Bui National Park
A national park on the Black Volta, where you can take a boat trip on Bui Reservoir to spot hippos and visit the Bui Dam, Ghana's second-largest hydroelectric station.
Bui National Park was established in 1971. It covers about 1,800 square kilometres along the Black Volta River, near the border with Côte d'Ivoire, and is one of Ghana's largest hippopotamus habitats, with antelope, monkeys and many waterbirds. The Bui Dam, completed in 2013 with an installed capacity of about 400 MW, created the Bui Reservoir inside the park and transformed the landscape. There are viewpoints beside the reservoir. Visitors usually contact a park guide at Bui Camp and take a small boat to look for hippos on the reservoir or the downstream section. A trip lasts about 1–2 hours and is charged per boat. Lucky visitors may see herds of hippos moving in the shallows. Facilities are limited, so arrange everything in advance. From Kintampo, it is a 2–3 hour drive via the Wenchi or Banda direction, with many unpaved roads that become difficult in the rainy season.
Opening hours
Daytime (contact park guides in advance)
Nearby sights
- Fuller Falls
- Centre of Ghana Monument
- Kintampo Waterfalls
- Buoyem Caves & Bat Colony
- Tano Boase Sacred Grove
- Techiman Market
- Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary