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Bradt Guide Ghana
Ref: BRA038
Increasingly popular with first-time visitors to Africa, Ghana extends an exuberant welcome to its many unsung attractions. Find yourself alone on a tropical beach, or plunge into the waterfalls of the eastern highlands; feed the sacred crocodiles at Paga, and marvel at the elephants of Mole National Park. Or, more soberly, relive the chilling story of the coastal slave forts. Wherever you go, this is the guide to help you get the most out of your trip.
• The most comprehensive guide to Ghana available, now fully updated
• Where to stay, where to eat, how to get around
• Ghanaian culture, from social traditions to kente cloth weaving
• Natural history and national parks
• Almost 60 clear maps and town plans
Book Reviews
"The best guidebook to the country."
--The Sunday Times
"One of the few comprehensive guides available"
--Time Out
"The best guide to Ghana."
-- Elle
"Contains a wealth of information for travellers of all budgets."
Footloose
About this Destination
Ghana is the most alluring, colourful nation in West Africa. The hospitality of the Ghanaian people and their vibrant culture are the hallmarks of this former British colony where English is widely spoken.
Visitors may discover palm-lined beaches and 500-year-old European castles on the coast, or the lesser-known attractions of the interior: the animal-rich savannah of Mole National Park, the sacred monkeys of Boabeng, the mud-and-stick mosques at Larabanga and Wa and the spectacular jungle-bound waterfalls of the eastern highlands.
Author's Note, by Philip Briggs
During the two rapidly paced months we spent researching this guide, barely a day went by without at least one memorable highlight, be it swimming below one of the gorgeous waterfalls of the eastern highlands, the thrill of getting closer on foot to a wild elephant than I ever have in East Africa, climbing to the roof of one of the surreal mosques that dot the northwest, taking a dugout canoe through papyrus swamps to the stilted village of Mzulezu, or watching colourful mona monkeys play between the houses of Baobeng village.
Philip Briggs is an expert on African travel, whose Bradt guides have become favourites with travellers for their invaluable and first-hand advice. He has also written individual country guides to Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda and East & Southern Africa: The Backpacker’s Manual, and has co-authored the Bradt guide to Rwanda.
£15.99
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