Central, Ghana · Africa
Mankesim sits on the route: 15 minutes from Saltpond, 42km from Kakum National Park Canopy Walkway.
Mankesim is in Central, Ghana, with about 42,000 people. The nearest town is Saltpond, about 9 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Mankesim: Cape Coast Castle (31 km), Elmina Castle (42 km), Kakum National Park Canopy Walkway (42 km).
Mankesim is in Central, Ghana, about 9 km from Saltpond.
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3 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
A whitewashed Atlantic fort begun by the Swedes in 1653 and expanded by the British, holding the dungeons through which enslaved people passed to the Door of No Return. Now a UNESCO site and museum above the fishing beach.
31 km · about 35 min 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.
42 km · about 50 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.
42 km · about 50 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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