Thirty kilometres north of Cape Coast, Kakum protects 360 square kilometres of tropical rainforest — one of the few remaining intact patches of Upper Guinean forest in West Africa. The headline attraction is the canopy walkway: a series of seven rope bridges strung 40 metres above the forest floor, totalling about 350 metres in length, with viewing platforms on the largest trees.
The walkway is genuinely thrilling — the bridges sway, the planks are narrow, the drop is real — and the canopy view is one of the best ways to appreciate a rainforest in West Africa. The park is also home to forest elephants, bongo antelopes, several monkey species, and over 250 species of bird, though sightings are rare on the standard tour. Go early (the park opens at 8am) to beat the heat and the tour buses. Allow half a day including travel.