Mole Motel - by the poolside

Watching the elephants from the pool side.

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March 11th 2005
I've just been to Mole National Park. The 'e' at the end is pronounced. I visited it from the Northern town of Tamale. I spent rather longer in Tamale than I planned because I arrived in the town during a national holiday. I arrived in Tamale on Ghana's 48th anniversary of its independence. Mole National Park is Ghana's best place for viewing classic African wildlife, and it's cheap! ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Northern » Mole National Park

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Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... ... read more