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A Transformative Trek to Ghana's Wli Waterfalls

"Home of the 250-foot Wli Waterfalls, the highest in West Africa, the falls thundered whitewater over emerald plants and rocks into a pool where tourists waded, laughed and took hundreds of photos; when we arrived Adu smiled and announced, 'Okay, everyone, we've arrived.' My classmates and I ran into the spray, one classmate who'd been reserved letting out a bellowing laugh and another who'd complained the whole hike finding peace on a tiny dock, and I walked straight under the gushing cascade despite the water pressure growing stronger. As a fellow tourist took my hand and then released it beneath the falls, I felt the water's cleansing power and thought about freedom — the freedom stripped from my ancestors and the freedom I was determined to claim in my own life." - Kayla Stewart Kayla Stewart Kayla Stewart is an award-winning food and travel journalist. She writes a regular column for The Bittman Project and contributes to The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among other publications. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines