We just returned from a 3 week trip through Ghana and would like to make some remarks with regard to information in the bradt guide (edition 2010) :
Accra : Shangri-la hotel has closed its doors
Afram plains : ferry Agordeke-Kpando has broken down since last year : crossing is not possible with cars
Mole : M&J shuttle is not organised any longer. Daily Metro bus is leaving from Tamale around 14.00 hrs (5 GHC) and returning at 4.00 hrs . Mole hotel : very good quality as compared to 28 years ago. Elephants, baboons, antelopes and warthogs frequented the compound. There is an extra offer now for guided 4 wheel drive tours (100 ghc for the vehicle to be shared by max 8 persons)
Tamale : bikes to rent at the taxi station for 3 ghc per day. Relax-lodge : completely overrated (135 ghc for a double room with full risk of electrocutation in the bathroom ) and breakfast is only included for one person. No indian food available! Picorna hotel was much better quality for more than half of the price. Asempa lodge : 7.5 km out of town on the road to Kumasi (not Daboya road as indicated on the map). Cheap and spacious rondavels for 50ghc (dbl, brkfst and dinner incl). Brkfst with pancakes ! Front of the motel under reparation after storm. Possibility of guided tour to nearby village at 15 ghc pp. (revenues go to the community).
Pauwel en Marleen. Belgium. (we stayed as volunteers in Ghana 28 years ago and wanted to see Ghana again)
Is it possible to get across the Lake to the Afram Plains without cars? Going to Ghana in a couple of weeks and want to get from the Wli Falls to Kumasi.
It’s not possible to travel directly from Wli waterfall to Kumasi as there’s no direct road linking the two places. You will need to come back to kpong and use the road that passes through koforidua to the Accra-Kumasi roads. Grassroot travel& tour http://www.grassroottours.com
Rent a 4×4 SUV cars, minivans and a guide to mole national park and other places for fairly cheap prices to make your trip a memorable one. Call Michael on 0541668682
The road from Tamale to mole is paved now, contact Michael the guide to provide you transport services 0541668682
Greetings Travellers. Grassroot tours is a travel and tour company based in Tamale. we pride ourselves as the northern experts. Michael was born in Mole National park and have been conducting tours to Mognori Eco village after he help establish it with support from mole national park, SNV, and Arocha Ghana. Grassroottours offer Tour guide service and car rental. Call +233541668682 and book a trip to mole national park, Paga crocodile pond, wechiau hippo sanctuary and many more places across the length and breath of Ghana. He speaks nine local languages which always play to his advantage as he always takes tourist to the details of information. 0541668682 http://www.grassroottours.com