Tsatsudo Falls is a waterfall with about five stages in the
village of Alevanyo Abeheanse, about 15 km from Hohoe. It can
easily be reached from the lorry park in Hohoe, but be prepared
for a rough ride.
The falls are easy to find--up one of the only streets in the
town, but it is almost impossible to make it there without
taking a guide, and paying the obligatory visit to the chief.
If you refuse to pay the boys, they will follow you anyways, as
it’s likely you're the most exciting event in town. The walk to
the top is hardly strenuous, and leads to a Catholic retreat
house, where if you're lucky you can meet the proprietors. The
man who runs the establishment took us on a tour of the site,
and accompanied us to all five stages of the falls, each at a
progressively lower altitude, and told us about Ewe culture.
It's nearly impossible to see the entire falls at once, but each
stage is filled with rushing, frothy water and you can swim in
the pool at the bottom of the final stage. |