THE summer baby boom continues at Dublin Zoo, with a newborn monkey that loves hanging out with its mother. The recent birth of a white-crowned mangabey, Sunyani, has added to the zoo’s ever-expanding creche. The baby monkey joins a collection of animals born at the zoo in recent weeks including a blackbuck calf, a 6ft [...]
Read the rest of this story »By Susan Njanji (AFP) The ocean views are stunning, but it’s the tragic past of Ghana’s rugged coast that is also drawing in visitors, thanks in part to America’s first black president. Perched on the windswept edge of West Africa, the imposing whitewashed former slave trading fort known as Cape Coast Castle has seen a [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Red Colobus monkey is almost extinct in the country due to destruction of their natural habitat and hunting. Mrs Exorm Ametorelo Erskine, an Assistant Wildlife Officer at the Western Regional Office of the WildLife Division, told the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday that these monkeys used to be in rainforests at Bia and other [...]
Read the rest of this story »Buzz up! Reuters – Women sit at a table in the lounge section during the opening of “At.Mosphere” the world’s … By Erika Solomon Erika Solomon DUBAI (Reuters Life!) – Dubai’s boom may have fizzled, but you can still live the high life perched atop the world’s tallest building as the glitzy Gulf emirate unveils one of the [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Cape Coast Castle recorded a total of 89,018 tourists, as against 80,000 last year, Mr Robert Morgan Mensah, a Museum and Monuments Education Officer at the Cape Coast Castle told the GNA on Monday. Out Of the figure, 67,862 were Ghanaians whilst the rest were foreigners. A breakdown of the figure shows that 43,451 [...]
Read the rest of this story »Article By: Richard Holmes, Travel Editor I learnt to dive in Cape Town, and they say if you can dive in the Cape – with its cold waters, shy sea life, cold waters, claustrophobic kelp and cold waters – you can dive anywhere. Did I mention that the water is cold? The prospect of 12-degree [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Forest Commission through its Resource Management Support Centre (RMSC) has developed five Southern dry forest reserves in Winneba Forest District into community based eco-tourism sites. The reserves are Ahirasu Number One and Ahirasu Two, Akrabong, Obotumfo and Abasomba, all in the Awutu-Senya District, are officially designated Globally Significant Biodiversity Areas due to their exceptional [...]
Read the rest of this story »Mrs Zita Okaikoi, Minister of Tourism, on Monday cut the sod for work to commence on a 397,000 Ghana Cedi Tourist Receptive Facility at Kpetoe in the Adaklu-Anyigbe District. The facility is made up of an information area, toilet facilities, restaurants, souvenir shops, museum, reading rooms and parking area as well as land banks for [...]
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