We had the opportunity to visit the Volta Region in Ghana this week. I spent most of my time in Hohoe, along with a couple of hours in Ho, which is the captial of the Volta region. The first thing I noticed while driving up from Accra was the hills and the amount of vegetation we passed. Stepping out of the car, I was happy to smell the fresh, cool air. The cooler climate was a welcome change, and it immediately signaled that this region was ecologically different from anywhere else we had visited before.
The vegetation and the mountains make this region different from the rest of Ghana. The region is much cooler than Tamale, the place which we had previously visited up north. Hohoe, which is located in the eastern part of ghana, is cooler because it sits between a thick forest and open grassland. This mix makes the air cooler and wetter than other areas in Ghana. Everywhere I looked, I saw mountains. We climbed Mount Afadjato, Ghana's highest peak at 885 metres (2904 feet), and visited Wli Falls, often described as the highest waterfall in West Africa. We also visited the Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary, a sacred forest where Mona monkeys are protected by the community.
