Mount Adaklu
Encyclopedia
Mount Adaklu is a mountain situated 12 km from Ho
in the Volta Region
of Ghana
. It is one of the highest in Ghana at about 600 m above sea level and is venerated by the inhabitants of nearby villages of the Ewe ethnic group. The mountain is surrounded by nine villages.
Tours are organized of the mountain for tourists , and the profits derived from them are invested in the community. A three-hour hike to the summit is a good opportunity to see colorful birds and butterflies, monkeys.
Halfway to the summit is the village of Helkpe, which provides hospitality, with a guest house operated by a women and guides who lead tours to the summit of Adaklu and show and explain aspects of local life in the countryside. Adaklu is noted for its wild bees, palm wine and local gin, better known as akpeteshie
.
Three kilometers from the foot of the mountain is Kalakpa Resource Reserve, with populations of antelope
, buffalo
, bushbuck
(Tragelaphus scriptus), baboon
s and other species of birds and mammals.
Ho, Ghana
Ho is a town in southeast Ghana and is the capital of the Volta Region. It lies between Mount Adaklu and Mount Galenukui , and is home to a museum, a cathedral and a large prison...
in the Volta Region
Volta Region
Volta Region is one of Ghana's ten administrative regions. It is to the east of Lake Volta. Its capital is Ho.-List of districts:The region has 18 districts consisting of 3 municipal and 15 ordinary districts:-Background:...
of Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
. It is one of the highest in Ghana at about 600 m above sea level and is venerated by the inhabitants of nearby villages of the Ewe ethnic group. The mountain is surrounded by nine villages.
Tours are organized of the mountain for tourists , and the profits derived from them are invested in the community. A three-hour hike to the summit is a good opportunity to see colorful birds and butterflies, monkeys.
Halfway to the summit is the village of Helkpe, which provides hospitality, with a guest house operated by a women and guides who lead tours to the summit of Adaklu and show and explain aspects of local life in the countryside. Adaklu is noted for its wild bees, palm wine and local gin, better known as akpeteshie
Akpeteshie
Akpeteshie is a home-made alcoholic spirit produced in Ghana and other West African nations by distilling palm wine or sugar cane juice. Other names for this drink are: apio, ogogro sorabi, keley and hot or 'hot drink'...
.
Three kilometers from the foot of the mountain is Kalakpa Resource Reserve, with populations of antelope
Antelope
Antelope is a term referring to many even-toed ungulate species indigenous to various regions in Africa and Eurasia. Antelopes comprise a miscellaneous group within the family Bovidae, encompassing those old-world species that are neither cattle, sheep, buffalo, bison, nor goats...
, buffalo
African Buffalo
The African buffalo, affalo, nyati, Mbogo or Cape buffalo is a large African bovine. It is not closely related to the slightly larger wild Asian water buffalo, but its ancestry remains unclear...
, bushbuck
Bushbuck
The bushbuck is the most widespread antelope in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is found in rain forests, montane forests, forest-savanna mosaics and bush savannaforest and woodland. Recently, genetic studies have shown that the bushbuck, is in fact a complex of two geographically and phenotypically...
(Tragelaphus scriptus), baboon
Baboon
Baboons are African and Arabian Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Papio, part of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. There are five species, which are some of the largest non-hominoid members of the primate order; only the mandrill and the drill are larger...
s and other species of birds and mammals.