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Reserve is an outstanding 330 km2 protected area in the Southeastern part of the country containing one of the last unspoiled examples of Guinean bush savannah. It features a spectacular combination of arid forest and short grassland. The reserve’s natural attributes, along with a lush terrain offer good opportunities for wildlife viewing as well as its nearness to Ghana’s capital city, Accra, provides terrific prospect for ecotourism.
Occupant wildlife includes Kob, Buffalo, Oribi, Red River Hog, Waterbuck and several types of monkeys, plus abundant species of birds and butterflies. Kalakpa is probably the lone place in southern Ghana where indigenous wildlife is found in coexistence with the indigenous vegetation kind.
Aside the rich wildlife variety of the reserve, other sites which appeal and may be valuable to tourists, include, the scenic attractiveness of the plentiful hill sites in the reserve (Koffitoe, Zitoe, Kadanga etc.) and the higher density and large quantity of Borassus palm. Kadanga is one of the hills which is supposed to be the ancestral home of the people of Abutia.