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Volta Basin is a region of Ghana dominated by Lake Volta, the world's largest man-made lake.

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• Ho
• Tamale
• Yapei
• Tafi Atome

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• Kpetoe

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Of Ghana's ten administrative regions, Volta has the most tourism potential but currently only an estimated 5% of visitors to Ghana go there. This combined with the lush vegetation, mountains, and coastal plain make it a great spot for active independent travelers. The cities are cleaner and traffic is nonexistent compared to the streets of Accra and Kumasi. Volta's attractions revolve around community based ecotourism such as waterfalls, monkey sanctuaries, nature reserves and kente villages (such as Kpetoe).

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Most people of the Volta region speak Ewe.

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We offer the best trips to the Volta region of Ghana from Accra or the northern part of Ghana to the Volta region.When traveling with as you will explore Accra to the Volta or the Volta lake with the ferryboat from northern part of Ghana down to akosombo. Once in akosombo we will travel 2hours to visit the longest waterfall in Ghana at wli. After a beautiful time at the waterfalls we will visit the Tafi atome monkey sanctuary where we will overnight at the monkey village there will be cultural performance. next morning before we depart to Accra we will hike through mountain Afajato the hightest mountian in Ghana and one of the highest in west Africa. This evening we will return back to Accra for overnight. Due to some bad road nature to the Volta region we offer 4/4 wheel drives with an experience community tour guide who knows best and can show you all the destinations within the Volta part of Ghana. contact Email: savannaghana@gmail.com Tel: 233 249507413

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• Adaklu Mountain: The Adaklu Mountain Eco-tourism Commitee (AMEC) is a community based organization that offers a genuine cultural experience that travelers are unlikely to find elsewhere. Hike to the top of beautiful Adaklu Mountain, observe and participatein the everyday life of the people from palm wine tapping to Kente weaving to bee keeping (the best honey in West Africa!). Visit and learn a few phrases in Ewe and help support local development efforts for an experience that is beneficial for you and the communities. Homestays, meals, guided mountain tours, drumming performances and more are all available. Any money made from tourist activities are reinvested into the preservation of the mountain and commuinty development. Take a tro-tro from the Adaklu station in Ho or from the market on market days. The welcome center is located in Helekpe, where you will meet Dela Richmond, a great English speaker who is also the chairman of AMEC. Slow down and spend the night in the village!

• Wli Falls

The tallest falls in West Africa. A 45 minute hike from the nearest village takes you to see a view of the upper falls and to the pool at the base of the falls. The falls are located about 20km from Hohoe and are within the Wli Nature Reserve. The small entrance fee is worth the view! You can hike up to the upper falls for a small tip or "dash".

• Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary

Feed monkeys bananas from you hand. The friendly staff can lead to into the forest any time of day to interact with some of the over 300 Mona Monkeys living nearby.

• Cedi Bead Factory

Mr. Cedi will show you his secrets of handmade glass and stone beads. Beads are available for sale for very reasonable prices at the factory and in the annex along the main road to Akasombo.

• Mount Afadzato

The tallest mountain in Ghana

• The Lake Volta Dam at Akosombo

The dam powers all of Ghana and most of Ghana's neighbours and created the largest man-made lake in West Africa.

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A sweet popscile like treat, bisap is made from the hissop flower and is a delicious cool-off.

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