What Ghana has to Offer

by hscripts.com

Ghana as of 2011 has actually relatively few tourists, a lot of the Europeans or other Nationalities I have spoken to are either doing business in Ghana or are NGO volunteers. Ghana however has a huge potential for tourism and makes an excellent winter sun destination particularly from the U.K ,being only 6 hours from the UK by plane.

There is no jet lag since the time zone is GMT, except of 1 hour variations when the clocks go back or forward in the UK. The currency is the Cedis for which you get approximately twice as much for the equivalent GBP; thus for one pound you get 2 cedis. Food and drink is cheaper than in the Uk

Ghana as a Country is politically stable and has been for some time .The population in Ghana is generally peaceful & in the main are more law abiding than the British. Also being an ex British colony virtually everyone can speak English

Although inner city areas are typically " third world " generally all the beach areas are pretty much in good condition with swimming at Labadi and kokrobite for instance.

Good weather can almost always be guaranteed with temperatures around 29 centigrade , which generally never goes above 33. The humidity is higher in my experience near the coast, the sun is somewhat filtered by the hazy atmosphere so that the effect f being in the sun is of a "slow burn" . Their winter is opposite to the UK and starts around June, with sometimes quite heavy rain from June to August .

Ghana provides an excellent safe introduction to the continent of Africa.