Updates from Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions

ASUMURA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE: Due to continued illegal logging and wildfires, there were only 2 rockfowl breeding sites remaining. And report written by wildlife manager in January 2017 was that no rockfowl had been spotted even in those spots. The hunter Frank Agbeko moved to another community and isn’t really available to help search for these …

Transport to Mole NP & elsewhere in the north

Ibrahim Matinu, owner of AY Transport, writes: My new company AY Transport has very comfortable air-conditioned buses running all over northern Ghana. I sam based in Tamale but have stations almost every town in the north, including Bole, Wa, Sawla and Damongo, as well as at Mole National Park. Of moat interest to your readers will be my …

Pedro’s updates

I have just arriving from a 15 days holiday touring Ghana covering each of the different regions of the country. As usual I relied on Bradt Guides, namely the 5th edition of your Ghana Guide. Concerning the trip I would like to add some informations and recommendations: 1) I was going to go in a …

Bole Mosque

The mosque at Bole is as beautiful as that in Larabanga (though without the Baobab tree) and you are allowed inside and onto the roof. You will be asked to sign the visitors book and make a donation but there is a lot less pressure here than in Larabanga. Chrissie

Bole & surrounds

Bole Cocoa Research Institute Guesthouse Ph no is 0246785400. Couldn't posibly cook us dinner at 7pm as the kitchen had closed (advertised til 8pm) so it took major convincing. the problem was that all the meat was in the fridge (freezer). I said that it would defrost while cooking so they finally agreed. Next I …