Intercity STC, the state coach company, runs to all three from Accra, and private companies and trotros fill in around it. Book STC seats at stcticketing.gov.gh or at the terminal. Fares are set by each company and move with fuel prices; ask at the counter, and buy only inside the station.
For every road trip: travel in daylight, carry your Ghana Card or passport, and in a car carry your licence, roadworthy certificate and insurance for the checkpoints.
Takoradi, to the west
Sekondi-Takoradi is the Western Region’s capital and the centre of the oil and gas industry, along the coast road through Kasoa, Winneba and Cape Coast.
- Coach: STC from Circle, and private coaches from stations at Circle and Kaneshie.
- Trotro: from Kaneshie, towards Kasoa and the west.
- Driving: the coast road. Leaving Accra through Kasoa is the slow part; allow for it.
- Flying: Accra to Takoradi flights serve mostly business travellers.
Cape Coast and Elmina are on the way, and worth stopping for. — Cape Coast and Elmina
Tamale, to the north
Tamale, capital of the Northern Region, is the longest trip of the three: a full day by road, about twelve hours, often through Kumasi.
- Coach: STC runs a morning departure from Circle, and private coaches run day and overnight services. On a journey this long, a booked seat on a big coach is worth paying for.
- Flying: the strongest case for a domestic flight in Ghana. The flight is about an hour and a half. — Domestic flights in Ghana
Aflao and the Togo border, to the east
Aflao is Ghana’s border town with Lomé, at the end of the road east through Tema and the Volta crossing.
- Coach: STC from Accra, and private coaches.
- Trotro: from Tudu and the stations near Tema.
- Crossing into Togo: the border post is in the town. Ghanaians and other ECOWAS citizens cross with a passport; others need a visa for Togo. Change money only at a licensed bureau, not with the changers at the gate. — Accra to Lagos and Abidjan by road