{"id":103543,"date":"2025-11-16T15:37:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103543"},"modified":"2025-11-16T15:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:37:43","slug":"kakum-national-park-records-over-800000-visitors-in-2024-and-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103543","title":{"rendered":"Kakum National Park records over 800,000 visitors in 2024 and 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kakum National Park has announced that it recorded a total of 805,167 visitors across 2024 and the first three quarters of 2025. <\/p>\n

The figures were disclosed by the Park Manager, Alex Agyei, who noted a significant rise in patronage over the two-year period.<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

Read also: Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park honored at the 2025 Ghana Tourism Awards<\/p>\n

A further 601,167 visitors were recorded between January and October 2025, underscoring Kakum\u2019s continued appeal to domestic and international tourists.<\/p>\n

Mr Agyei indicated that the United States accounted for the largest number of international visitors, followed by China, Spain, and Ghanaian nationals.<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

The organisation donated 22 jungle motorbikes, two laptops and two GPS devices to the Forestry Commission to support conservation activities within the park.<\/p>\n

Read also: Nature Conservation Research Centre supports Kakum National Park with patrol equipment<\/p>\n

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Located about 30 kilometres from Cape Coast, the Kakum Conservation Area is one of Ghana\u2019s most biologically rich forests and forms part of the West Africa Guinea Forest Biodiversity Hotspot.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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