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Greater Accra
Sleep in Accra; do Jamestown and Osu on foot and by short car rides, and treat the coast castles as a separate day or a two-night move.
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Greater Accra is one base and a few long day trips. Traffic, not distance, is the cost: a 20 km leg can take two hours. Keep the Accra room, do one cluster per morning, and start every trip out of the city before 07:00.
Where to sleep
Accrasleep base
Jamestown, the memorial park and Osu; the base for the coast castles.
Cape Coast and Elminaovernight
Castles and Kakum canopy; about 3 h each way by car.
Night sequences
- 3 nights
- Accra 3, Cape Coast day-trip
- 5 nights
- Accra 2 + Cape Coast 2 + Accra 1
- Accra + Cape Coast + Kumasi in 4 days is mostly car seats.
Day-trips door to door
| To | From | Door-to-door p50 | Last return | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Coast and Elmina | Accra | 210 min | unknown | Leave before 07:00; return traffic is slow after 16:00. |
Bags between cities
No luggage forwarding: leave the big bag at the Accra hotel and take a day pack for a night away.