Once the hub of the West African slave trade, Ghana has shrugged off its
shady past and now garners praise for being one of the continent’s
friendliest and most stable countries. What it lacks in natural wonders it
makes up for with a rich history and an infectious joie de vivre – chaotic
cities throb with colour, beaming locals dish out marriage proposals and
life takes place against a backdrop of Afro-jazz rhythms. While it can’t
claim to have Africa’s best mountains, waterfalls or game viewing, it does
have some noteworthy natural attractions. Battered castles overlook a raw
coastline, elephants and monkeys roam the national parks, and twitchers
will be in seventh heaven tracking some of the 750 bird species.
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