Central, Ghana · Africa
Cape Coast is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Elmina, 31km from Kakum National Park Canopy Walkway.
Cape Coast is in Central, Ghana, with about 210,000 people. The nearest town is Elmina, about 12 km away.
Cape Coast is a city and the capital of the Cape Coast Metropolitan District and the Central Region of Ghana. It is located about 38.4 mi (61.8 km) from Sekondi-Takoradi and approximately 80 mi (130 km) from Accra. The city is one of the most historically significant settlements in Ghana. As of the 2010 census, CapeRead more
Coast has a population of 108,374 people. The majority of people who live in the city are Fante.
The city was once the capital of the Fetu Kingdom, an aboriginal Guan kingdom located 10 miles (16 km) north of Cape Coast. Once the Europeans arrived, they established Cape Coast Castle, which eventually fell into the hands of the British, who named the castle and its surrounding settlement the headquarters of the Royal African Company. Cape Coast became the capital of the Gold Coast from 1821 until 1877, when it was transferred to Accra.
Cape Coast is an educational hub in Ghana, home to the University of Cape Coast and Cape Coast Technical University, along with many other secondary and technical institutions. Tourism dominates the city's economy and services, with sites such as Cape Coast Castle (World Heritage Site) and Kakum National Park, and celebrations such as the PANAFEST festival serving as attractions to tourists, with Kotokuraba Market being the largest market in the city.
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Within an hour or so of Cape Coast: Elmina Castle (12 km), Kakum National Park Canopy Walkway (31 km).
Cape Coast is in Central, Ghana, about 12 km from Elmina.
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2 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
The oldest European building south of the Sahara, raised by the Portuguese in 1482 and later taken by the Dutch, standing over a lagoon crowded with painted fishing canoes. Twelve kilometres west of Cape Coast.
12 km · about 20 min drive
national park
Seven rope-and-plank bridges strung between emergent trees roughly 40 m above the rainforest floor, opened in 1995 and one of very few canopy walks in Africa. Half an hour inland from Cape Coast.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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