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An elephant walking across open red earth at Mole National Park, with low trees and a hazy sky behind

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Mole & the Savannah Region

Walking with elephants on the savannah

Mole & the Savannah RegionSavannah Region, Ghana
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Mole National Park covers a great sweep of savannah woodland in the north-west. Its elephants are the reason most people come: in the dry season they gather near the waterholes below the escarpment, and you can walk towards them on foot with an armed ranger.

On the way in you pass Larabanga, a village known for its whitewashed mud mosque in the Sudano-Sahelian style, one of the oldest in the country. to verify to verify to verify

An elephant standing in long grass among savannah trees at Mole National Park
The sun setting through haze over the waterholes and woodland of Mole, framed by bare branches

Why go

Mole is not a Kenyan safari and we will not sell it as one. Its pleasure is different: walking rather than driving, a park without crowds, and the sense of the savannah north after the forest south. Antelope, baboons, warthogs and birds are common; elephants are likely in the dry season, never promised.

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A red laterite track running straight through dry-season woodland at Mole, seen from a vehicle

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  • An elephant walking across open red earth at Mole National Park, with low trees and a hazy sky behind

    1/6An elephant crossing the open ground at Mole. Mole National Park, Larabanga, Ghana

  • An elephant standing in long grass among savannah trees at Mole National Park

    2/6Savannah woodland at Mole. Mole National Park, Larabanga, Ghana

  • The sun setting through haze over the waterholes and woodland of Mole, framed by bare branches

    3/6Dusk over the waterholes at Mole. Mole National Park, Larabanga, Ghana

  • A red laterite track running straight through dry-season woodland at Mole, seen from a vehicle

    4/6Laterite track through Mole in the dry season. Mole National Park, Larabanga, Ghana

  • The whitewashed mud-built mosque at Larabanga with its pointed buttresses and protruding timbers, beside a large tree

    5/6The mosque at Larabanga. Larabanga, Ghana

  • The long steel bridge at Buipe crossing the Black Volta, seen from a rocky riverbank on the road north

    6/6The bridge at Buipe, on the long road north. Buipe Bridge, N10, Buipe, Ghana

What to see and do in Mole & the Savannah Region

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Best time to go

December to April, when water is scarce and animals gather. Harmattan haze from December to February softens the light. to verify

Usually driest here: January, February, November, December. See when to go.

How long to stay

Two nights for two morning walks and one afternoon walk.

Suggested on the planner: 2 nights.

Getting there

The road from Kumasi is long (around eight hours with stops), so we break it. From Tamale, which has domestic flights from Accra, it is about three hours. to verify to verify

Where you will stay

One lodge inside the park sits on the escarpment above the waterholes; there are simpler options outside. Comfortable, not luxurious.

On our list for this region (to be confirmed): lodge on the escarpment, Mole. See stays.

Best for

Walking safaris, Elephants, Birding, The north.

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“Elephants are likely in the dry season. They are never promised.”

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