Best Guided Ghana Birding Tours, Nature & Wildlife Tours,
Culture & History Tours of Ghana and West Africa.
Travel Tips, While preparing for West Africa Holiday Adventure, Here are few tips you must take note of before you go.
Some Things We Recommend You Bring.
Some Things we recommend while preparing for Ghana Vacation and Birding Tours, here are some important gadgets we recommend you come along with when planning all tours – specific destinations may need further recommendations.
- Binoculars (the guides may not have a spare and cannot lend theirs).
A spotting scope and tripod or window mount (optional).
Field guides (We can arrange for Field Guide).
Any other birding equipment.
Photographic equipment (optional).
Spare batteries for photographic and other gears.
Flashlight/torch/headlamp with spare batteries.
Toiletries.
Personal medication (including anti-malaria drugs). We recommend packing important medication (and a change of clothes) in your hand luggage in the unlikely event of lost luggage.
Some countries including Ghana requires a valid “Yellow Fever Certificate” and we advise visiting a travel clinic or your family doctor and visiting the Center for Disease Control website, for health advice.
Rain gear.
Alarm clock.
Passport (Valid for 6 Months after the Trip), and visas.
Copies of passport, medical insurance policies and other important documents, that can be left with the Adventure Birding Tours office or at your home.
Money for alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages, gifts, tips, items of a personal nature, etc. Visa and MasterCard are widely accepted including for drawing local currency at ATM’s.
Hiking boots plus another pair of shoes and sandals.
Swimming gear (Optional).
Cap/hat and dark glasses (Optional).
Sunscreen (Avoid sun burning).
Mosquito repellent (Highly recommended).
Long-sleeved clothes as a precaution against biting insects.
Ask your trip planner for Some Things we Recommend and guidelines while planning your trips.
Ghana & West Africa Visas.
All nationalities, except Ghanaians, West Africa and members of the ECOWAS community, need a visa for entry into Ghana and West Africa.
Visa fees and requirements often change without travel industry being notified so to ensure you have up to date information please follow the below links where you will be able to download applications and follow the process to apply for your visa.
- United Kingdom applicants – www.ghanahighcommissionuk.com
- United States of America applicants – www.ghanaembassydc.org
- Netherlands applicants – www.ghanaembassy.nl
- German applicants – www.ghanaemberlin.de
- Belgium applicants – www.ghanaembassy.be
- France – https://paris.mfa.gov.gh/
- Switzerland – www.ghanaembassy.ch
- For information and links to all other Ghana Embassies, Consulates and High Commissions for visa applications and other services please follow this link – www.embassies.info/ghana.
- In the unlikely event when there is no Ghana High Commission or Embassy in your home country to enable you to obtain a visa, you can obtain a visa on arrival.
Covid 19 Travel.
- Fully Vaccinated tourists to Ghana does not need a PCR test before coming to Ghana, and does not require PCR test upon arrival at Kotoka International Airport in Ghana.
- Unvaccinated tourists must take a Covid – 19 PCR test not more than (48 hours before departure), and will take Antigen test upon arrival at Kotoka International Airport.
- Face Mask are henceforth not required upon Arrival at the Airport in Ghana, but for your own safety sake kindly have your mask on upon arrival at the Airport, Supermarkets, Banks and Clouded areas.
- Hand sanitizers are required for your personal use to keep you safe on the tour.
- We will do all our best to ensure that you have safe trip in Ghana.
West Africa Weather.
Ghana and West Africa Weather, Ghana is crossed by the Greenwich Meridian at Tema.
Daytime temperatures average around 30°c. However, there is some variation seasonally and geographically.
Temperature in the mid-portion, to the south of the country ranges between 21°c – 32°c and 24 °c- 40°c in the north depending on time of the year.
The warmest months are February and March and the coolest are August to early September. Seasonal changes are different from those of North America and Europe, due to its proximity to the Equator.
Ghana’s temperature is reasonably consistent.
The rainy season is from May to October.
Most of the southern sector has two periods of rainfalls, a major one from mid-May to mid-July and a minor one from September to mid-October.
The northern sector has only one, from mid-May – August.
From December to mid-January, the Harmattan winds blow from the Sahara Desert, causing very dry and hazy conditions in the north.
This has little or no effect on visitors.
West African Countries has more or less similar weather condition, mostly Hot, Dry and Humid.
We will update you on the weather of any West Africa country when trip is confirmed.
Why choose Adventure Birding Tours?.
We are flexible, offer responsible Eco Tourism, Budget and Luxury Trip Prices and always ready to deliver on our promises.
Majority of our tours include a local payment which keeps the total tour price low.
Our priority is to ensure that everyone has amazing adventures, safe and enjoyable trip while in Ghana with us.