Bia National Park

IUCN Category II - National Park

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The Bia - Tawaya National Park is a national park in the Western Region of Ghana, whose predominant vegetation form is untouched tropical rainforest. Fall at an altitude 145-230 m here every year from 1300 to 1600 mm of rain. It was in 1935 designated as a protected area and named after the river Bia, which flows through the area. Since 1974 he has been designated as the official National Park with an area of 308 km ². Its current size is 78 km ². In the south, a 563 km ² of rainforest follows, which is provided as Bia Game Production Reserve under some protection, but there is much interesting for the timber trade tree species.

The park is covered by some virgin rainforest with numerous evergreen and deciduous tree species, palms, lianas and orchids. A variety of plants, trees and flowers is classified as rare.

One can find the classic species of the rainforest, among them leopards, bongos, buffalo and many species of monkeys, including chimpanzees, as well as numerous species of birds and antelopes. According to data from 1987, this large ecosystem still houses about 150 forest elephants.

The Bia National Park was declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1983.