cape Coast and Ashanti regions are both covered as is the increasingly
high profile Chale Wote Street Art festival. Friendly safe and inexpensive Ghana is an ideal
destination for first-time visitors to Africa. It is rich in little-visited national parks
forest reserves cultural sites and scenic waterfalls and blessed with bleached white beaches
and the lush rainforest of the Atlantic coastline. Bradt's Ghana is accompanied by a dedicated
updated website run by the author himself and caters for everyone from birdwatchers to
bar-hoppers. Whether you want to cruise the world's largest man-made reservoir Lake Volta on
a pokey old steamer hike with elephants in Mole National Park or party all night in Accra's
glittering Osu district Bradt's Ghana is an indispensable companion.
