Where to stay
Hotels, guesthouses and serviced apartments matched to your budget and the part of the country you are visiting, with honest notes on location, safety and what the photos leave out.
Travel & tourism in Ghana
Come home. Or come and see.
Trip planning for visitors, diaspora families and business travellers. Hotels, attractions, itineraries and the practical safety guidance that makes a first visit relaxed instead of tense.
What we plan
Everything from the hotel to the last day
What to see
Cape Coast and Elmina castles, Kakum canopy walkway, Mole National Park, Wli Falls, Lake Volta, Aburi, Kumasi and the Ashanti heartland, Nzulezu, and the beaches from Ada to Busua.
Itineraries that work
Realistic day-by-day plans built around actual driving times, opening hours and how long things really take. Not a wish list you cannot complete.
Getting around
Airport transfers, trusted drivers, intercity travel and when it is worth flying rather than driving.
Safety & practicalities
Straight guidance on areas, transport, money, phones and common scams, so you can move confidently rather than nervously.
Homecoming & group trips
Diaspora visits, family reunions, milestone birthdays, weddings and small group tours planned end to end.
How the money works, in plain terms. We plan and advise. We do not sell holiday packages, and we are not a tour operator or a travel agent.
Every booking is made in your own name, directly with the hotel, driver or operator. You pay them, on their own terms, through their own channels. We never hold your travel money and we never take payment on a supplier's behalf. Our fee covers the planning and the advice, and it is agreed in writing before any work starts.
That matters if something goes wrong. Your booking contract is with the supplier, so it is their cancellation and refund terms that apply. We will help you deal with them, but we are not the seller and we cannot refund what we never took. It also means you should arrange your own travel insurance; we are not able to provide financial protection for your trip.
One safety note that applies to every enquiry: we will never ask you to send trip money to us, and we never change payment details by email. If a message claiming to be from On God Advisory asks you to do either, it is not us. Check the details on our Trust & Safety page and call the number listed there.
Who this is for
- Diaspora travellers visiting Ghana for the first time, or the first time in years
- Families hosting relatives and friends who are new to the country
- Business travellers who want their days planned and their evenings worth it
- Small groups (birthdays, reunions, weddings, church and alumni trips)
How it works
- Tell us your dates, group size, budget and what you actually want out of the trip
- We propose an itinerary with accommodation options and indicative costs
- You approve it, we refine it, and you travel with a plan and a phone number that answers
You then book each element yourself, in your own name. See how the money works above, and our Terms of Service for what that means in practice.
Sample itineraries
What a trip actually looks like
Three shapes we build from. Yours will not look exactly like these.
A first week, seven nights
Days 1 and 2, Accra. Land, sleep, and start gently. Independence Square, Jamestown, Makola, and a first evening out once the jet lag has loosened.
Days 3 and 4, the Central Region. Cape Coast and Elmina castles, with enough time to sit with them rather than rush, and the Kakum canopy walkway. Overnight on the coast.
Day 5, the hills. Aburi for the botanical gardens and cooler air on the way back.
Days 6 and 7, slow down. A beach day at Ada or Busua depending on which side you are on, then back to Accra for the flight.
A homecoming, ten to fourteen nights
Accra as a base. Family first, with deliberately empty days built in, because family visits expand and a plan that ignores that fails on day three.
Kumasi and the Ashanti heartland. Manhyia, Kejetia market, and kente weaving at Bonwire.
The coast. Cape Coast and Elmina, planned with care and unhurried; for many people this is the reason for the trip.
The Volta side. Wli Falls and Lake Volta, if the time and the appetite for driving are there.
Business, with days worth having
Weekdays in Accra. Airport transfer, one driver for the whole stay so you are not renegotiating every morning, and evenings that are worth leaving the hotel for.
One free day. Aburi and the hills if you want it easy, or the coast if you are willing to make an early start and a long day of it.
Departure. Timed against real traffic rather than the map, so you are not sprinting through Kotoka.
These are shapes, not products, and nothing here is a fixed price or a package. Journey times in Ghana vary a great deal with road works, weather, and what time of day you set off, so we confirm current timings when we plan your specific dates rather than working from a map.
Before you travel
The things worth sorting early
Rules and requirements change, so we point you at the source rather than repeat something that may be out of date by the time you read it.
Entry, visas and health
- Entry requirements. Check the current position with the Ghana High Commission or the Ghana Immigration Service, and, if you are travelling from the UK, read the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office advice for Ghana. Start early: processing takes time and the rules do change.
- Yellow fever. Ghana requires proof of yellow fever vaccination. Confirm the current requirement with a travel clinic, and book the appointment well ahead, because a certificate is not valid immediately.
- Other health matters. Malaria precautions and any other vaccinations are a conversation for a travel clinic or your GP, not for us. We are not medically qualified and we will not pretend otherwise.
- Insurance. Arrange your own travel insurance before you book. We cannot provide financial protection for your trip.
On the ground
- When to come. December is the busiest month by far, with the diaspora home and prices to match; book much earlier than feels necessary. The dry harmattan months bring hazy air, and the main rains fall around the middle of the year.
- Money. The currency is the cedi. Cards work in hotels and larger places and nowhere else; mobile money is everywhere. Plan for cash.
- Distances. Journeys take longer than the map suggests. Most disappointing first trips are the result of a plan with one stop too many in it.
- Getting around. One trusted driver for a whole trip usually costs less trouble, and often less money, than arranging transport day by day.
Plan a trip
Tell us when you are coming
Send your dates and what you have in mind. You will get an honest sense of what fits your time and budget before anything is booked.