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Cape Coast Slideshow
Top Hotels in Cape Coast
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Elmina Beach Resort Cape Coast
25 reviews -
Fairhill Main Cape Coast
1 review -
Han's Cottage Hotel Cape Coast
25 reviews -
Mighty Victory Hotel Cape Coast
32 reviews -
Sanaa Lodge Cape Coast
4 reviews
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Brenu Beach Lodge Cape Coast
4 reviews
Cape Coast
Travel Blogs from Cape Coast, Ghana
Fishing Village Of Cape Coast
This is a top pick! (Taken from Ghana - The Bradt Travel Guide) Cape Coast was probably founded in the early 15th century. By the time the British reached Cape Coast in the Gulf of Guinea, which was called Oguaa at the time, it was a fishing village of about 20 small houses ...
Update
This is a top pick! ... quick update to let you know that we've finally added photos to our last three entries. We'll add the details of our time in Ghana within the next week or so but right now the palm fringed beaches and excellent surf is occupying all our time. It's just so ...
Cape Coast Castle - Cape Coast, Ghana
This is a top pick! ... tour and pay our admissions and go in. It cost 50,000 each and another 5,000 for the camera. Throughout the 18th century, Cape Coast's economy was dominated by its role at the heart of the trans-Atlantic slave trade - at any given time before 1807 when ...
Animal Farm
All is well in Ghana and I've survived my first week. It's been great with lots to do, see, taste, smell and cover your ears for. The cover your ears for is essential when our Parrot, Boswa, has one of his fits. Boswa was rescued ...
Ghanaian festival? or marathon style mosh pit?
I think I have just had one of the coolest Ghana experiences thus far. So about a 15 minute tro tro ride away from where I stay is this village (we would call it a town but it’s referred to as a village by most people here which in my opinion is ...
Le Golf de Guinee
Seul, a 8h du matin, je m attaque au Ghana. Une 1ere voiture me prend en stop 10 minutes, ensuite 1h de mini bus, 20 minutes de taxi, 2h30 de bus plein plein Ouest, et enfin 30 minutes de taxi! Voici ma matinee, et ce soir je fais la meme chose dans le ...
Slavery, forts, beaches and mixing cocktails
... much underneath a coconut tree. After the relaxing of the last couple of days it was another short trip to the slave fort at Cape Coast. Like St Georges Castle there was a tour on offer but having heard all the information before I only stayed a short ...
Elmina & Cape Coast.
... & her project friends, then went home pretty early. The next morning we went straight to Elmina, just like a half hour drive from Cape Coast, its so much cleaner & they have a much nicer beach! However, it's where they do most of their fishing so ...
Door of no return
... the colonial era. Many of the slaves were sold to the British in exchange for alcohol or guns. The Cape Coast Castle is a 'must see’ during a visit to Ghana. This Saturday we went on the tour. When you first arrive it seems like a cheery place with ...
Wochenendausflug nach Cape Coast
... Kolonialzeit, mit dem Bus drei Stunden westlich von Accra. Die absolute Hauptattraktion ist ganz klar das so genannte "Cape Coast Castle", die zweitaelteste der ueber fuenfzig von den Europaeern errichteten Burgen bzw. Forts entlang der ghanaischen ...
Im dreaming of a ......Hot and Sweaty Christmas???
... ago .....and highly reccomend it Today me and Jens were high up in the tree-tops...................10kms north of Cape Coast .............this morning we took on the longest tree-top Canopy walkway in the world...........Over 300 metres ...
Atonkwa Village
... When Esther spoke to them they said that they were waiting for it to open! Esther has invited them to join her in Cape Coast to get started but the women cannot afford the transportation into town and will have to wait months or even years ...
Sunday will surely come
Based on the company names I mentioned in earlier blogs, you probably understand that Ghana is an extremely religious country. The stats state that close to 80% of Ghanaians are Christian. There is a church on every corner and the roads are virtually ...
Finally on travelpod.com
... (Opportunities Industrialization Centers International) assignment -- to evaluate the potential for mushroom production at Jerusalem Farm in Edumfa, Ghana. After touring some of the farm and trekking through a small part of Kakum National Park -- a ...
And the winners are...
Last night was the much anticipated Global Mamas of the Year event. It was such a pleasure organizing, and also a huge learning experience. No matter how many events you plan, each of them are so different and have to be handled carefully, especially ...
Day 5: Cape Coast Escape
... and Kakum National Park. Again, the trusty tro-tro does the 2.5-hour trip with maximum efficiency, minimum expense; just over £1 to Cape Coast. The towns of Cape Coast and Elmina were once primary centres of the slave trade back in the ...
Beaches and slavery
... of it...it was much more emotional reading it here than i think it would have been back in the US. I am in Cape Coast now. Cape Coast was the British administrative capital for the Gulf of Guinea for 100 years. There is a castle/fort here, a UNESCO ...
Cape Coast, Ghana - The Original Gold Coast
... tro conductor, who told me he would take me to the National Park, but took me in the opposite direction for 30 minutes, to a big town, Cape Coast, then pointed me to a tro-tro going to the park, passing the way I came. So what should have been a 15-minute ...
bathrooms, castles and abrounis.
... a real interesting place to visit. I had never thought that something like this exists in Africa. When Obama came to Ghana in July he visited the cape coast castle and there was a plaque there for him. Plus the guide that gave us our tour was the same ...
Food for Thought
Last night we held a surprise party for Emi who is our Japanese roommate that has been volunteering in Ghana for two years. When she first arrived she didn't speak any English and now, two years later, she has learned English and Fante. Emi ...
Taking it to the west side
... try and learn the local language we get taught different ones.....it gets very confusing! After Accra we headed to Cape Coast, made famous for its slave castle. The castle is a beautiful whitewashed castle that over looks the sea, with a ...
Kakum National Park
This was a morning excursion to Kakum National Park, where we risked the very dodgy canopy walk- basically a few ladders strung between trees with planks laid end to end to walk on. Our guide assured us there hadn't been any fatalities, but you can see ...
Something like a phenomenon
The most extraordinary thing happened yesterday, something that scared the crap out of me initially and then turned into a very memorable moment. Dani and I were on our way to lunch and as we walked out of the office, the day guard pointed to the ...
Cape Coast in a day
There's not much to tell about the trip and i'm short on time. i'll try to get a couple pictures now and will finish this post ...
Day 6: Kakum NP
For those interested, it's ok. Nice trees, interesting weaver bird nests, good line in orange-headed lizards and a treetop rope bridge circuit. Worth doing once but overpriced (not a big deal) and rushed (a bigger deal). I could easily have gazed for 20 ...
A bit of history at Cape Coast
... to handkerchiefs, soaps and breads were walking around on people's heads. After getting a hotel room, we heading to the historic Cape Coast Castle for a tour. The castle is an old fort that passed between the hands of the Danish, Swedish, and British. ...
Kakum National Park; rope bridges, monkeys,red red
So after we left the Hans Cottage Botel, we went to Kakum National Park which was also just outside of Cape Coast. This park, was a legitimate rain forest. And when we were there it was raining. Awesome. I know. (Unfortunately the negative nancy’s ...
Cape Coast
... to Old McDonald, and water play always goes down a treat. I've been scavenging plastic bottles and improvised boats all over Cape Coast! The leg's looking much better, and hopefully it'll be cleared up by the time I'm home. Millicent (my host mother) ...
Whistle while you work
... next to the shop. Basically what happens at Global Mama's is the cloth is ordered from Accra and then delivered to the Batikers in Cape Coast and a variety of smaller villages. After the cloth has been 'batiked' or dyed, it is then sent to the shop for ...
A Day in Cape Coast (A Week of Drum Lessons)
... it with people when I get home (there are a few more recipes that I am going to learn this week). On Monday, we travelled to Cape Coast. After not being able to go on my first weekend in Ghana (due to Obama-related traffic and bad weather), I was worried ...