Ghana- Getting there

* AIR

* ACCRA KOTOKA international airport: the main gateway airport:
+ Address: PO Box 87, Accra.
- Tel: International +233 776 171
- Tlx: 2366 answerback CAA GH
+ Check in time: 2 hours recommended.
+ Airport to City: 9 kilometres / 6 miles. Taxi service available.
+ Airport tax: Domestic departure tax 200 Cedis. International departure tax 3000 Cedis for residents, US$10 for non residents.
+ Scheduled airlines flying to Accra with their direct, scheduled, international destinations include:
- Aeroflot (to/from Cotonou, Dakar, Malta, Moscow).
- Air Afrique (to/from Abidjan).
- Alitalia (to/from Rome).
- Balkan Airways (to/from Sofia).
- British Airways (to/from London).
- Egypt Air (to/from Cairo).

- Ethiopian Airlines (to/from Addis Ababa, Nairobi)
- Ghana Airways (to/from Abidjan, Banjul, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Dusseldorf, Freetown, Gran Canaria, Harare, Johannesburg, Lagos, Libreville, London, New York, Rome).
- KLM (to/from Amsterdam).
- Lufthansa (to/from Frankfurt).
- Middle East Airlines (to/from Beirut).
- Nigerian Airways (to/from Abidjan, Beirut, Lagos).
- Sierra National Airways (to/from Freetown, Lagos).
- Swiss Air (Zurich)

* LAND

* There are land borders with Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Togo.

* BUS
services operate from:
+ BURKINA FASO:
- Ouagadougou to Accra (976 kilometres / 610 miles).
- Ouagadougou to Kumasi (730 kilometres / 456 miles).
+ COTE D'IVOIRE:
- Abidjan to Accra (550 kilometres / 344 miles; 12 hours approximately).

* TRAIN:
+ There are no international train services operating.

* WATER:
+ There are no regular international services.


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