From roots to routes: Carol Ofori on exploring Africa with her family

TRAVEL is an enriching, mind-broadening experience sought after by many, and those who have travelled will agree it nourishes the soul.

- DEBASHINE THANGEVELO

THE Ofori family stayed at the luxury Diamonds Malindi resort hotel in Kenya.

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My career has afforded me extensive travel opportunities, and I look forward to many more journeys. Frankly, it’s a yearning that quickly becomes addictive.

That is also why I instantly connected with Carol Ofori’s passion for family travel when we recently spoke. She is well-known for the getaways she takes with her husband, Greg, and son Sena, who is turning 11 soon, and daughter Serwaa, 6.

Ofori is a household name. Aside from being an award-winning broadcaster, children’s book author, podcaster, keynote speaker, as well as MC and facilitator, she is a doting mom and wife. Her deep-rooted love for travel, which began as a teenager, is something she actively instils in her own family.

When the travel bug bit and how it grew: When she was around 15, travel started becoming a regular part of life. She did so with her parents (they are no longer married) and her sister.

Ofori shared: “I got to travel the world. It was quite beautiful. We visited most of Europe, a lot of the US and Paris. Our school holidays were really built on international travel, not African travel. My mom did that for us as kids.

“As soon as I started making my own money, my first African trip was to Zimbabwe with a high school friend whose mom couldn’t make the trip.”

After that, the gravitation to exploring the African continent took root.

“The next holiday, I was off to Kenya - and all over the continent.”

Her key takeaways from travelling: Travel is about far more than simply collecting Instagram-worthy pictures for an impressive social media flex. Agreeing with this, Ofori detailed the important lessons she had learned.