This was the second fort / castle we visited in Ghana which was part of the West African slave trade. All of these castles and forts along the coast have one distinct feature, the door of no return. The door people left and never returned to their homeland before setting foot on a boat which brought them to the Americas, against their will.

Walking through the Elmina castle is extremely haunting and makes you you feel so upset, even more though when you hear about the history.

If you're in Ghana and want to only visit one slave trade castle, I would recommend to to go Elmina. The one in Cape Coast is very, very touristy.

We're going to write about the Elmina Castle soon on our Ghana Travel Blog:

https://ghana.for91days.com/

This video was recorded with this camera:

https://for91days.com/go/gimbal19