1. Accra, Ghana’s Capital

Accra is the capital of Ghana and is a sprawling city with around 2 million inhabitants. Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park honors Ghana’s first president, who helped lead the country to independence. The park contains Nkrumah’s mausoleum and a museum charting his life. Makola Market is the city’s vast, colorful bazaar. Popular seafront spots Labadi Beach and Kokrobite Beach offer golden sand and high-energy nightlife.

2. Lake Volta

Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world, is contained behind the Akosombo Dam which generates a substantial amount of Ghana's electricity. A traveler pontoon, the Yapei Queen runs the whole length of the lake between Akosombo in the South to Yeji in the North. The excursion takes around 24 hours and leaves from Akosombo every Monday. You’ll be sharing the pontoon with some animals and heaps of vegetables, the vessel is frequently referred to as the “yam watercraft”.

3. Kumasi, Ashanti

Kumasi is the capital city of the Ashanti Region, in southern Ghana. It’s known as a center for Ashanti culture. In the huge, open-air Kejetia Market, stalls sell everything from glass beads to Ashanti sandals. The National Cultural Centre offers craft workshops and dance performances. It includes the Prempeh II Jubilee Museum, which displays jewelry and ceremonial clothing belonging to the 20th-century Ashanti king.

4. Mole National Park

Mole National Park protects an area of savannah and forest in northern Ghana. It’s home to elephants, leopards and rare birds such as the white-backed vulture. In the western part of the park, the Konkori Escarpment has panoramic views and overlooks waterholes where animals drink. There are waterfalls along the Kparia and Polzen rivers. To the south, Larabanga village has a centuries-old, Sudanese-style mosque. In Mole you can hope to see bison, wander impala, elephants, warthogs, hyenas and provided that you’re lucky, you just might see a panther.

5. Kakum National Park, Central Region

Kakum National Park is on coast of southern Ghana, in West Africa. It protects an area of rainforest, home to endangered mammals such as forest elephants, bongo antelopes and primates like the Diana monkey. The park is rich in butterflies and birds, including African grey parrots and hornbills. The Canopy Walkway, suspended 30 meters above the ground, provides treetop views of the forest.

6.Busua Beach, Western Region

Busua is a beach resort and fishing village in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region in Ghana. There are pool and beach chalets, with places to stay rannging from basic to expensive.

7.Cape Coast Castle

Cape Coast Castle is one of about forty "slave castles", or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa by European traders. It was originally a Portuguese "feitoria" or trading post, established in 1555. However in 1653 the Swedish Africa Company constructed a timber fort there. The Cape Coast Castle is currently a fantastic museum tracing the history of Ghana, the slave-trade and neighborhood society. A guided tour will take you through the cells and the “entryway of no return”.

8.Nzulezo

Nzulezo overlooks the Lake Tadane, and is entirely made up of stilts and platforms. You can only reach it by leasing a kayak, accessible from the village of Beyin. It takes about a hour to reach the village.

9. Elmina and St George’s Castle, Elmina

Elmina is a beautiful angling town along Ghana’s coast, not a long way from Cape Coast. It is home to one of Ghana’s greatest attractions, St George’s Castle.

Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina, also known as Castelo da Mina or simply Mina in present-day Elmina, Ghana. It was the first trading post built on the Gulf of Guinea, and the oldest European building in existence south of the Sahara.

10. Kokrobite Beach

Kokrobite is known for traditional sea fishing, its white-sand beaches and its lively nightlife. It's a short 30km tro-tro ride from Accra. Home to the amazing Academy of African Music and Art (Aama) established by expert drummer Mustapha TetteyAddy.

11. Bonwire Kente Weaving Village

Bonwire is a town in Ghana, where the most popular cloth in Africa, popularly known as "Kente", originated. The Kente is worn by the king of the Ashanti Kingdom in Ghana. Bonwire is part of Ejisu-Juaben Municipal district within Ghana's Ashanti Region.

12. Fort Metal Cross, Dixcove

Fort Metal Cross, originally Fort Dixcove, is a military structure in Dixcove, Ghana. Brandenburg-Prussia started building Fort Groß Friedrichsburg about 15 kilometres west of Dixcove in 1683, in the colony of Brandenburger Gold Coast but it was not completed until the 1690s.

13. Paga Crocodile Pond

Paga Crocodile Pond is a sacred pond in Paga in the Upper East Region of Ghana, which is inhabited by West African crocodiles. Due to the friendliness of the reptiles, it has become popular among tourists and the pond is now reliant on tourism to ensure the population of crocodiles remain fed and healthy.

14. Boti Falls

Boti falls is a twin waterfall located at Boti in Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana. These twin falls are referred to as female and male.

15. Cape Three Points

Cape Three Points is a small peninsula in the Western Region of Ghana on the Atlantic Ocean.

16. Aburi Botanical Gardens

Aburi Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in Aburi in Eastern region of South Ghana. The garden occupies an area of 64.8 hectares. It was opened in March, 1890 and was founded by Governor William Brandford-Griffith and Dr John Farrell Easmon, a Sierra Leonean medical doctor.

17. Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary

Bobiri Forest Reserve and Butterfly Sanctuary is an ecotourism center in Ghana and the only butterfly sanctuary in West Africa. It has about 400 species of butterflies. It is located on the main Accra - Kumasi Highway at the village of Kubease, about 30 kilometres from Kumasi.

Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum

The Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum and memorial park is located in downtown Accra, the capital of Ghana. It is dedicated to the prominent Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah. The memorial complex was dedicated in 1992, and is situated on the site of the former British colonial polo grounds in Accra.

W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture

W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture is a memorial place, a research facility and tourist attraction in the Cantonments area of Accra, Ghana, that was opened to the public in 1985. It is named in dedication to W. E. B.

National Museum

The museum has three primary collection areas; archaeology, ethnography, and art, which are used to weave together a story about Ghana's rich cultural history.

Accra Cultural Centre

Showcases traditional handicrafts from all over Ghana; the centre has workshops and art galleries.

There are arts and crafts bazaars and a traditional textile market with souvenirs that have been crafted in clay, wood, leather and metal.

There is also an indoor market with stalls having footwear, tee shirts and other souvenirs.