Kakum National Park, is a 375-square kilometer nature park formed to conserve and protect one of the last of the rapidly vanishing rainforests, as well as the rare wildlife it contains. The Kakum National Park Visitor Centre (KNPVC), managed by Ghana Heritage Conservation Trust (GHCT) built with funding from USAID and technical support by Conservation International (Cl) is located on a 512-acre land adjacent to the Kakum National Park. |
 Tourist on Africa's first and only rainforest canopy walkway. 350m long and up to 30 m high in rainforest. |
| | It is a home for nature lovers. Trained guides are on hand to explain the economic, cultural, and medicinal values of plants and farming. Fifteen kilometers from Cape Coast is the serene, golden beach of Brenu Akyinim, a 3-kilometer stretch of sandy beachwhich provides an excellent site for swimming, sun bathing, andbird watching. | FEES (may change!) The gate fees in 2010 (August) are given as follows:
Official contact and fee information: Office: 00233 [0] 33-21-30265On Site: 00233 [0] 33-21-94650-1 The gate fees are as follows: Entrance fee: 1GHC Canopy Walk: Ghanain Adult 12GHC, Ghanain Student 2GHC, Non-Ghanain Adult 30GHC, Non Ghanain Student 15GHC Nature Walk: Ghanain Adult 7GHC, Ghanain Student 1GHC, Non-Ghanain Adult 15GHC, Non-Ghanain Student 7.5GHC For any questions / advise please contact us via E - mail: ghct@ghana.com or phone: Please call: (00233) 033-21-94650-1 | Comment Of A Visitor: When got the Kakum National Park we were soo surprised and shocked, each person is to pay GH¢12.00, infact we couldn't afford it so diverted our way to the Cape-Coast Castle insted. (Ghanaian) >>> Ezekiel Teye Agbedam | Thank you Ezekiel Teye Agbedam
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Tourist arrivals at Kakum Park in the Central Region reached 136,000 in 2008. In 2007 there were 100,000 tourists at Kakum, according Ms. Ernestina Anim, a director at the park. The total number of visitors to the park, 70 per cent were Ghanaians. "Of the 70 per cent Ghanaians visitor, 15 per cent are adults and 55 per cent are children and of the 30 per cent foreigners, 20 per cent are adults and 10 per cent are children," she said.
There are other special charges for persons wishing to take still or moving pictures in the park. People taking still pictures are charged GH¢200 and GH¢500 for moving pictures. Revenue generated from the park is distributed between the Wildlife Division and the GHCR. The Wildlife Division manages the reserve while GHCR takes care of some resources like the canopy way and the camp site.
The Kakum National Park has been established in 1932 and used for the last fifty years for thee extraction of timber. Located in Central Region of Ghana, about 20 kilometres north of Cape Coast and covers 360 square kilometres of Ghana's rapidly dwindling rainforest.
Officially opened the park in 1994. USAID/Ghana provides institutional support to the Ghana Heritage Conservation Trust to ensure the sustainability of Kakum National Park.
Counted in the park are seven primate species including the Diana monkey, more than 500 species of butterflies and about 250 species of birds including five horn bill species, the Frazer-eagle owl, and the African grey and Senegal parrots. KAKUM NATIONAL PARK in PICTURES The Kakum forest turns more to a kind of of a jungle experience. The canopy walkway is up to 30 m above the forest floor and within sight of the tallest tree of the forest where elephants can sometimes be seen scrounging for fallen fruit. There are six tree platforms that reach the height of 30 meters above the forest floor. From the treetops, visitors experience a unique and spectacular view of the rainforest ecosystem and have the opportunity to see flora and fauna, which could never be viewed from the ground. The Visitor Centre facilities are:
A Rainforest Café; support for local farmers through the purchase of fresh produce while providing a relaxing location for visitors to enjoy a fine meal and refreshing drinks.
The Afafranto Campsite: This camp site is located 200 meters from the Kakum Visitors Centre. The Afafranto camp site is ideally positioned for visitors wanting an easily accessible forest camping experience.
Visitors who want to visit this site must bring along their own tents, mosquito nets, sleeping pads and/or cots for use at the camp site. It will soon be possible to rent them from the Visitor Centre.
Sun bird Trail: Visitors with a special interest in birds now have a new trail. The departure times for bird watching can be specified when making a booking for the trails and guides. |