Nature at work

The all-year-round Kakum Conservation Area is made up of mostly rainforests comprising the Kakum National Park and Assin Attandanso Resource Reserve. The 350km2 is home to plants,40 mammals, 200 birds, 400 butterflies, reptiles and amphibians.

The vegetation includes tall hardwood trees that virtually dissolve into the sky at 65m in height. Kakum has several trails linking the most interesting features of the forest where guides will tell you a lot about the interesting trees and plants, their cultural and ethnic uses, economic values and local stories and proverbs about them

.The key attraction of Kakum, is the tree canopy walkway, that enables you to walk over the high tropical forest on a swinging bridge measuring almost 500m long among the tallest trees. The canopy walkway receives over 120,000 visitors a year

Kakum and the Assin Attandanso reserves constitute a twin National Park and Resource Reserve. It was gazetted in 1991 and covers an area of about 350 km2 of the moist evergreen forest zone. The emergent trees are exceptionally high with some reaching 65 meters. The reserve has a varied wildlife with some 40 species of larger mammals, including elephants, bongo, red riverhog, seven primates and four squirrels. Bird life is also varied. About 200 species are known to occur in the reserve and include 5 hornbil species, frazer-eagle owl, African grey and Senegal parrots. To date, over 400 species butterflies have been recorded. The Kakum National Park is about the most developed and subscribed eco-tourism site among the wildlife conservation areas.

Activities
Walking trials, viewing platform

Facilities
A visitor center have been established.