Integrated tourism in Ghana
Women’s travel: “The strong women of Ghana” – tabulated overview
(Minor alterations admissible):
| day | overnight stay | board | programme | |
| 1 | Sat | KASAPA Centre | on flight | arrival, transfer from airport Accra to KASAPA Centre (38 km) |
| 2 | Sun | KASAPA Centre | half board | Becoming acquainted with the KASAPA project and its female staff; beach afternoon at a small seaside hotel facility nearby.Requested for a reading: the internationally renowned Ghanaian woman writer Ama Darko |
| 3 | Mon | KASAPA Centre | half board | In the morning visit ot a (private) Primary/Junior High School, meeting the female head/proprietess, getting to know more about job prospects and careers of well-educated Ghanaian women. In the afternoon a guided walk through our local community Nyanyano: daily life in a Ghanaian fishing community. (Depending on the school’s schedule, this day’s programme might be swapped with that of day 14.) |
| 4 | Tue | hotel directly on the lake | half board | To Lake Bosumtwi near Kumasi (ca. 230 km). Checking into the hotel on the lakefront |
| 5 | Wed | hotel directly on the lake | half board | To Kumasi: An extensive stroll through the Central Market, meeting with the representatives of a traditional market women’s association. Visit to Cultural Centre, back to Lake Bosumtwi (all in all ca. 80 km) |
| 6 | Thu | hotel directly on the lake | half board | To Kumasi: museum in the old Ashanti king’s palace; quite possibly a “queen mother’s” reception. Back to Lake Bosumtwi |
| 7 | Fri | hotel directly on the lake | half board | To the traditional weavers’ villages Adanwomase and Bonwire; on the way a visit to the Fetish Shrine in Ejisu-Besease. Back to Lake Bosumtwi (ca. 115 km all in all) |
| 8 | Sat | village guesthouse | half board | Southwards to the cocoa farming village of Mesomagor (ca. 180 km): walking tour through the village, story-telling evening |
| 9 | Sun | village guesthouse | full board | farmland walkabout, tasting of fresh palmwine in the “bush”. Meeting the representatives of the Mesomagor Women Association. Performance of the village’s traditional bamboo orchestra and dance troup |
| 10 | Mon | KoSa Beach Resort | full board | visiting small rural enterprises in a neighbouring village. After lunch southwards to Ampenyi Beach near Elmina (ca. 80 km) |
| 11 | Tue | KoSa Beach Resort | half board | To Cape Coast (ca. 25 km). Visiting the handicraft project “Global Mamas”; 3 – 4 hrs cooking or batiking workshop with one of the “Mamas”. Back to KoSa Beach Resort |
| 12 | Wed | Kakum tree house or possibly hotel | half board | To Elmina: slave trade castle, scenic fishing town. – After dinner to Kakum National Park (all in all ca. 40 km |
| 13 | Thu | KASAPA Centre | half board | Early morning: canopy walkway over suspension bridges, high up between tall rainforest trees of Kakum National Park; after that ca. 1 hr nature trail with an expert guide. Then (35 km) to Cape Coast Castle Museum and back to KASAPA Centre (ca. 125 km) |
| 14 | Fri | KASAPA Centre | half board | Day trip to Accra: sight-seeing, big shop of “Global Mamas”. Back to KASAPA Centre. (Eventually, this day’s programme might be swapped with that of day 4) |
| 15 | Sat | in the aircraft | half board | packing and parting, transfer to airport Accra, depature to Europe |
More information, contact: mail@kasapa.eu
Booking: Through Ghana-Reisen, see booking request, or through our German partnering agent WomenFairTravel