Women’s travel – tabulated overview

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.

women’s travel – details

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