GHANA
Ghana is located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Ghana borders Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north and Togo to the east. The word Ghana means "Warrior King" and is derived from the ancient Ghana Empire. Its capital is Accra on the Atlantic coast.
Tourism in Ghana is growing very quickly, and more tour operators are seeing increased requests for Ghana as a travel destination. Many tourists come from the diaspora which wants to visit their ancestors land and the slave route.
BEST TIME to VISIT GHANA
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to GHANA
from November to January
selling dry fishes
Manhyia Palace is the royal Ashanti palace and this is the king
Market
Market
market
Weaving
market
Fish market
fruit market
Dzokpe Amu Festival
small girls playing
fishing boats - view from Cape Coast Caste
relax at the beach
crowded beach - view from the castle
women proposing food to the driver and passengers
Slave route - a castle is a fortress to keep the slaves before boarding the ship and cross the Atlantic Ocean
Elmina castle - The british were leaving in the castle and the slaves in the underground caves
overview
Elmina was one of the biggest castle on the slave coast
the canons were ready to defend the fortress
Slave route - Memorial Wall of return - Paintings on the outside wall describing the steps of slavery. This one represents the branding of the slaves
Slave route - Memorial Wall of return - The members of the diaspora are invited to write their names on this wall.
Slave route - Memorial Wall of return - Paintings on the outside wall describing the steps of slavery. This one represents the vessel and how the slaves were travelling
church
shop - and as usual with a religious motto : "there is power in the blood of Jesus".
traditionnal Ashanti temple
church
old colonial building
Atlantic Coast - relax on a sandy beach
blue wooden house
street food
Plantations
Fishing harbor and a small fort at the background which was in charge of the defence of Elmina
Playing on the beach
Fishing harbor
sunset
crowded beach - View from the castle
canons which were in charge of the defence of the castle
small harbor at the bottom of Cape Coast castle
Dagomba village
making Fufu
father and child
women carrying chicken
woman at the market
probably sister and brother
woman
Akoisidai festival
traditionnal voodoo temple
Kintempo Water falls
Anloga Hogbetsotso festival
Dzokpe Amu Festival
Ladies on their way to church
Agumatsa - Wli waterfalls
family
Akoisidai festival
statue in a square
woman selling food
cathedral
Anloga Hogbetsotso festival
Cart going down a slope
Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary - Mona monkey
Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary - fig-strangler tree
Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary - Mona monkey
selling banana chips