Western Region

Home to Ghana's most pristine coastline and its richest rainforests. Busua and Butre draw surfers and backpackers to their laid-back beach communities, while the stilted lake village of Nzulezo — a UNESCO tentative site — sits impossibly on Lake Tadane. Ankasa Conservation Area protects some of West Africa's most biodiverse rainforest. The twin city of Sekondi-Takoradi drives the region's oil-fuelled economy, Fort St. Anthony in Axim offers clifftop Atlantic views, and fresh seafood is a way of life along the entire coast.