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.
