Any favorable experiences in subsaharan Africa?

[ImpCaes]

Hi all.  New member and first post here.  I’m a frequent traveler, often in search of fun via Grindr or in saunas.  
I’m curious to hear about any favorable experiences in Africa, which broadly has such a negative reputation for gay play.  Personally I had a great time at The Factory in Johannesburg.   Meanwhile I found Senegal to be uncomfortable.  Any experience in places like Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda, etc would be welcomed.

[Bruno]

I just returned from a week in Ghana. It was fabulous. My first time in West-Africa, I visited Accra, Cape Coast and Elmina.

Accra is a lively and busy city full of markets. The action at night seems to take place in Oxford Street in Osu, one of the well-known neighbourhoods. Great cocktails are to be found in Republic Bar (and many others). Local DJ's sweep up te crowd. There is lots of prostitution, so take care when drunk. It is very easy to meet the locals in the bars and you will find no effort / issue doing what you like. Although men look handsome, I wasn't in the mood.

In Cape Coast, a five hours drive west from Accra (although less than 150 km), I was greeted by a surprising amount of guys. The rocks behind the famous fort play the role of an exclusive and excluded spot. Men approach you, show their (huge) penises, ask for you number, ... At night, I had dinner in a local restaurant and got hooked up by the waiter. He invited me to stay with him, what I refused. Bare in mind that an average European earns 40 times more than his Ghanaian counterpart. After dinner, I went for a walk in the old town (small) and a guy approached me for sex. I was shocked by the bluntness: 'I really want to fuck you very hard now.' Again, I politely refused. All men who approached me seemed good-looking (beautiful teeth for instance), fit (fitness culture), well-spoken (English mother tongue) and friendly.

I stayed at a cool resort at the coast near Elmina. The staff seems very attentive. Many of the guests seemed to have hooked up with members of staff. 

[Heba as-sa3udeya]

So you didn’t travel to Pakistan ? 

[floridarob]

4 hours ago, Bruno said:

Many of the guests seemed to have hooked up with members of staff. 

Were you in the mood at any of the places?

[Bruno]

On 2/25/2026 at 9:13 PM, Heba as-sa3udeya said:

So you didn’t travel to Pakistan ? 

No. Eventually I didn't. 

[Bruno]

On 2/26/2026 at 12:01 AM, floridarob said:

Were you in the mood at any of the places?

No. I wasn't tbh. Not at all. Just interested in the country and its culture. Only posted on this forum as `i was surprised not to find and 'info' on Ghana. Plus, a couple of travellers I met in the hostel in Accra told me Togo, Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone must be awesome in terms of meeting local men as well. Maybe another future post?  X

[floridarob]

5 hours ago, Bruno said:

No. I wasn't tbh. Not at all.

They have pills to help with that 😉

[Bruno]

5 hours ago, floridarob said:

They have pills to help with that 😉

You still need to want.  'Bottom line': visit Ghana!  X

[Alex_Berl]

On 25.2.2026 at 19:50, Bruno said:

Ich bin gerade von einer Woche in Ghana zurück. Es war fantastisch. Bei meiner ersten Reise nach Westafrika besuchte ich Accra, Cape Coast und Elmina.

Accra ist eine lebhafte und geschäftige Stadt voller Märkte. Das Nachtleben spielt sich vor allem in der Oxford Street in Osu ab, einem der bekanntesten Viertel. Hervorragende Cocktails gibt es in der Republic Bar (und vielen anderen). Lokale DJs heizen die Stimmung an. Es gibt viel Prostitution, also Vorsicht im betrunkenen Zustand. In den Bars kommt man sehr leicht mit Einheimischen ins Gespräch und kann problemlos tun, worauf man Lust hat. Obwohl die Männer gut aussahen, war ich nicht in Stimmung.

In Cape Coast, fünf Autostunden westlich von Accra (wenn auch weniger als 150 km), wurde ich von überraschend vielen Männern angesprochen. Die Felsen hinter dem berühmten Fort wirken wie ein exklusiver, abgeschiedener Ort. Männer sprechen einen an, zeigen ihre (riesigen) Penisse, fragen nach der Telefonnummer … Abends aß ich in einem lokalen Restaurant und wurde vom Kellner angemacht. Er lud mich ein, bei ihm zu übernachten, was ich ablehnte. Man muss bedenken, dass ein durchschnittlicher Europäer 40 Mal so viel verdient wie ein Ghanaer. Nach dem Essen machte ich einen Spaziergang durch die Altstadt (die recht klein ist), und ein Mann sprach mich an und wollte mit mir schlafen. Ich war schockiert über seine Direktheit: „Ich will dich jetzt richtig hart ficken.“ Wieder lehnte ich höflich ab. Alle Männer, die mich ansprachen, wirkten gutaussehend (schöne Zähne zum Beispiel), fit (Fitnesskultur), eloquent (Englisch als Muttersprache) und freundlich.

Ich habe in einem tollen Resort an der Küste bei Elmina übernachtet. Das Personal wirkte sehr aufmerksam. Viele Gäste schienen sich mit Mitarbeitern angefreundet zu haben. 

did you hear/ visit https://www.instagram.com/maatispagh/reels/ ?

[Alex_Berl]

i wrote them on insta and they said they dont offer any erotical massage but dont have any problems in serving gay men..and the guys looks amazing in my opinion...

[Bruno]

I had heard about them, but the concept of a waterfall massage surrounded by 20 other tourists? I am getting old?

[KeepItReal]

On 2/25/2026 at 1:50 PM, Bruno said:

I just returned from a week in Ghana. It was fabulous. My first time in West-Africa, I visited Accra, Cape Coast and Elmina.

Accra is a lively and busy city full of markets. The action at night seems to take place in Oxford Street in Osu, one of the well-known neighbourhoods. Great cocktails are to be found in Republic Bar (and many others). Local DJ's sweep up te crowd. There is lots of prostitution, so take care when drunk. It is very easy to meet the locals in the bars and you will find no effort / issue doing what you like. Although men look handsome, I wasn't in the mood.

In Cape Coast, a five hours drive west from Accra (although less than 150 km), I was greeted by a surprising amount of guys. The rocks behind the famous fort play the role of an exclusive and excluded spot. Men approach you, show their (huge) penises, ask for you number, ... At night, I had dinner in a local restaurant and got hooked up by the waiter. He invited me to stay with him, what I refused. Bare in mind that an average European earns 40 times more than his Ghanaian counterpart. After dinner, I went for a walk in the old town (small) and a guy approached me for sex. I was shocked by the bluntness: 'I really want to fuck you very hard now.' Again, I politely refused. All men who approached me seemed good-looking (beautiful teeth for instance), fit (fitness culture), well-spoken (English mother tongue) and friendly.

I stayed at a cool resort at the coast near Elmina. The staff seems very attentive. Many of the guests seemed to have hooked up with members of staff. 

I am surprised by this - very different from my visit.  Gay sex is still illegal in Ghana and you can go to jail, so I did not venture out much.  Nor did I see much activity on the streets - most of it is done very discreetly and well hidden.  I advise caution. 

[12is12]

Bruno, is there an explanation for the gap btw ur experience and KeepItReal's post.

I've read that in Ghana and other sub-sahara countries gay sex is illegal; that the police and hotels actively enforce it; and that sometime big-dicked guys seduce u, and then their fake-police friends burst into the room demanding payoffs...

[khaolakguy]

14 minutes ago, 12is12 said:

Bruno, is there an explanation for the gap btw ur experience and KeepItReal's post.

 

 

On 4/14/2026 at 1:36 PM, KeepItReal said:

I did not venture out much.

 

[12is12]

His description of Cape Coast to the contrary....

[Bruno]

It is very difficult to explain how my experience of Ghana was potentially differenet to someone else's.

However, let me be clear and humble, I have only been one week in the country and as probably already mentioned, it was my first time in Sub Sahara Africa. I therefore am not entitled to generalise or make assumptions about other people's experiences, countries in the region or whatsoever. 

The one thing that surprises me though about some of the reactions posted on this blog is that people seem to make the assumption that if being gay is illegal this automatically leads to no gay activity present. Bizarre. On a personal level, I fondly remember my trip to Iran in 2016. I was 31, travelling by public transport, invited into Persian homes (due to the incredible hospitality I had encoountered), so I can say that I have met 'the Persian / Iranian culture' in these three weeks. In my humble opinion: Tehran (and many other places, mainly cities in the country) is a gay paradise. It's all hidden, out-of-bound and underground, which is what it makes it so sexy and a treasure. On a contrary note: the most boring gay-place on earth in my opinon is Thailand. The men are small, average looking, fake and being gay is as commercialised as a slice of pizza in the US. Again, that's an opinion and obviously, utterly subjective.

Bottom-line: visit Ghana! It's exotic, in full development, beautiful, easy to travel in and the men look approachable, fit, gorgeous and skilled. 

Some detail I even forgot to mention in my previous post: take a seat on the sand after 6 pm on Accra's Labadi Beach and count the amountg of men willing to engage with you in an hour. If I were in the mood that week, boy I would have had fun.

X

[Frenchfrank]

I agree with your observations on Thailand.

i visited N Iraq a few times about 14 years ago. It was a paradise. On one occasion I hooked up with five guys who formed a pecking order to fuck me in turn. I had to bring off the last two orally as my arse was pounded to oblivion. 

[Alex_Berl]

On 3/23/2026 at 4:50 PM, Bruno said:

I had heard about them, but the concept of a waterfall massage surrounded by 20 other tourists? I am getting old?

they have also a house where u could stay i think