Waterfalls & Mona Monkey Village Visit

After our hike on Afadjato Mountain, we walked (thankfully on flat land) about an hour to the Wli Waterfalls. They were definitely the highest waterfalls I’d ever been to and they looked especially beautiful because there was a huge rainbow going through them. We got to swim for a little while, which felt great after how hot we had been on our hike. Everyone really enjoyed themselves at the waterfalls. I only wish we had more time to stay. Unfortunately, we had an hour walk back to the village and a few hour bus ride to the hotel.

The hotel we stayed that night was really nice. (How SAS manages to find these diamonds in the rough, I have no idea.) The next morning, we visited another village that is well known for its Mona monkeys. These monkeys are considered sacred to the village and there is a huge effort to keep them and their habitats safe from harm. We didn’t just get to see the monkeys though, we got to feed them bananas right out of our hands! The best part is that we didn’t even have to peel them, the monkeys did it themselves! It always amazes me how monkeys can have such human-like mannerisms.

After playing with the monkeys, we took a walk though the village. We got to see some of the homes and meet some of the people who lived there. Of course I was off playing with kids while they talked about some of the specific details of the homes. Next, saw the elementary school and got to talk to some of the kids who went there. It was neat to see that many of the kids carried their books or buckets of water on their heads. Although they didn't balance them quite as well (most used their hands), it was neat to see this popular act starting at such a young age.
After visiting with the people in the village, we headed back to the ship. On our way back, our bus pulled over so we could walk across the Adome Bridge instead of just driving over it like we had on our way there. The Adome bridge crosses over the Volta River. We also stopped to see the Akosombo Dam, which is just south of the Adome bridge. Later that afternoon we arrived back to the ship where we spent our last night in Ghana.

Another port behind us, only one more to go… Off to Brazil!