Bunso Arboretum is a 16.5-hectare (about 40-acre) forest reserve and nature sanctuary in the Eastern Region of Ghana, near the town of Bunso on the Accra–Kumasi highway, in the Akyem Abuakwa traditional area — famous for its canopy walkway, butterfly sanctuary, and its role as a living gene bank for Ghana's endangered and medicinal plants. **Location and setting.** Bunso sits in the Akyem Abuakwa area of the Eastern Region, roughly 100–120 km north of Accra and close to Kade, Asiakwa and the Bunso junction on the N6 highway. It lies within the moist semi-deciduous forest zone that once covered much of southern Ghana — a zone now heavily reduced by farming, logging and settlement, which is precisely what makes a protected remnant like Bunso valuable. **Origins.** The arboretum was established in 1935 by the Forestry Department as a botanical garden and experimental station, and it has been managed over the decades by the Forestry Commission (now under the Wildlife Division and the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, FORIG). Its purpose was twofold: to preserve indigenous tree species and to serve as a research and educational site. **What's there.** The reserve holds a rich collection of indigenous and exotic trees — mahogany, odum (milicia), sapele, wawa, emire, ofram, and many medicinal species — labelled for study. It is also a sanctuary for butterflies (a butterfly house/rearing project has operated there), birds, and small mammals. The canopy walkway, suspended among the tall trees, is the headline attraction and gives visitors a view over the forest canopy. **Why it matters.** Bunso functions as an ex-situ conservation site and a "gene bank" — a place where Ghana's threatened timber and medicinal trees are kept alive and studied. It is also an education and eco-tourism hub, popular with school groups, researchers and travellers breaking the Accra–Kumasi journey. **Visiting.** It is open to the public for a modest entry fee, with guided walks, the canopy walkway, and picnic grounds. It is best visited in the dry season (roughly November–March) when the trails are firm; the forest is greenest and the butterflies most active in the wetter months. If you want, I can pull together practical visitor details — current opening hours, gate fees, and how to get there from Accra or Kumasi — though for the very latest rates I'd need to check with the Forestry Commission or a current travel source, since those change. Want me to search deeper on that?