Ghana
Mole National Park
Mole NP by Bram de Bruin
Mole NP by Bram de Bruin
Mole National Park by Bram de Bruin
The Mole National Park in the north of the country is Ghana's first and largest national park.
The park represents a widely undisturbed ecosystem dominated by open savannah woodland and gallery forest along the rivers. The park has rich flora and fauna. Species of special interest include elephant, buffalo, and various antelope species.
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Official Information
- Full Name
- Mole National Park (ID: 1391)
- Country
- Ghana
- Status
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On tentative list 2000
Site history
History of Mole National Park
- 2017: Requested by State Party to not be examined
- After Not to Inscribe advice of IUCN
- 2016: Incomplete - not examined
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- 2000: Added to Tentative List
- Added to tentative list
- Type
- Natural
- Criteria
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- Community Category
- Natural landscape: Grassland and tundra
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I visited northern Ghana in November 2019. I flew from Accra to Tamale in northern Ghana, about two hours by road from Mole National Park, the country’s largest protected area. Although the national park doesn’t have many animals, it is one of the best places in West Africa to see elephants and is one of few parks that allows visitors to approach the world’s largest land animal on foot. I was able to walk within ten meters of a large, broken-tusked, indifferent male, who was destroying small trees about fifty meters from Zaina Lodge, where I spent a few days.
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