Things to do
Excursions/Tours
Day trip to visit Ghana’s ecotourism attractions: (see pictures)
The Boabeng-Fiema Monkey sanctuary
These monkeys are very sacred to the villages around and are protected. They come and go freely into the villages in search of food and live side by side with the villagers. They live to a very old age and are given their own cemetery. (see picture above)
Visit the largest and busiest outdoor market in West Africa, Kumasi Central market
Kumasi is the capital of the Ashanti Region and very much the heart of the Ashanti Kingdom and culturally very rich in history and legendary in all of Africa. Visit the Manhiya Palace and Prempeh II Jubilee Museum. You can also visit Ghana’s most famous crafts and artworks and see crafters in action.
Visit the villages that produces the Adrinkra cloth and the famous and colourful Kente cloth
On the outskirts of Kumasi approximately 30 minutes away from Villa Sankofa lies Lake Bosumtwe, formed by the impact of a meteor, a very tranquil place where you could simply forget all your troubles.
No visit to Ghana is complete without visiting the Cape Coast. The Cape Coast is approximately 3 hours away from Kumasi, visit the Elmina Castle which was built by the Portuguese in 1482 and a prison for slaves before they were shipped off to the new world, the Kakum National Park is close by and also the Cape Coast Castle.
How about visiting the North of Ghana which can take 3-4 days depending what you would like to do. Mole Park has the largest reserve in the country, it has many species of antelope, baboons, monkeys, elephants and hippos.
Festivals and Events
The Adae Kese Festival is a very important, albeit rare, celebration of the Ashanti’s. It is held in large open space in the capital city of Kumasi. The festival is normally well attended and embraced by Ashanti’s from all walks of life.
Basically, the Ade Kese celebrations are magnified forms of Sunday Ade festivals, celebrated every six weeks in accordance with the Akan calender which is based on a cycle of forty-two days and nine months in a year.
Time your visit to coincide with an Akwasidae Festival, (Sunday Adae). You can determine the Akwasidae dates by counting 6 weeks down the calender from 1 Adae. Example, in 1991 the dates were: January 6, Feb. 17, March 31, May 12, June 23, August 4, Sept. 15, Oct. 27, December 8th.
Kakum National Park: Approximately 1000 feet long aerial walkway via the rope bridge over the tropical rain forest which shelter many species of birds, butterflies and many rare specimens of reptiles and mammals.
The Cape Coast Alligator sanctuary is a short ride away from the Cape Coast Castle, Elmina Castle and Kakum National Park.
