Mayflower Students Go On Excursion To Kakum National Park

The school organized a trip to the Kakum park, located in the environs of Cape-Coast. The participating students reported early at the school premises. After all the necessary arrangements were made, the bus took off at around the quarter of an hour to eight. In addition to all the comfort the bus provided, the students had the opportunity to cool themselves off with the presence of a video facility.

In the sight of the students were a number of important towns. Notable amongst them were: Mallam, Kasoa, Winneba as well as Apam. Even in spite of the slow movement of vehicular traffic experienced at Kasoa, the bus arrived at its destination after three and a half hours.

At the security check-point leading to the park, an official came aboard the bus took to note the number of persons present. That was a security measure to make sure that nobody got missing or was left behind. The bus came to a halt after moving a bit ahead , and all the students together with the few teachers accompanying them, made their way to the reception, where they were each given some number tags, again to ensure their safety.

Soon after that, the students were divided into five sections to get unto the canopy walkway. Many were those who swore never to visit the place again in their lifetime. Of course, they had every right to express their fright due to the fact that their lives were in the hands of unstable ropes dangling from tall trees several metres above the ground. A thought flashed through my mind about how the workers involved in the building of the walkway, had been able to get to that height.

The walk from the end of the canopy to the bus was a very long one. As many people had lost so much energy, there was an immediate necessity to bring out the lunch boxes. On the whole the trip was very successful and educational in the sense that the students also obtained knowledge about certain species of plants.

En route back to Accra, those who had long not visited their hometowns went the traditional way with some locally tapped “palm-wine”. The trip was one that any tourist would like to take for a second time, if only he or she has very little fear for height.

Written by Kobina Kwegyir- Aggrey

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