Sekondi-Takoradi
Surf, rainforest, beaches and cocoa country
Coastal towns and inland forest share the same rain-rich landscape.
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Western.
Real places in this region, photographed by the people who were there. Every photo is credited. Tap one to see it large. Got a better one? Share it.
Photo credits & licences
- Nzulezu stilt village, Western Region. KwesiRaul · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Busua Beach, Western Region. Mac-Jordan Degadjor · CC BY 2.0
- A house on stilts at Nzulezu. Kwameghana · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nzulezu's houses on the water. Kwameghana · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Surfing at Busua. Michal Vogt · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Busua Beach. aripeskoe2 · CC BY 2.0
- Cape Three Points and the ruin of its 1875 lighthouse. Friedmut Abel · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Palms along the Amansuri. KwesiRaul · CC BY-SA 4.0
- A canoe at Nzulezu. KwesiRaul · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nzulezu on the Amansuri lagoon. Joy Agyepong · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Canoes in the harbour near Busua. Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Women drying fish in Takoradi. Susan Quinn / USAID Africa · Public domain
- Busua Beach on a rainy day. Tom Lubbe · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Houses in Sekondi-Takoradi. Kwameghana · CC BY-SA 4.0
- The lighthouse at Cape Three Points. Tini Maier · CC BY 2.0
- Ankasa's rainforest from above. SAgbley · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fort St. Anthony on its rock at Axim. Jesuraj Alakassery · CC BY-SA 4.0
Worth the trip.
Places in this region people keep coming back to. Not a ranking — a starting point.
KwesiRaul · CC BY-SA 4.0Nzulezu
A village built on stilts over the Amansuri wetland, reached by canoe.
Mac-Jordan Degadjor · CC BY 2.0
Tini Maier · CC BY 2.0
Jesuraj Alakassery · CC BY-SA 4.0
SAgbley · CC BY-SA 4.0
Festivals in
Western.
Festivals and cultural events kept here, in calendar order. Many dates move from year to year, so each festival’s page has what we know about when.
- Jul–Nov
Kundum
The harvest festival of the Ahanta and Nzema, moving from town to town along the western coast.
July to November, one town after anotherThe coast from Sekondi to Axim
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