A clean car, a professional driver and a fixed price from the airport to your hotel — or anywhere you need to be. Here is how private transfers in Accra work and why they beat the taxi queue.
However good the trip, the little journeys in between — airport to hotel, hotel to a meeting, one hotel to the next — set the tone for the day. Done badly, they are a queue, a negotiation and a gamble on the car that turns up. Done well, they are a clean, air-conditioned vehicle and a professional driver waiting exactly when you need them, for a price you already know. That is what a private transfer in Accra gives you, and this guide explains how it works and when it is worth it.
A private transfer is a pre-booked, fixed-price trip in a car reserved just for you and your party, with a professional driver. Unlike flagging a taxi, the vehicle, the driver and the price are all confirmed before you travel, and the car is yours for that journey — no sharing, no detours, no surprises. It is the standard way business travellers and discerning visitors move around a city, and it works just as well for a family or a group.
For visitors arriving from abroad, the airport transfer is the first and most valuable of these; our Kotoka pickup guide covers the arrival in detail, and groups are handled in our group transfer guide.
A pre-booked transfer solves the three things that go wrong with grabbing a cab: the price (fixed and agreed, not negotiated through a window), the car (a known, clean, air-conditioned vehicle, not pot luck), and the certainty (a driver who is already there at the time you need, not a wait and a hope). For a business traveller whose time has a value, or a visitor who does not yet know the going rate, that reliability is worth far more than the small difference in cost. It also means a real phone number to call if a flight shifts or plans change.
Transfers are priced per trip, by vehicle, fixed before you travel. Guide figures for Kotoka into Accra:
| Vehicle | Best for | Per trip (airport ↔ Accra) |
|---|---|---|
| Saloon | 1–2 people, light luggage | GH₵ 450 |
| SUV | Comfort, more luggage | GH₵ 600 |
| 14-seater minibus | Groups | GH₵ 900 |
Hotel-to-hotel and point-to-point transfers are priced on the route; trips further afield, to a resort out of the city for instance, are quoted individually. Prices are confirmed in writing, in cedis or your home currency.
Send your pickup, destination and time (and flight details for an airport run). We’ll confirm the car, the driver and a fixed price.
To book, tell us where from and where to, the date and time, your party size and luggage, and — for an airport run — your flight details so the driver can track your arrival. We confirm the vehicle and a fixed price, meet you on time, and — this is the part that matters — put a real phone number in your hand so there is always someone to reach. No payment is taken on the website.
Transfer prices are guide figures for Kotoka into Accra, reviewed October 2026. Hotel-to-hotel, resort and out-of-city transfers are quoted on the route.