Eastern Ghana Scenic features

ODWEANOMA MOUNTAIN written by: Michelle Frimpong(DCS20311) Shot by:Michelle Frimpong   The Eastern Region located in the south of Ghana is a rich blend of dramatic landscapes, historical relics and traditional culture. The Eastern Region is famous for its large areas of lush tropical forests, cascading falls, striking hills and rocks, as well as beautiful gardens.  In this article, we move all of our focus to the beautiful Odweanoma Mountain. This mountain tends to be an outstanding figure in the whole of Kwahu, in the eastern region. It gigantic yet terrifying and intriguing nature makes one pause for  a second in thought of how amazing our creator can be. History has it that, the early dwellers of the present day Kwahuman experienced a lot of hardships when they first settled. They would go to the mountains everyday to pray for the land. It was believed that  doves always visited the mountains when they came to pray and anytime the doves visite...

THE BIG TREE (Nathalie Afful Dcs 20794) The South District of the Eastern Region holds some of the most beautiful and natural treasures and we present one of the greatest. Known as “The Big Tree”, is considered as the biggest tree in West Africa made of the Bako species and its botanical name is tieghemela heckle. It is located in one of the District’s nine forest reserves called the Esen Apam Forest Reserves of Akim Oda in the Eastern Region of Ghana.It’s about 22kilometers from Akim Oda on the Oda-Agona Swedru trunk road. According to the Ghana Forestry officials, the tree has a diameter of 3.22meters at 1.37 meters, making 12 meters in circumference and 66.5-90meters tall.It is also believed that the tree was first discovered by a hunter in 1960 from Akim Asanteman. Several attempts to cut/uproot the true which was in 1966 resulted in casualties for victims and those who succeeded in cutting down the tree were mysteriously reinstated to its original position.The tree...

AKAA FALLS written by Akosua Akyaa Owusu(Dcs 20522) shot by Akosua Akyaa Owusu Eastern Region is one of the friendliest and excessively polite people in the southern part of Ghana.The region is full of the nation's history. Introducing one of the relatively unknown waterfalls in the country- Akaa Falls. In one of the 21 districts in Yilo Krobo, specifically Akyeremateng village is where nature’s beautiful Akaa falls can be found. Despite it’s close proximity to Boti falls, it is rather surprising that this falls remained hidden and underdeveloped for such a long time which definitely needs a face lift. A 2hour drive from Accra the nation’s capital and  a 5 minute walk from the main road along a marked trail. Akaa Falls is accessed via a scenic 250 concrete stairs to the bottom with a canyon of falling water around if the flow is good, a snake like palm tree and a  designed gigantic rocks with an ancient hunter’s foot print. It is quite an incredible experience...