Atsiekpoe and Vume

Since the end of 2005, Jolinaiko Eco Tours has been visiting Atsiekpoe, a small village on the green banks of the Volta river, in the Volta Region, the region where Apollo Panou lived part of his childhood.

Home of the cashew tree

The village (which name means "Home of the cashew tree") is on the opposite river bank from the villages of Aveyime and Battor. The location is quite unique: you can get there in a one and a half hour drive from the hectic capital Accra, after which you find yourself in a peaceful place surrounded by beautiful nature.

Over the river by ferry-canoe

To get to Atsiekpoe from Aveyime, you need to cross the Volta river by ferry-canoe. The small village of Atsiekpoe consists largely of termite clay houses with thatched roofs. On the lively river bank where it is situated, local fishermen prepare their boats and nets, children play and swim, and women do their laundry.

Atsiekpoe has about 400 inhabitants and has a primary and junior secondary school together with the adjacent village of Vume. At this moment there is no electricity (although funds have been raised by the village itself for electricity poles and wiring, and the village is waiting to be connected to the powernet), and all water (unfortunately also drinking water) is coming the river.

You can see more photos of Atsiekpoe and the surrounding area in our photoalbum of that region.