Adventure tourists take over Shai Hills

Hearts and adrenaline were pumping on Easter Friday when scores of adventure tourists took over the Shai Hills Resource Reserve during the launch of National Biking and Abseil Festival.

The festival is aimed at using sports to attract more visitors to the reserve which is increasing its wildlife stock, including the addition of zebras and ostriches.

Hold the ropes, gird your loins, and conquer the mountain through abseil

The initiative is a collaboration between the Forestry Commission and BraveHearts Expeditions, an adventure tourism company. 

The two adventure sports are now part of services available at the reserve.

Some of the participants at the launch.

Since 2010, BraveHearts Expeditions has carved out an enormous reputation for leading mindset-changing adventure tourism, adventure sports and corporate experiential learning operations that are run to the highest safety and customer-oriented standards known to Africa.

Bikers ready for takeoff in the 12.5 kilometre breath-taking ride through the reserve

The firm introduces business leaders, tourists, students, and people of every imaginable trade to life in the deepest recesses of Ghana’s beautiful outdoors.

Established in the 1960s, the reserve is home to a congress of 30 baboons, three different species of monkeys, 500 antelopes, 175 bird species and wild cats and the recently added zebras and ostriches.

Pose and click with rocks as the background

Many first-timers, including the Deputy Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, Mr John Allotey, and the Director of Operations of the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission, Rev. David Kpelle, joined revellers to conquer the Shai Hills in an abseil.

The Expedition Leader of BraveHearts, Mr JayJay D. Segbefia, had a few words to say at the launch

Also called a rappel, an abseil is a controlled descent of a vertical surface, such as a rock face, using a doubled rope tied round the body and fixed at a higher point.

Besides its greenery, bat-filled caves, wildlife, mountains and special land formations, the Shai Hills has a rich heritage with an indelible historical footprint of the people of Shai printed all over.