Integrated tourism in Ghana
Women’s travel: “The strong women of Ghana” – tabulated overview
Day | Overnight stay | Board | Programme | |
1 | Sat | KASAPA CENTRE | on flight | arrival, transfer from airport Accra to KASAPA Centre (ca. 42 km) |
2 | Sun | KASAPA CENTRE | half board | getting acquainted with the KASAPA project and the female staff, beach |
afternoon at a small seaside hotel facility nearby. | ||||
3 | Mon | Baobab House | half board | in the morning to western Accra (14 km) for visiting a (private) Primary/ |
Junior High School, meeting the female head/proprietress, getting to | ||||
know more about job prospects and careeres of of well-educated | ||||
Ghanaian women. In the afternoon, to Cape Coast (ca. 116 km) | ||||
4 | Tue | Kakum tree-house or, | half board | to Elmina: slave trade castle, scenic fishing town (14 km). To Cape |
possibly, a hotel nearby | Coast for dinner, then further to Kakum National Park (altogether, | |||
ca. 47 km) | ||||
5 | Wed | beach hotel in / near | half board | early morning: canopy walkway over suspension bridges, high up |
Axim | between tall rainforest trees of Kakum National Park, followed by | |||
ca. one-hour nature trail with an expert guide. Then to Cape Coast | ||||
(33 km) for breakfast and further on to Axim (ca. 140 km) | ||||
6 | Thu | dto | half board | day-trip to Nzulezo village on stilts, (driving ca. 54 km, then cruise |
ca. 2 km), in the afternoon to Cape Coast (driving ca. 183 km) | ||||
7 | Fri | Baobab House | half board | visiting the handicraft project “Global Mamas”; 3 – 4 hrs batik workshop |
with one of the Mamas. | ||||
8 | Sat | Village guesthouse | full board | Move North to the cocoa farming village of Mesomago (ca. 55 km): |
walking tour through the village, story-telling evening. | ||||
9 | Sun | Village guesthouse | full board | walk around farm lands, tasting fresh palm-wine in the “bush”; meeting |
representatives of the Mesomagor Women’s Association, performance | ||||
by the village’s traditional bamboo ochestra and dance troupe | ||||
10 | Mon | hotel directly on the | half board | visit to small rural enterprises in a neighbouring village: and after lunch |
Lake | in Mesomagor to Lake Busumtwi near Kumasi (ca. 200 km) | |||
11 | Tue | hotel directly on the | half board | day-trip to Kumasi: an extensive stroll in the Central Market, meeting |
Lake | with representatives of traditional market womens’ association. | |||
Visit to cultural Centre , back to Lake Busumtwi (to and fro ca.53 km each) | ||||
12 | Wed | hotel directly on the | half board | day-trip to the traditional weavers’ villages Adawonmase and Bonwire; on |
Lake | the way back, a visit to the Fetish Shrine in Ejisu-Besease. Back to Lake | |||
Bosumtwi (to and fro ca. 40 km each) | ||||
13 | Thu | KASAPA CENTRE | half board | day-trip to Kumasi: museum in the old Ashanti King’s palace; quite |
possibly, an audience by the tradition dignitary the “Queen Mother”. | ||||
Back to Lake Bosumtwi (to and fro ca. 40 km each). | ||||
14 | Fri | Guesthouse in Accra | half board | to Accra (235 km): sight-seeing, big shop outlet of “Global Mamas” |
(“Somewhere Nice” or, | Eventually, this day’s programme could be swapped with that of day 3 | |||
“Guesthouse Siriboe” | ||||
15 | Sat | in-flight | half board | tour in Accra e.g. to the central shop of “Global Mamas”; finally transfer |
to Accra, start of the return flight. |
More information, contact: mail@kasapa.eu
Booking: Through Ghana-Reisen, see booking request, or through our German partnering agent WomenFairTravel