Visiting Kakum National Park
Hours, fees and how a canopy-walk visit actually runs at Kakum — the walk-in park most visitors pair with the castles, about 45 minutes north of Cape Coast.
Most visitors pair Kakum with the Cape Coast and Elmina castles in one day — it is about 45 minutes north by road. Kakum is a walk-in park: you buy a ticket at the gate and a park ranger takes you across the canopy walkway. What follows is how a visit actually runs, so you arrive knowing what to expect.
Fees here are a guide, not an official list