Aburi Sports & Outdoors

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If you want to do something active during your stay in Ghana, Aburi really is the place to be. The environment all around the little town is stunning and the climate is very suitable for sporting because it is very cool comparedto other places in Ghana. The company "Aburi Bike & Hike Tours" offers tours by mountainbike or on foot through this area. Aburi Bike & Hike Tours is situated just outside the mainentrance of the Botanical Gardens. It was founded by a Swiss couple, and is now taken over by Kofi.

Kofi can arrange a lot of different options for you. There are hike tours from a couple of hours to 3 days that lead you through the hills all the way north to Koforidua. Along the way you see rivers, local villages and spectacular waterfalls.

I did the mountainbiking. For the mountainbiking too, there are short routes starting at 11 kilometres that will take you 1,5 hours, but there also are routes that take you up to 4 days, all the way to Akosombo.

I decided to do a route of 20 kilometres. This route leaded me over steep hills and through the valley in between them. I visited a small village on the way, where Kofi told me about their customs, we stopped at a local, traditional gin-brewery, and we visited a Bob Marley gift shop that was founded by his widow Rita (more about this in my "Off the beaten path-tip"). And in between these stops we passed absolutely great nature. Hills that are covered with cassave, valley full of banana-trees and palmtrees and we had to pass a lot of very narrow paths that normally are only used by the local people, on foot.

A tour like this costs 39.000 cedis for bikerent per hour ($ 3,90) and 35.000 for the guide for up to 3 hours. So for the 2 hours I was away I had to pay 78.000 + 35.000 = 103.000 cedis ($ 10,-).

I absolutely loved the tour! It is great to be active once in a while, the environment is fantastic, and the guide was very good. You don't have to be afraid that it will go too fast for you: Kofi takes it easy. In fact he had to let me go on every single hill.

Equipment: Aburi Bike & Hike Tours takes care of your mountainbike and helmet. You can also get a bottle of water and a small backpack if you think you need it. The only thing you need to take care of yourself are the clothes you are wearing. Wear shorts and a thin T-shirt, and some solid shoes.