Ghana is a wonderful introduction to sub-Saharan Africa - a landscape of rainforest canopy, crater lakes, and waterfalls, and one of the friendliest countries you'll ever visit. Music, dance, and drumming run through daily life here, met at every turn by what's known as the legendary Ghanaian welcome.
Adventure comes in many forms: a climb up Mt Afajato, Ghana's highest peak, rewards students with sweeping views over rainforest canopy, while hands-on project work deep in the forest connects them directly to local conservation efforts. Markets bursting with colour and a hands-on cooking class offer a genuine taste of Ghanaian daily life, quite literally, while rainforest canopy walkways, crater lakes, and waterfalls round out a landscape as varied as it is beautiful.
No visit to Ghana would be complete without a visit to Cape Coast Castle, one of the many former slave castles on the coast - a sobering and emotional experience essential to understanding the history of colonisation and the transatlantic slave trade. For an insight into what such a visit is like, read our blog here.
Ghana offers a real insight into the best of Africa, and it's the kind of place that changes people - most students leave itching to return.