Busua

Busua is a seaside city on Ghana's Coastal Plain.

Get in
From Accra: Follow the coastal road via Cape Coast before reaching Takoradi.

From Lomé: Pass Ghanaian border in Aflao and follow coastal road through Accra, Cape Coast to Takoradi.

From Abidjan: Take Grand Bassam road, and continue to the Ghanaian border until Elubo passing through Aboisso. Continue until Agona Junction, Then straight to Busua.

From Ouagadougou: Take Ghana road through Pô, pass the border in Paga. Drive through Tamale and Kumasi. After Kumasi, take Tarkwa road through Obuasi. From Tarkwa take Takoradi road until Agona Junction, then straight to Busua.

From Takoradi: To reach Busua, take Elubo and Axim road from Takoradi, Turn left in Agona Junction on Busua-Dixcove road. After the 3rd village turn left to Busua. It is a 30-minute drive from Takoradi.

See
An amazing city to go to. The food is great, the smell isn't so bad and it's not that big. The beach is amazing, almost the nicest beach in Ghana. Near the bridge in town you can find fishermen in canoes who can take you to the tiny island off-shore for GH₵5 a person but you might be able to talk them down if you were so inclined. For walking around you could see out East on the beach a house way up by itself. If you walk on the beach towards it you'll see stairs going up to it. The stairs are falling apart so be careful, there is also a footpath nearby. Up at the top is a sweet house some British couple built (so the story goes) but the Chief wants it so now it's home to a Ghanaian family and from the top it's quite a view.

Do

 * Rent a boogie-board, surfboard, kayak or jet-ski: Dadson's is only two buildings away from the beach and Dadson's and Busua Inn are both right near the Black Star Surf Shop which rents boogie-boards (GH₵1.5 an hour) and surfboards for cheap. You can get lessons. There's a huge resort in town as well if you have the money which rents kayaks and jet-skis.

Eat

 * The 2 best restaurants of Busua are African Rainbow (they have a good Togolese cook), and Busua Inn, a good French chef.
 * For breakfast hit up Dan the Pancake Man near Alaska: he uses rice flour and the pancakes are pretty damned good. There's a juice guy that hangs out there too where you can get 1.5 liters of juice for about GH₵3.5.
 * For street food there's a great potatoes and beans lady right at the center of town, also if you walk on the road in town towards the fishing boats, on the left you might be lucky enough to spot the lady who makes biscuits which are more like cookies.

Drink

 * Sankofa beach bar is a cool place to hang around and have a drink at anytime. It's right on the beach very close to Busua Inn.

Sleep

 * Dadson's Lodge is cheap (GH₵20 for a double with bathroom, GH₵10 for a single with shared bathroom) and right in the center of town.
 * The Busua Inn (GH₵25 to GH₵50 for AC) is a nicer place right on the water.
 * The Alaska is another hotel right on the beach and your own bungalow is about GH₵25 but some items have reportedly gone missing there.

Connect
The bug resort in town is the only place that has Internet. It costs 10 pesewas a minute (GH₵1 for ten minutes).