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Best Things to do in Accra (2026)

Some of the best experiences in and around Accra happen outside museums. Makola Market, in the old commercial centre, is a crowded, colourful lesson in how the city trades, with fabrics, beads, produce and household goods spread across busy lanes. For green space and gentle adventure, Legon Botanical Gardens has a canopy walk, high ropes, zip lines and canoeing, and is popular with families at weekends.

Further out, Shai Hills Resource Reserve offers baboons, antelope, birdlife and caves where the Shai people once lived, and is best visited early in the morning. To the west, Kokrobite is the centre of Ghana's small surf scene, with lessons for beginners on a working fishing beach. Elmina Castle, the oldest European building in sub-Saharan Africa, is a powerful addition to any trip to Cape Coast.

Plan around traffic: leave early for day trips and avoid crossing the city at rush hour. Carry small notes in cedis for markets and entrance fees, dress for heat, and bring sun protection and water. A guide or tour operator is worthwhile for markets and longer excursions, both for context and for logistics.

5 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 things to do in Accra

  1. Makola Market Traditional market, Accra CentralAccra's best-known market, run largely by women traders, where crowded lanes sell everything from fresh produce and fabrics to beads, pots and tools.
  2. Legon Botanical Gardens Botanical garden and adventure park, LegonUniversity of Ghana-owned gardens near Legon with a 138-metre canopy walk, high ropes and zip lines, canoeing at weekends and plenty of shade.
  3. Shai Hills Resource Reserve Wildlife reserve and hiking, Doryumu (day trip)The nearest wildlife reserve to Accra, where baboons, kob and over 170 bird species live among rocky hills, caves and grassland once home to the Shai people.

Thing to do

1. Makola Market

Traditional marketAccra Central

Accra's best-known market, run largely by women traders, where crowded lanes sell everything from fresh produce and fabrics to beads, pots and tools.

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Thing to do

4. Kokrobite Beach

Beach and surfingKokrobite (Ga South)

A fishing village beach west of Accra that has become the city's surf hub, with lessons for beginners, canoes on the sand and a relaxed weekend scene.

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