Carved wooden figures, masks and animals crowded together at a carvers' stall in Aburi

Experience

Beads and cocoa

Akuapem Ridge & Krobo · Accra

Beads and cocoaAkuapem Ridge & Krobo · Accra

Beads and cocoa: Krobo glass beads, an Akuapem cocoa farm and Aburi

An easy loop north of Accra: a Krobo bead workshop, a cocoa farm on the Akuapem Ridge where Ghana's cocoa story starts, and the botanical gardens at Aburi.

In the Krobo towns, beads are made from recycled glass, crushed to powder, packed into clay moulds and fired. A workshop visit lets you watch every stage, and try your hand at it.

On the Akuapem Ridge we visit a cocoa farm to see pods ripen and beans ferment, and hear how cocoa came to Ghana. We finish under the trees of Aburi's botanical gardens.

A lawn under tall shade trees in the botanical gardens at Aburi, with a single bench

An empty tarmac road with red-earth verges running between banana plants and forest near Aburi

What it involves

Short drives on good roads; an easy day trip from Accra, or one night in the hills.
Bead kilns are hot. Wear closed shoes.
Krobo bead markets are held on set days of the week; we plan around them.

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Plan this experience

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Best months

Any month. (to verify)

Pace

One or two easy days.

Where it happens

How to book it

Every experience is planned privately as part of a trip. Send your ideas through the planner and a specialist will write back with a proposal and a quote.