Shia-Hills Resource Reserve: A blend of culture and nature
Journeying on the Tema-Akosombo highway either to Krobo land or the Volta Region, about 1.2 kilometers after the Army Recruit Training School, travellers are forced to slow down to appreciate spectacular guard of honour mounted by baboons along the road.
Scores of baboons line up along the road, some carrying their babies at their backs, and some just jumping around, is free choreographic entertainment travellers enjoy as they approach the entrance of the Shai-Hills Resource Reserve located at the Shai-Osudoku District.
The presence of these primates in the immediate surroundings of the Resource Reserve gives the impression that the place is full of baboons and nothing else.
An expedition into the reserve, however, shows that it has more than what meets the eyes from the outside as it has a rich experience to offer the public with its natural features laden with culture.
History of the Shai-Hills Resource Reserve
According to information displayed at the Reserve which is being manned by officers of the Forest Commission, it was declared a Forest Reserve in 1962 with an area of 46.7 km2 (4,700ha; 18 sq. mi), and was made a Resource Reserve on November 05, 1971, by a Legislative Instrument (L.I) 710.
The Reserve, in 1973, was extended to 51km2, and it forms the Western end of the Dahomey gap, an area of low grass and savannah.
The hills are a series of inselbergs (mountains that have been largely worn out), with the highest peak rising to 290m, and are surrounded by savannah-covered plains at about 60m elevation.
Its hills, according to management, are a series of inselbergs (mountains that have been largely worn out), with the highest peak rising to 290m and surrounded by savannah-covered plains at about 60m elevation. Read More…
