How much does the Ghana food tasting tour cost?

Pricing for the Akwaaba Ghana Food Tasting Tour is confirmed when you request a quote. It typically includes transport between all tasting stops, a local food guide, and 8 food tastings across Accra. International flights, accommodation, and travel insurance are arranged separately.

What foods are included in the Ghana food tasting tour?

The tour covers 8 tastings including: jollof rice cooked over firewood, kelewele (spiced fried plantain), grilled tilapia with banku, waakye with shito and spaghetti, Hausa koko with koose, fresh coconut water, and palm nut soup with fufu. The exact menu varies slightly by season and vendor availability.

How long is the Ghana food tasting tour?

The food tasting tour is a 2-day, 8-stop experience across Accra, including Makola Market, Labadi Beach, and neighborhood chop bars. Transport between all stops is included. Exact scheduling is confirmed when you book.

Can vegetarians or people with dietary restrictions join the Ghana food tour?

Yes. Vegetarian and gluten-free options are available with advance notice when booking. Ghana has a rich tradition of plant-based dishes — yam dishes, kontomire stew, red red (black-eyed peas with plantain), and fruit from roadside vendors can substitute meat-based tastings. Contact Akwaaba at support@akwaaba.app when booking to arrange accommodations.

Accra Food Tasting Tour

2 Days • 8 Stops • Local Roots → Modern Ghana

🚌 Pickup Included
🍽 8 Curated Stops
🏭 Local Guides
🛋 From $149/person

Ghana’s food is one of the great underrated culinary traditions in Africa. Waakye wrapped in taro leaves and eaten standing at a roadside joint. Grilled tilapia straight from the Volta. Kelewele dusted with ginger and cloves. Bofrot still warm from the fryer. Accra eats with pride, and this tour puts you at the table — not just the tourist version, but the real thing.

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Over two days, Akwaaba’s local food guide takes you through eight carefully chosen stops across Accra — from the old streets of Jamestown and the chaotic energy of Makola Market to the polished chef-driven kitchens of Osu and the cocoa farms-to-bar chocolate experience that only Ghana can offer. Pickup and drop-off included from anywhere in the Accra core. All tastings covered in the price.

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Real Ghanaian Food

No tourist traps. Every stop chosen by locals who actually eat there.

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Fully Arranged

Pickup, guide, route, reservations — Akwaaba handles everything.

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Local Impact

Every stop is an independent Ghanaian business. Your meal supports them directly.

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Content-Worthy

Curated for the camera too — lighting, plating, settings that photograph well.

Day 1 — Local Classics + Market Energy

Traditional Ghana, grounding and real. The food that built this city.

Breakfast — Waakye or Koko + Koose

Start at one of Accra’s legendary waakye joints near the Kaneshie roundabout — rice and beans cooked with sorghum leaves until deep burgundy, served with a choice of egg, spaghetti, fried plantain, fish, or stew. This is the breakfast most Accra workers eat before 8am. Alternatively, koko (millet porridge) with koose (fried black-eyed pea fritters) from a morning chop bar — spiced and filling, about 80 cents at the source. Light portions keep you ready for what’s ahead.

Waakye • Koko • Koose

Makola Market Tasting Trail

Makola is Accra’s most important market — chaotic, sensory, irreplaceable. Your guide leads a structured walk through the food section: dried shrimp and fermented dawadawa, towers of garden eggs and scotch bonnets, fresh coconuts cracked open for you to drink, roasted groundnuts in newspaper cones, and plantain chips fried in palm oil. You try as you go. This stop is about understanding ingredients — the building blocks of Ghanaian cooking — not just eating. Takes about 45 minutes.

Coconut • Groundnuts • Plantain Chips • Seasonal Fruit

Grilled Streetside — Chinchinga (Suya)

Chinchinga is Ghana’s answer to suya — skewers of spiced beef, goat, or chicken grilled over open charcoal, finished with a shake of dry pepper and groundnut powder. The best spots set up around noon near bus stations and market edges. Standing, eating from a stick, smoke in the air — this is street food at its most elemental. Your guide knows which vendor has the freshest meat that day. No tourists, no menus, just the grill and the crowd.

Chinchinga • Suya • Grilled Beef • Goat

Classic Ghana Plate — Banku + Tilapia or Fufu + Light Soup

The anchor meal of Day 1. Banku is Ghana’s fermented corn-and-cassava dough — smooth, slightly sour, eaten by hand with grilled tilapia and pepper sauce (shito or fresh tomato). Or fufu — pounded cassava and plantain in light soup with goat meat or chicken. We go to a clean, shaded chop bar in Jamestown or Adabraka that has been operating for decades. The kind of place where regulars eat lunch in silence because the food speaks for itself. Sit-down, proper portions, the real thing.

Banku • Fufu • Grilled Tilapia • Light Soup

Day 2 — Modern Accra + Polish + Vibes

Contemporary Ghana — the chefs reinterpreting tradition, the cafes, the cocoa story.

Brunch — Modern Ghanaian Café

Day 2 opens in a different register — a clean, light-filled Osu or Airport Residential café doing Ghanaian brunch: kelewele waffles, ackee and saltfish toasties, fresh hibiscus juice, local filter coffee from beans grown near Kibi in the Eastern Region. These spots are run by young Ghanaian entrepreneurs who studied abroad and came home to build something. The food is a conversation between tradition and what Ghana is becoming. Good coffee, good plating, very photogenic.

Kelewele • Hibiscus Juice • Local Coffee • Akara

Chef-Driven Local Fusion — Small Plates Tasting

One of Accra’s newer restaurants reimagining classic dishes through a fine-dining lens — kontomire stew in a shot glass, grilled guinea fowl with groundnut reduction, jollof rice arancini. Smaller portions, deliberate presentation, the chef comes out to explain the thinking. This stop justifies the word “curated” in our tour name. Ghana’s food scene is changing fast, and this is where the change is happening. Expect three to four small plates here, designed for sharing and tasting rather than filling up.

Kontomire • Guinea Fowl • Jollof Arancini • Groundnut

Ghana Chocolate Experience — Bean to Bar

Ghana is the world’s second largest cocoa producer, yet most Ghanaians have never tasted fine chocolate made from their own beans. This stop changes that. A Ghanaian chocolatier in Accra — either Niche or Fairafric (both produce world-class bars from Ghana cocoa) — walks you through the cocoa story: from the pod to the fermentation process to the finished bar. You taste several varieties: dark, milk, chilli, coconut. You leave with a bar to take home. This is Ghana pride in a wrapper.

Dark Chocolate • Cocoa Tea • Ghana Bean-to-Bar

Sunset Optional Add-On — Rooftop in Osu or Labone

The final stop is optional and sold separately to keep the main tour price accessible. A rooftop bar or terrace in Osu or Labone with views across Accra toward the Atlantic. A cocktail or mocktail, the city at dusk, a natural close to two days of eating. Several of Accra’s best rooftop spots are within 10 minutes of the chocolate stop — your guide knows which one has availability that evening. This is where the content gets made: golden hour, Accra skyline, the perfect final shot.

Cocktails • Mocktails • Sunset Views • Optional

What’s Included

All 8 food tastings (full portions or tasting portions as appropriate)
One drink per meal stop (water, juice, or soft drink)
Pickup & drop-off anywhere in Accra core
Dedicated local food guide for both days
All transport between stops
Bottled water throughout
Akwaaba WhatsApp support before and during the tour
Sustainable packaging + no single-use plastic

Not included: Optional rooftop add-on (Day 2 sunset stop), personal shopping at Makola Market, gratuities.

$149 per person

2 days • 8 stops • All tastings + transport included • Min. 2 guests

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the food safe to eat? I have a sensitive stomach.

Every stop on this tour is vetted by Akwaaba for hygiene and food handling standards. We avoid raw preparations and prioritise cooked, hot food at busy spots with high daily turnover — the best indicator of freshness. Vegetarian alternatives are available at every stop. If you have specific allergies or dietary restrictions, let us know at booking and your guide will plan accordingly.

How much walking is involved?

Day 1 includes a 45-minute guided walk through Makola Market — flat ground but can be crowded. All other stops are vehicle transfers. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended for Day 1. Day 2 is entirely vehicle-based with easy walking between stops.

Can I do just one day instead of two?

Yes — the one-day version (4 stops, either Day 1 classics or Day 2 modern) is available at $89/person. Contact us to customise. Most guests opt for the full two-day experience as the contrast between traditional and modern Accra is a big part of what makes the tour work.

Is this tour good for groups?

Yes — up to 10 people per tour departure. Private group bookings available for corporate teams, birthday trips, bachelorette groups, and family reunions. Group rates apply for 6+ guests. Contact us for group pricing.

What time does the tour start?

Day 1 departs at 7:30am to catch the morning waakye and Makola at its freshest. Day 2 starts at 9:30am. Pickup times are confirmed 24 hours in advance based on your accommodation location.