Bakau's main draw is the Kachikally Crocodile Pool, a genuinely extraordinary place where Nile crocodiles bask within arm's reach and the air carries a sense of something older than tourism. Beyond it, the Cape Point fish market delivers one of the most vivid scenes on the West African coast, and the town's botanical gardens and the nearby Kotu Stream offer good birdwatching in a country that is serious about birds.