5th Ghana Paragliding & Hang Gliding Festival

The Ministry of

Tourism and Diasporan Relation

presents to you the

 5th Ghana

Paragliding & Hang Gliding Festival

 starting from the

10th to the 13th of April 2009  

(Easter weekend)  

at Atibie Kwahu.

 Visit Ghana Paragliding Festival Website

Festivals of Ghana

History of the Festival

The First Ghana Hang Gliding and Paragliding Festival

took place over the Easter weekend at Atibie and Nkawkaw

in the Eastern Region.

The three day event from the 25^th - 28^th March 2005

was launched

by H.E.Alhaji Aliu Mahama,

Vice President of the Republic of Ghana.

(NPP Govenement)

The history of the festival goes back to March 2003 when,

as the new Minister of Tourism and Modernization

of the Capital City,

Mr. Jake Tonka Obetsebi-Lamptey visited the Kwahu

ridge as part of his familiarization tour of the country.

On reaching the summit of the Kwahu mountain,

he exclaimed,

"Breath-taking view and excellent raw material

for Hang Gliding in Ghana".

He never relented in his efforts to see this

dream materialize.