3-Day Gbelle Resource Reserve Tour with Gwollu Heritage Sites

The journey

Trip highlights

• 01 Experience game watching of royal pythons and warthogs at Gbelle Resource Reserve
• 02 Learn about the Spiritual Forest in Jitong Community
• 03 Visit a pottery art centre in Dangi
• 04 Discover the Gwollu Defence Wall and other heritage sites in North Ghana
• 05 Enjoy bird watching at Silbelle Dam

Explore the heritage and wildlife of North Ghana on this 3-day journey through Gwollu, Tumu, and Gbelle Resource Reserve. Visit historic sites including the Gwollu Defence Wall, slave market and museum, sacred and healing centres, and a pottery art centre in Dangi, while also enjoying bird watching at Silbelle Dam. The tour culminates with a safari in Gbelle Resource Reserve to spot royal pythons, warthogs, waterbucks, kobs, Roan Antelopes, hartebeests, stripe jackals, porcupines, baboons, Colobus Monkeys, crocodiles, and colourful butterflies. Experience wild camping in the reserve for a closer connection with nature.

Explore the heritage and wildlife of North Ghana on this 3-day journey through Gwollu, Tumu, and Gbelle Resource Reserve.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 3 Days

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Included · Standard

Transport Not included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

City Gwollu

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1

Day 01

Gwollu Heritage and Sacred Sites

• Visit the Gwollu Defence Wall, Crocodile Pond in Gwollu, the largest Baobab Tree in the Upper West Region of Ghana, the Male Potency Treatment Centre in Gwollu, the Bone Setting Centre in Gwollu, and the Spiritual Forest in Jitong Community.

2

Day 02

Tumu Slave Heritage, Craft, and Bird Watching

• Proceed to Kasana Slave Market, Kasana Slave Museum, Tumu Chief Palace, Dolinbizon Slave Escape Cave, Bujan Bone Setting Center, Lilixia Slave Escape Cave, a pottery art center in Dangi, and Silbelle Dam for bird watching.

3

Day 03

Gbelle Safari and Wild Camping

• Safari in the Gbelle Resource Reserve for game watching of royal pythons, warthogs, waterbucks, kobs, Roan Antelopes, hartebeests, stripe jackals, porcupines, baboons, Colobus Monkeys, crocodiles, colourful butterflies; enjoy bird viewing.
• Do wild camping in the Gbelle Resource Reserve.

The route

Where you'll travel

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

• Tour guide fees
• Entrance fees to tourist sites
• Accommodation

What's Not Included

• Transportation to tourist sites
• Feeding
• Purchase of local artifacts
• Documentation

Know before you go

• Tourist sites beyond what is mentioned could also be visited at additional cost.
• Eco-tourism: a drive to development.
• This is a slave defence wall constructed from mud during the slavery era in the northern part of the Gold Coast, now Ghana. The locals sought to shield themselves from slave raiders and settled on building this wall with holes perforated throughout, large enough to allow them to shoot their enemies through them. This initiative was led by a great warrior called Tangia.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point

Gwollu, Ghana

Tour start

Gwolu, Ghana

Tour ends at the same location as the start point.