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Pieter11 Says: At the entrance of Kakum you already have to pay a small "conservation fee" fo 15.000 cedis ($ 1,50) per person. After you paid this you can go on to the information centre where you can pay for the rest of the activities you want to do.In the Centre you can also find a lot...
Pieter11 Says: Because the jungle of Kakum N.P. is too rough to enter, it is hardly impossible to get a good look of the forest from down below. By going on a guided hike starting from the information centre, this IS possible. For this hike you normally pay 50.000 cedis per hour per person...
Pieter11 Says: Because the park of Kakum is very hard to enter, it is difficult to discover its beauty. That is why they built a Canopy Walk that goes over the treetops of the jungle: a perfect way to have a great view of the area.The Canopy Walk is a walk over seven drawbridges that are...
Pieter11 Says: The best connecting place to get to Kakum National Park is Cape Coast. From the city it is only 20 kilometres to the entrance of the park. It is possible to get there by tro-tro, but to get back can be a bigger problem.It is easier, but more expensive to charter a taxi. For...
Pieter11 Says: When you are planning a trip to Kakum National Park, try NOT to plan it in the weekends. Especially on Saturdays it can be very crowded which is annoying especially on the Canopy Walk. I went there on a Saturday and there were two full busloads of Ghanaian schoolkids...
Pieter11 Says: In all the regular guidebooks on Ghana (at least the Lonely Planet and the Bradt Guide) an opening time of Kakum N.P. is written of 8:30 AM. When I came there however, they told me that the normal time was 9:00. It is useless to show up earlier: they won't even sell you a...
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In all the regular guidebooks on Ghana (at least the Lonely Planet and the Bradt Guide) an opening time of Kakum N.P. is written of 8:30 AM. When I came there...
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Kakum National Park, high in the jungle
Kakum National Park is the most popular one the Ghana, and probably the whole of West Africa. It is situated very close to the city of Cape Coast, in the Central Region of Ghana. The park includes a...
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