Miawoe zɔ!
(Everyone is welcome!)
Experience Ghanaian
warmth
and hospitality.
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Ghana is considered the “Gateway to Africa” for its strategic position in the Gulf of Guinea. The nation has a long stable democracy and healthy economy.
Ghana is a safe all-weather travel destination. Crime and unrest rates are lower than most Western nations, and the people are extremely hospitable to tourists.
At 580 m above sea level, Adaklu Mountain is the highest point in Ghana and is venerated across the Volta Region. Wli Falls, West Africa’s highest waterfall cascades through the mountain range that serves as a natural border between Ghana and Togo.
Affordability
Safety & Comfort
Useful Ewe Phrases
The Volta
Region
The Volta Region offers opportunities of waterfall hiking, where travelers can combine a 45-minute hike, crisscrossing the Agumatsa River, with swimming in the waters of Wli Falls, West Africa’s highest waterfall. Here, the Agumatsa cascades through the mountain range that serves as a natural border between Ghana and Togo.
Responsible, sustainable, local travel has the potential to uplift struggling communities and stimulate and revitalize local economies. Travel to Ghana helps lift local economies through and influx of money to the local people.
Everyone is welcome to experience the warmth of the people and the beauty of Ghana. For many, a visit to Ghana may feel like going home.
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The People
Volta Region
Learn about local life by engaging with the people who make Ghana a destination. Traveling with GBS creates spaces for cultural immersion beyond typical touristic experiences.
What makes traveling with GBS unique, is that we structure opportunities for people to make connections on a human level. Traveling with GBS will give you access to our vast network of people who will provide you with a profound learning experience.
Food and Culture
Volta Region
Ghanaian cuisine is organized around the starch— such as cassava, yam, corn, or rice— which is served with a sauce, soup, or stew, and a variety of meats, seafoods, snails, or fish. Yam, maize, beans, cassava, plantain, and rice form the staples of Ghanaian cuisine. Given the tropical climate, Ghanaian farmers grow a bounty of fruits, vegetables, greens, and spices that lend Ghanaian food its characteristic flavors and qualities.
History
Volta Region
The museums and galleries of Ghana are stoic reminders of Ghana’s culture and history. This tour includes visits to The National Museum of Ghana at Accra, the Cape Coast Castle Museum at Cape Coast, Elmina Castle (St. George of the Mine Castle), the first Western trading post built on the Gulf of Guinea, the Volta Regional Museum at Ho, and the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum and Museum in Accra.
All these are sites where travelers engage with the local, regional, national, and international history of Ghana.
Affordability
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Approximate costs for US teachers to travel to Ghana for a multi-week residency
Traveling within Ghana is very reasonable as one can see from the GBS program fee. Yes, airlines charge high prices for flying to Africa. To offset the cost of teacher-traveler in country expenses and room and board, GBS raises funds from our supporters to offset these costs for schoolteachers and administrators. Please apply for GBS Grant Funds by filling out and submitting an application.
Visa
$60
Airfare
(based upon seat selection)
$2000 to 3000
Immunizations
$400
Room and Board for 2 weeks (based upon single occupancy)
$1250
In Country Transportation, fees, events, admissions, workshops, and emergency health insurance
$1300
Safety
Volta Region
GBS has more than twenty years of experience taking travelers to Ghana. Ghanaians are commonly cited as one of the top 10 friendliest people in the world and Ghana is often considered to the safest and friendliest nation in Africa. With that said, always exercise caution and good judgment, especially in crowded areas and at night.
Comfort
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For most of our time in Ghana, we stay at Kekeli Hotel, located on the grounds of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church compound. “Kekeli” in the local Ewe language means “light or bright.” The compound offers round-the-clock security, a medical clinic, and a restaurant serving traditional and contemporary Ghanaian cuisine. If you don’t know what to choose, we tend to order our meals family-style. Laundry services are available. Rooms are clean and comfortable. Each single and double-occupancy room includes air conditioning and ensuite bathrooms. Ghana, like most of the world, is on 220 volts electrical, so come prepared with adapters for your personal devices.
Immunizations
When traveling into Ghana, it is required that you have documented Immunizations prior to being allowed to enter the country. When attending a travel health clinic, you will be provided with a YELLOW CARD documenting your history of immunizations. Be sure to carry this with you in your passport.
Approximate costs for US teachers to travel to Ghana for a multi-week residency
Immunizations
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Yellow Fever: Historically proof has been needed to get on plane. Required by airline and governments.
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Hepatitis A & B: 3 shot series. You’ll get the 1st one, then a 2nd shot one month later, then a 3rd 6 months later. Hepatitis C for health professionals.
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Polio booster, diptheria and tetanus booster. Yes, polio. All must be up to date.
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Typhoid. Check with your health care provider.
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Meningitis. Check with your health care provider.
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COVID-19. Must provide a record of vaccinations (White Card)
Approximate costs for US teachers to travel to Ghana for a multi-week residency
Prescription Drugs
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You will need to bring all your usual medications. They will probably not be available in Ghana. Women: bring feminine supplies that you will need. You might need Monistat if you have to take Cipro.
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Malaria preventive: Malarone or Chloroquin. Check with your doctor.
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Cipro: broad-spectrum antibiotic to treat travelers’ diarrhea.
Because it’s the people who make the place, GBS takes you to the people who make Ghana one of the friendliest and most hospitable places in Africa.
If we’ve piqued your interest, we invite you to join us in meeting with local farmers, artisans, educators, and political leaders of Ho, traveling to Cape Coast to visit two slave castles, visiting local sites, and learning about the way locals live and work through speakers, workshops and tours with a specific focus on women's issues within Ghana. We engage in drumming, and dancing, and even take some Ewe language classes to learn more about the culture.
GBS 2024 Traveler Registration
Please complete this form to register to travel with us in 2024
Our upcoming dates of travel will be 19 June to 7 July 2023
Application Deadline
31 January 2024