This 8th edition of Bradt’s Ghana remains the only dedicated guidebook on the market and the
most comprehensive source of travel information on the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to
gain independence and 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 63 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 the
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.
