Kakum National Park has announced that it recorded a total of 805,167 visitors across 2024 and the first three quarters of 2025.
The figures were disclosed by the Park Manager, Alex Agyei, who noted a significant rise in patronage over the two-year period.
According to the data, the park welcomed 204,000 visitors in 2024, making it the second most visited attraction in the country, behind the Kwame Nkrumah Museum.
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A further 601,167 visitors were recorded between January and October 2025, underscoring Kakum’s continued appeal to domestic and international tourists.
Mr Agyei indicated that the United States accounted for the largest number of international visitors, followed by China, Spain, and Ghanaian nationals.
The announcement was made on Friday during an event at which the Nature Conservation Research Centre (NCRC) reaffirmed its commitment to protecting the Kakum Conservation Area.
The organisation donated 22 jungle motorbikes, two laptops and two GPS devices to the Forestry Commission to support conservation activities within the park.
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Located about 30 kilometres from Cape Coast, the Kakum Conservation Area is one of Ghana’s most biologically rich forests and forms part of the West Africa Guinea Forest Biodiversity Hotspot.
It is home to around 260 species of birds and more than 40 species of mammals, including endangered forest elephants, pangolins and the bongo antelope.
Spanning 360 square kilometres of tropical high forest, moist evergreen and semi-deciduous forest zones, and large raffia swamps, the area comprises Kakum National Park and the adjoining Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve, which were gazetted as a unified conservation area in 1992.
The forest is bordered by three production reserves, Bempong, Ajuesu, and Apemenim, managed by the Forest Services Division. Together, these landscapes form a critical ecological corridor that supports biodiversity, rural livelihoods, and climate resilience.
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