"The best guidebook to the country."
--The Sunday Times

"A wealth of information for travellers of all budgets."
--Footloose

Catering to both the backpacker and upmarket tourist, this guide includes authoritative history and wildlife sections plus accommodations and restaurant recommendations and a wealth of background and practical information.

Increasingly popular with first-time visitors to Africa, Ghana extends an exuberant welcome to its many unsung attractions. Seek out a deserted 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 history of the coastal slave forts.
Inside you will find:
* 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
* 58 clear maps and town plans

Philip Briggs, an expert on African travel, is the author of six other well-established Bradt African guidebooks: Ethiopia, East and Southern Africa: The Backpacker's Manual, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda. He is also coauthor of the Bradt guide to Rwanda.