Ghana Travel Guides

U.S. citizens need a visa to enter Ghana, and it must be obtained before departure since Ghana does not offer routine visa on arrival for American travelers. A single-entry, 3-month validity tourist visa costs 60 US dollars; a multi-entry visa valid for up to 5 years costs 100 US dollars. Applications go through the Ghanaian […]

Ghana is one of West Africa’s safest and most politically stable countries for tourists, and it is often recommended to first-time visitors to the region for that reason. The U.S. State Department rates Ghana at Level 2, “exercise increased caution,” the same level given to popular destinations like France and Germany, rather than the Level […]

Most travelers need a minimum of 7 days in Ghana to comfortably cover Accra and the Cape Coast heritage sites without rushing, and 10 to 12 days if they want to add Kumasi’s Ashanti heartland and a Mole National Park safari in the north. Shorter 4 to 5 day trips work well as a focused […]

Ghana’s Year of Return was a single commemorative year, 2019, marking 400 years since the first recorded arrival of enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Virginia. It has since grown into Beyond the Return, a ten-year program running through 2030 that invites members of the African diaspora to visit, reconnect with, and invest in Ghana on an […]

The best time to visit Ghana is during the dry season, from late November through March, when rainfall is lowest, wildlife viewing at Mole National Park is easiest, and most of the country’s cultural festivals take place. January is usually singled out as the single best month: the harmattan haze has cleared enough for comfortable […]