Ghana 2026

Part 8: Last week

As this is our last week in Ghana we did some more travelling and relaxing. We spent our penultimate weekend in Accra, where we went to the Arts Centre and some different restaurants.

The Arts Centre is an indoor market with rows and rows of small stalls. Many are pretty much identical. After what I had heard, I had expected it to be very loud with people shouting at us and telling us to buy things etc, but it was much more calm. Some sellers were pushy but used phrases like “please support me”, “just buy something small”, “prices are small, small” to try and get us to buy things. It felt a lot nicer than being at the trotro station for example.

We went to Zen Garden in the evening for food, which was nice. It had some live music for entertainment after 9pm which was very loud but enjoyable. I don’t think I knew any of the songs despite a lot being in english but the locals did – lots of them were dancing and singing at their tables.

We went to Pinnocios the following day which is recommended for its ice cream. It was nice.

We travelled to the north of Ghana on Monday. We took a flight from Accra to Tamale and then were picked up and taken to Mole national park (pronounced mole-ay). We did many tours here to see some animals. We emded up seeing:

• Antelope – “kop”
• Babboons
• Warthogs
• Crocodiles
• Mongoose
• Janet cat
• Patas monkeys
• Guinea fowl
• Elephants

plus many birds and insects (the flies were a nightmare!)

After being in Mole, we travelled back to Accra and had a couple of relaxed days. We went out for some more meals and got ready for our flight back to the UK.

For some reason this last photo is sideways haha. I can’t change it and now have to leave to get ready for the flight!