Kakum National Park
Rainforest park known for its canopy walkway of rope bridges strung between tall trees, giving views across the treetops. Guided walks look for monkeys, birds and butterflies.
Kakum National Park
This rainforest park is known for a canopy walkway made of rope bridges, strung high above the forest floor.
Attractive locations
Assin-Attandanso Game Production Reserve
Forest reserve next to Kakum National Park, together forming a larger protected rainforest area in Ghana's Central Region. It shelters forest wildlife and sees fewer visitors than its better-known neighbour.
Airports
Takoradi Airport TKD
It is about 67 km in a straight line from Kakum National Park.
Kotoka International Airport ACC
It is about 138 km in a straight line from Kakum National Park.
Scams and safe taxis
Weather by month
Each month shows its average temperature in °C and its mm of rain per month.
- Jan26.8 °C26 mm
- Feb27.7 °C55 mm
- Mar27.3 °C123 mm
- Apr26.9 °C141 mm
- May26.3 °C200 mm
- Jun25.1 °C236 mm
- Jul24.2 °C117 mm
- Aug24.1 °C59 mm
- Sep24.9 °C136 mm
- Oct25.5 °C208 mm
- Nov26.1 °C101 mm
- Dec26.6 °C29 mm
Driest months: Jan, Feb, Dec. Wettest months: May, Jun, Oct.
Costs
Prices here are about 38% of US prices (World Bank, 2025). This compares a country's overall prices, not the cost of a trip.
Who can help
Emergency
112. Police 191. Fire 192. Ambulance 193.
local government
Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA)
Helps with: Ghana's national tourism body. Its head office in Accra and its website give contact details for visitor questions and tourism enquiries.
Who qualifies: Anyone travelling in Ghana or planning a trip there.
Phone: +233 302 985 069
Email: [email protected]
Address: No. 2 Haile Selassie Street, South Ridge, Accra
local government
Ghana Police Service headquarters
Helps with: National police headquarters in Accra. The contact page gives its general enquiry lines and address; it does not show a separate tourist police unit or emergency number.
Who qualifies: Anyone in Ghana, including visitors, who needs to contact the national police.
Phone: +233 302 773906
Email: [email protected]
Address: Ring Road East, Cantonment, Ghana
local government
National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO)
Helps with: Ghana's national disaster body. Its site lists 112 as NADMO Line 1; 112 is also Ghana's general emergency number for police, fire and ambulance.
Who qualifies: Anyone in Ghana affected by a disaster such as flooding, or reporting one.
Phone: 112
Email: [email protected]
Address: Plot 3, Brigade, East Kanda, Cantonments, Accra
un agency
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Ghana
Helps with: The UN migration agency, present in Ghana since 1987. It works on migration management and crisis response and gives humanitarian help to migrants, returnees and displaced people.
Who qualifies: Migrants, returnees and displaced people in Ghana. It is not a help service for ordinary tourists.
Phone: +233 302 742 930
Email: [email protected]
Address: 9 Volta Street, Airport Residential Area, Accra