The Atlas Obscura Guide To

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8 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Ghana

Unusual
Attractions
in Ghana

Kakum Canopy Walkway

Assin South, Ghana

Kakum Canopy Walk

This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.

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Tourists can hang out with the crocodiles.

Sacred Crocodile Ponds of Paga

The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.

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Mole National Park

West Gonja, Ghana

Mole National Park

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

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Barack Obama visited the castle in 2009.

Cape Coast, Ghana

Cape Coast Castle

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

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A house in the Tongo Hills. (Creative Commons)

Bolgatanga, Ghana

Tengzug Shrine

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

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The 15th century Larabanga Mosque.

Larabanga, Ghana

Larabanga Mosque

The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."

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A boat coffin in 1960 (WikiCommons)

Ga-Adangbe Caskets - Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop

The clever workshop that has been designing some of the most unusual coffins imaginable.

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The e-waste dump

Agbogbloshie

The world’s largest digital waste dump has become a site where organized criminals hack into confidential government data.

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Unique
Food & Drink
in Ghana

Miracle Berries

Gastro Obscura

Fruits & Vegetables

Miracle Berries

When life gives you lemons, this tropical fruit makes 'em taste like lemonade.

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Palm Wine

Gastro Obscura

Palm Wine

It takes only two hours for palm sap to become palm wine.

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Stories
About Ghana

Some signs look quite realistic.

Celebrating Ghana’s Amazing Handpainted Barbershop Signs

These vibrant artworks advertised the freshest styles and sleekest cuts.

by Christina Ayele Djossa

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches on June 3, carrying the Ghanasat-1 and supplies for the International Space Station.

Ghana's First Satellite Is Now in Orbit

It is monitoring the nation's coastline and even beaming music down to Earth.

by Kelsey Kennedy

August 08, 2017

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