Esi The Tourist

  Cape Coast attractions (1): Fort Victoria Cape Coast, one of the most beautiful cities in Ghana is the capital of the Central Region, located in the southern part of Ghana. Known for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, the city overlooks the Gulf of Guinea. Due to the city being home to the Dutch, British, and Europeans during colonial times in Ghana, it is clad with different castles and forts holding the history and culture of the people of Cape Coast. Some of these include the famous Cape Coast Castle which is a large whitewashed fort built by the Swedish in the 17th century. It was later used by the British as a holding prison for slaves. Inside the Castle Museum are exhibits on pre-colonial local history, the slave trade and traditional crafts, and Phillip’s Tower. Fort Victoria Formerly known as ‘Phipp’s Tower’, named after its builder, English Governor Phipps, the fort was constructed in 1821. It was one of the chain of 3 lookout posts built on the hills in the town...

  Abuakwa South Municipal District is one of the thirty-three districts in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Originally, it was part of the then-larger East Akim District in 1988. It was created from the former East Akim District Council, until the northern part of the district was split off to create Abuakwa North Municipal District on 1 June 2018; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Abuakwa South Municipal District. The municipality is located in the central part of the Eastern Region and has Kibi as its capital town. Hidden at the centre of Abuakwa south, is the Bunso Aboretum, an eco-tourism site and an ideal place for adventure, picnics, and relaxation. The site has over 600 species of trees used for various medicinal purposes. About Bunso, offers visitors a combination of a native forest and species introduced to Ghana by the Plant Genetic Resources Centre of Bunso, which uses the facility for research. The site contains over 110 species of bird 30 species of butterflies a...