Interesting Towns

Tamale
The Central market in Tamale sells everything from groceries to motorbikes. Visitors will find this colorful market full of hustle and bustle and the bargaining process between sellers and buyers captivating.
A visit to the leather tanners will provide a look at the traditional process of tanning, which produces the beautiful leather products including bags, purses, necklaces and boots. Other sites include the National Cultural Center, a small zoo, and a botanical garden herbarium of the University of Development Studies.
Tamale is largely Islamic so you’ll find grand mosques and very interesting traditional rustic mosques in which the faithful gather to pray five times each day.

Daboya
Northwest of Tamale are the salt mines of Daboya. Salt was an important and major item of exchange and used in the barter for slave. Salt mining still goes on today, but more than salt, the town is noted for its hand woven and unique textiles, which sell in the market of the Northern Region.
The White Volta also runs nearby and offers potential for boating, canoeing and fishing.

Pusiga
A short drive from Bolga is Pusiga. Legend has it that the founder and ancestor of the Mole-Dagbani kingdom, which extended from Ghana to Burkina Faso, finally settled in this town in the 13th Century.
Legend has it that he died here and “buried himself’.
Where his palace once stood, and where he “buried himself’ is now a thicket that is revered and treated as a shrine by the local people. Beyond the legend, visitor infrastructure and interpretation is currently unavailable at the shrine

Oxford Street
As the name suggests this not a shopping centre but a street where you would find a cluster of very fine and unique shops, restaurants, hotels, a hospital, banks, forex bureaux, toy shops, handicraft shops, state-of- the-art electronic shops, card and gift shops, a casino, night clubs, ice cream parlours, fast food restaurants, grocery shops, etc.
Oxford Street got its name from London’s Oxford Street. It also has a night market, retailing local food and what have you. You will only hear about in the grapevine some fly-by-night places

Cape Coast Town
To the west of Accra lies Cape Coast the Capital of Central Region. Cape Coast was the Capital of Gold Coast before it became Ghana, and was moved to Accra in 1877. Cape Coast is 144-km away from Accra.
This region is very famous for its forts and castles. For the coconut-shaded beaches you won’t miss.
This is the region that Europeans first came into contact with the tropics. It is the only place that Columbus spent some time on his Voyage to discover the New World.

James Town
An enclave almost entirely inhabited by fisher-folk, perhaps the most surprising aspect of James Town is its presupposition, village-like aspect.
In general, maritime capitals usually have industrial installations corresponding to their importance.
Once again, Accra astonishes by its indifference to the sea; its port is wholly devoted to artisan fishing, as the modest surrounding quarters – occupying the place of honour usually given to commerce and international hotels- amply testify.
The atmosphere is totally different – and all the more so during Homowo in neighboring Ussher Town. As the fever of the celebration mounts with the thundering drums, enthusiastic crowed encircle groups of kaolin-painted traditional dancers.
Everyone here seems to know everyone else: joking and bantering, the onlookers alternate between following the intricate steps of the dancers and the antics of the local youngsters. There’s no reason for timidity here, and visitors should not hesitate asking for explanations as to the meaning of the celebrations taking place before them, explanations which will be offered with the greatest kindness on the part of the local population.
Outside the circle of the festivities, the crackle of fireworks and the excited cries of children announces the stirring arrival of the city’s chieftains, mounted upon canopy shaded thrones borne upon the shoulders of their retainers. As firearms of all calibres and ages are emptied in a joyous salute, the odour of gunpowder mingles with that of the free-flowing local schnapps. The resulting scene is a rare vision of timeless, immemorial Africa, unchanged by modern life and contemporary influence.