4,840 km²
of protected Guinea savanna — Ghana's largest national park and a vital wildlife corridor.
400+
bird species recorded across woodland, riverine forest and open plains.
1
of West Africa's most important elephant ranges still connected to the wild.
Core
landscape where communities and rangers share the work of coexistence.
What lives here
- African elephants moving seasonally through open woodland
- Lions, leopards and hyenas in one of Ghana's last big-predator ranges
- Kob, buffalo and antelope herds on the floodplains
- Riverine forests that cool wildlife and people through the dry season
What threatens it
- Poaching pressure on elephants and other large mammals
- Bushfires that race through dry-season grassland
- Livestock grazing competing with wildlife near park edges
- Habitat fragmentation cutting traditional migration paths
“Mole is not an empty wilderness. It is a living home that communities have learned to share with wildlife.”
— Mole landscape partners
Mole National Park anchors northern Ghana’s wildlife economy. Its woodlands, rivers and open plains still support elephants and predators that have vanished from much of West Africa.
Protecting Mole means supporting rangers, community scouts and land-use agreements that keep corridors open — so animals can move, and people can thrive beside them.
Consortium partner
Working with communities in Mole
Mole’s future depends on trust between park authorities and neighbouring villages. Together we strengthen anti-poaching, fire management and livelihoods that reward living with wildlife.
Show Mole some love
Every heart shows that Ghana's great savanna still has people watching — and that its elephants matter.