Digya National Park

Digya National Park is the second biggest countrywide park and the oldest blanketed area in Ghana. It is located in the Brong-Ahafo Region. It was created in 1900 and given countrywide park repute in 1971. The park is the handiest flora and fauna territory in Ghana to have Lake Volta at its borders. Digya National Park was created in 1900 as a covered region, the primary in Ghana. It changed into acquired by using the government and gazetted as a country wide park in 1971.

When the government obtained the park, there were living settlements within the park, with maximum of the citizens being fishermen and farmers. In 2006, there were 49 settlements and the authorities of Ghana commenced evicting settlement citizens from the park. In early 2005, a patrol-based totally gadget was installed in the park to slash illegal pastime. The park is home to at least six primate species and elephants belonging to a number of the less studied species in Africa. The elephant population within the park is the second biggest in Ghana.