Kakum is the first national park in Ghana created by local initiative as opposed to that created by the State Agency responsible for Wildlife. The prominent landscape of the park is tropical forest accounting for 90% of the park landscape. It is one of three places in Africa that features a canopy walk through the trees. It covers a distance of 1,150 feet (350 m) while connecting through seven different trees.
The elevation of the park varies from 443 feet (135 m) to 820 feet (250 m) with moist evergreen making up the majority of the forested area. Although moist forest accounts for the majority of woodlands, there is also swamp forests, riverine forest, and Boval vegetation.
Wildlife includes buffalo, forest elephants, civet, Colobus monkeys, red river hog, giant forest hog, pangolin, dwarf crocodile, and the North Africa crested porcupine. Who knows which you will see as you take the guided treks along the jungle floor or the canopy walkway up in the trees. The tropical rainforest invites exploration and the elevated canopy trail provides a bird's-eye view and better chance to discover some of the wildlife below.
