KOMENDA · GHANA

Do Everything.
Or Do Nothing.

YVES & SAINTS

A different pace
of the coast.

On a quiet stretch of beachfront in Dutch Komenda, near Elmina and Cape Coast, Yves & Saints offers two private oceanfront villas set between the palms and the Atlantic.

Each villa opens toward its own private pool and the ocean beyond, with rooftop terraces above the coast for slow mornings, sunsets and evenings around the fire.

Two villas. One stretch of coast. Stay in one, or make the entire estate yours.

Guest reclining in a robe on a poolside lounger, with palms and the Atlantic beyond

THE VILLAS

Private villas.
One coast.

Wake with the Atlantic beyond the doors. Move from coffee in the kitchen to the pool without leaving your own space. Take the afternoon upstairs, down to the beach, or nowhere at all.

Yves and Saints mirror one another: two king bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a full kitchen, private pool and rooftop terrace. Choose either for up to four guests, or reserve both for the entire Estate.

Discover the entire Estate

King bedroom at Yves & Saints in Komenda — Wake beside the coast.

Kitchen and island seating inside a Yves & Saints villa — A kitchen of your own.

INSIDE THE STAY

Living room inside a private villa at Yves & Saints — Settle into the living space.

A quiet morning in a king bedroom at Yves & Saints — Let the morning wait.

Warm interior textures and details in a Yves & Saints villa — Warm textures. Quiet details.

Villa bedroom opening toward the coast at Yves & Saints — The coast, just beyond your room.

Private villa pool beneath the palms on the Komenda coast — Your own pool, beneath the palms.

VILLA YVES

One villa.
All yours.

2 king bedrooms · 2.5 bathrooms · Up to 4 guests

Private pool · Rooftop terrace · Full kitchen

VILLA SAINTS

The sister villa.
The same stay.

2 king bedrooms · 2.5 bathrooms · Up to 4 guests

Private pool · Rooftop terrace · Full kitchen

THE ESTATE

Both villas.
Entirely yours.

For families, friends, retreats and weekends that need more room, reserve both villas and keep the estate to yourselves.

Together when you want to be, with enough room to disappear when you don’t.

4 king bedrooms · 5 bathrooms · Up to 8 guests
2 private pools · 2 rooftop terraces · Both villas

A path through the Estate, toward the coast.

THE COAST

Not just
a day trip.

Cape Coast and Elmina are often places people come to see. We think they’re places worth staying for.

Walk through centuries of history at Elmina and Cape Coast. Stand at Assin Manso and encounter one of the most solemn chapters in the journey of the African diaspora. At Kakum National Park, step onto seven suspended bridges stretching 333 metres through the rainforest canopy, rising as high as 27 metres — nearly 90 feet — above the forest floor. Then return to Yves & Saints. Slip into the pool, settle in for dinner, gather around the fire and wake to another morning beside the Atlantic.

Explore the Coast →

EXPLORE THE COAST

Go out.
Come back.

To understand this part of Ghana, give it more than an afternoon. The Central Region holds stories of trade, enslavement and diaspora alongside living coastal communities and protected rainforest. Yves & Saints gives you somewhere to return to between them.

Elmina

A living fishing town shaped by centuries of global history. St. George’s d’Elmina Castle was built by the Portuguese in 1482, first serving the gold trade and later becoming deeply connected to the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Today it forms part of Ghana’s UNESCO-listed forts and castles. Step beyond its walls and Elmina is very much alive — fishing boats entering the harbour, the market in motion and a community whose story did not end with the history preserved inside the castle.

Cape Coast

One of the places where the history of Ghana and the African diaspora meet. Cape Coast Castle was a major European trading post that became a central site in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Its dungeons and passage toward the Atlantic confront visitors with the human reality behind that history. The wider city also became an important centre of British colonial administration and education in the Gold Coast. Cape Coast deserves time not simply as a monument, but as a city whose history reaches far beyond Ghana.

Kakum National Park

The Central Region changes completely when the coast gives way to rainforest. Kakum protects part of Ghana’s moist evergreen forest and a rich ecosystem of mammals, birds, butterflies, reptiles and plant life. Its celebrated canopy walkway carries visitors through the treetops, offering a perspective on the forest that cannot be experienced from the ground. It is the natural counterpoint to the region’s historic towns — proof that exploring the Central Region is as much about landscape as history.

Assin Manso

A place of remembrance on the forced journey to the coast. Assin Manso was a major gathering and transit point for captive Africans being marched toward the forts and castles at Cape Coast and Elmina. At the Ancestral Slave River, remembered as the site of the “Last Bath,” captives bathed before continuing the final stage toward the coast and forced departure across the Atlantic. The site’s Ancestral Graveyard and Memorial Wall of Return give it another meaning today: a place where descendants of the diaspora can remember, mourn and reconnect.

Return to Yves & Saints

The day does not have to end with a drive back to Accra. Return to the villas in Komenda. Get in the pool. Eat by the coast. Open something cold. Sit beside the fire and let what you have seen settle. Wake up beside the Atlantic and decide what tomorrow becomes. That is the idea behind Yves & Saints — Cape Coast and Elmina are not just a day trip. The coast can be the stay.

GETTING HERE

Closer than
it feels.

Yves & Saints sits on the beachfront in Dutch Komenda, in Ghana’s Central Region. Elmina and Cape Coast are within easy reach; your stay remains on a quieter stretch of coast.

~15 minElmina

~25 minCape Coast

~3–4 hrsKotoka International Airport · Accra

Travel times are approximate and may vary with traffic and road conditions.

ARRIVAL

You made it.
Settle in.

A cold towel. Something chilled. Your villa ready. The Atlantic just beyond the doors. Arrival is kept simple: settle in first, decide what comes next later.

Yves tote with towels and fresh fruit beside the private pool

Aerial view of a guest relaxing on a pool lounger wearing a robe and eye patches

Guest holding a fresh coconut with Yves and Saints branded eye patches by the coast

EXPERIENCES AT YVES & SAINTS

Make it yours.

Some stays need an itinerary. Others need one good idea. Arrange a massage, set a picnic by the water, have dinner prepared at the villa — or leave the day open. The point is choice, not a schedule.

Massage

A private massage arranged at the estate, so the only journey afterward is back to the pool.

Beach Picnic

Low seating, cushions and a private setup by the water for an afternoon that can stretch into sunset.

Rooftop Terrace Picnic

A private picnic on your rooftop terrace, set above the coast as the light changes.

Private Dining

A private chef can be arranged for dinner or a table built around the occasion — without leaving your villa. Individually quoted based on your menu, group size and chef availability.

Catch & Dine

Visit Elmina’s fishing harbour with a chef, choose fresh seafood and return to the villa for a hands-on cooking experience and dinner. Arranged in advance, subject to availability.

MORE WAYS TO SPEND THE DAY

Experiences are available by request and subject to availability. We’ll confirm arrangements and pricing before anything is charged.

AT THE TABLE

Some moments are
meant to linger.

A table prepared at your villa. Breakfast with time to enjoy it.

Choose your dishes ahead of your stay, then settle into a morning shaped around the spread you’ve selected.

Chef preparing a breakfast spread on the rooftop terrace at Yves and Saints

Syrup poured over a freshly prepared breakfast

THE 90-MINUTE BREAKFAST

Make more
of the morning.

Your chosen dishes, prepared fresh to order. For 90 minutes, enjoy additional servings of your confirmed selections, with time to linger at the table.

An optional breakfast experience for staying guests, arranged in advance. We’ll confirm your selections, availability and pricing before you commit.

Choose ahead.

Select your dishes from the extended breakfast menu in advance. We’ll confirm your choices before your breakfast.

Your selections become your menu.

Only the dishes you’ve selected and we’ve confirmed are included in your 90-minute service.

Enjoy them throughout the service.

Your selected dishes are prepared fresh to order, with additional servings available during the 90 minutes. Dishes outside your confirmed selections are not included.

AFTER DARK

Stay a little
longer.

When the light goes, the fire tables come on. Bring something to pour, stay on the terrace and listen to the Atlantic after dark.

Rituals of Yves & Saints

The little things
become the stay.

These are not activities to schedule. They are small Y&S habits: a slow morning, a few pages by the pool, a glass raised to the coast.

Wooden Yves and Saints Ahomka cup beside a book and a guest holding tea

01 / IN YOUR OWN TIME

The Ahomka
ritual.

Our wooden Ahomka cup was made for the parts of the day when you stop checking the time — coffee, coconut water or something cold by the pool.

Something to hold. Nowhere to hurry.

Guest reading a Jean-Michel Basquiat book beside the turquoise pool

03 / A GLASS TO THE COAST

Worth
opening.

A bottle we think is worth opening, chilled and brought out with the Y&S bucket and flutes.

Ask about the Bottle of the Day. Then find your spot by the water.

Guest raising a full orange mimosa in a branded Yves and Saints flute by the pool with palms and ocean beyond

Sunrise espresso

Before the day warms.

Take the first coffee upstairs or down toward the water before the rest of the estate wakes up.

After dark

One more hour.

The fire tables come on, the glasses come out and the terrace earns another hour.

BEFORE YOU ARRIVE

Just a few things.

Check-in

From 3 PM

Time to settle in.

Check-out

By 11 AM

One last coastal morning.

Each villa

Up to 4 guests

Two king bedrooms.

The estate

Up to 8 guests

Both villas, entirely yours.

A few simple considerations help keep the stay as it was intended.

COME TO THE COAST

Stay longer
than the day.

Make the entire Estate yours, or choose Villa Yves or Villa Saints. Find your dates and make the coast the stay.

Do Everything.
Or Do Nothing.

A different pace
of the coast.