The Upper West Region is home to the Gbelle Game Reserve; which boasts of hippos, large herds of antelope, water buck and numerous varieties of birds; especially migratory birds.
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Wechiau Hippo Sanctuary
The Wechiau Hippo Sanctuary is home to about 20 hippos. The indigenous peoples of that area are the Lobi and Wala. In the 1990s there were only a couple of them. Painstaking conservation practices have helped their population to reach 20 hippopotamuses currently. The sanctuary is also home to hundreds of bird species as well as other wildlife like baboons, pythons, chameleons, hedgehogs etc.
Wechiau is roughly 640 kilometers north of Ghana’s capital Accra.