Description

Jolinaiko Eco Tours is a Ghanaian travel agency offering guided individual and group tours in Ghana, Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso. Our travel agency is based near Accra, the capital of Ghana.

At Jolinaiko Eco Tours we have a great interest, curiosity and pride in our own region with its unique mix of cultures and landscapes and people. We would love to share our passion for West Africa with you, to bring you in contact with its people and to learn you to understand what this region is really about.

Depending on your wishes, we would love to arrange your personally tailored tour, including transportation with our own Landrovers and our experienced drivers and guides. We are very flexible and organise trips for all budgets. Our main aim is to make sure you have an Africa experience you will never forget.

We have a passion for communtiy-based ecotourism, so we like to include ecotourism projects in our destionations. Please see the destinations section on our website for more info and suggestions.

Our clients are independent travellers, couples, small groups like families (often with children), and large groups (20-30+ persons) from all over the world. We communicate in English or French. One of the owners of Jolinaiko is from the Netherlands, so she can communicate in Dutch about travel arrangements.

Jolinaiko also offers volunteering and "work and travel" arrangements on a small scale. The projects are based on mutual learning and have proven to be an extraordinary Africa experience for students, adventurous travellers and others interested in really getting to know our people and culture.

At the moment we are looking for teaching volunteers in Atsiekpoe, near Aveyime/Battor. Aveyime and Battor are small towns on the green banks of the Volta River in the southeastern part of the Volta Region. It is very quiet, surrounded by nature, ricefields and pineapple plantations. Aveyime and Battor can be reached from Accra in about one and a half hour by car. In both towns everything you need is available.

The project involves teaching in the local primary and/or junior secondary school.

Atsiekpoe is a little village on the opposite side of the river from Aveyime. To get to Atsiekpoe from Aveyime, you need to cross the river by local ferry-canoe. The village itself is small-scale, consists largely of mudbrick houses, and has a community square and a fairly large school. At the moment there is no electricity yet (although funds are being raised by the village itself for that), and water is coming from boreholes. Accomodation for volunteers in the school in Atsiekpoe will be provided in Aveyime. You can take the canoe over the river every day.

Teaching experience would be a good start, but interest and motivation are more important than formal qualifications and work experiences.

Highlights

Jolinaiko Eco Tours is a Ghanaian travel agency offering adventure and culture tours through Ghana, Benin, Togo and Burkina Faso with related services. Jolinaiko Eco Tours started in 1999 with the wish to share the interest and the curiosity in their region West Africa with others.

Our goal is to let you experience the culture and meet the people of West Africa and to understand what the region is really about. Jolinaiko Eco Tours brings you close to the people, close to their local life style in a way that is in harmony with both parties. Jolinaiko Eco Tours tries to use local services as much as possible in order to contribute to the development of the local people.

Jolinaiko Eco Tours is very flexible. You have your own say in the way you want to travel and what you want to experience (cultural heritage, nature and wild life, music and dancing etc.). In every tour we adapt our means of transportation, accommodation and food to your own interests, background and budget. Jolinaiko is experienced in organising from one-day trips to fully arranged four weeks tours, for individuals, couples, and small or large groups. We also advise people with planning trips through Ghana and organize introduction tours for people who are going to work here (either voluntarily or professionally) for a longer period of time.

Travel Types

• Birdwatching
• Canoeing
• Cycling (Road/Touring)
• Eco Tours
• Hiking
• Nature Tours
• Tours
• Volunteering
• Camping
• RainForest Tours

Qualifications

Interest and motivation are more important than formal qualifications and work experiences to have a successful experience.

Minimum Education

High School

Languages

• Dutch
• English
• French

Cost in US$:

Program Fees Include:

Contact us for more details.

Salary/Pay

no

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

The volunteers we had so far were in the age range of 24 to 28, mostly solo or duo travelling female, staying 2 to 4 months on the volunteering/teaching project. After that, most of them travelled for a few weeks through Ghana. Backgrounds vary from various students, medical, educational and social background/education.

Age Range

20-40

This Program is open to

American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Independent living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

quick, by email

Post Services Include

• Exit Debriefing Abroad

Jolinaiko Eco Tours's Mission Statement

Jolinaiko Eco Tours seeks to be the key for visitors to experience the culture and meet the people of West Africa and to understand what the region is really about. Jolinaiko Eco Tours brings their visitors close to the people, close to their local life style in a way, that is in harmony with both parties. A challenging offer is our "work and travel" arrangement. An initiative based on mutual learning that has proven to be an extraordinary Africa experience for students, adventurous travellers and others interested in really getting to know our people and culture.

Year Founded

2005