**Digya National Park** is Ghana's oldest national park and its second-largest protected area — a vast, little-visited wilderness of woodland and savannah on the western shore of Lake Volta, in the Bono East Region, roughly south of Kintampo and east of the Techiman–Kintampo corridor. It was gazetted as a national park in 1971, though the land had been a protected reserve since the colonial era. It covers around 3,478 square kilometres, making it second only to Mole National Park in size. Its defining feature is its position on the Volta — the park stretches along a long stretch of the lake's western shoreline, so water is abundant and the landscape is a mosaic of open savannah woodland, gallery forest along the watercourses, and rocky outcrops. Wildlife-wise, Digya is best known for its **elephants** — it holds one of Ghana's significant elephant populations, along with buffalo, various antelope (kob, waterbuck, bushbuck), warthogs, baboons, monkeys, hippos in the lake, and a rich birdlife including fish eagles and hornbills. It is also culturally important: the area contains sites associated with the **Bono/Brong** historical tradition, and there are old cave sites and rock shelters with links to the region's early settlement history. The honest caveat about Digya is that it is **underdeveloped for tourism**. Unlike Mole, which has a well-known motel, roads and airstrip, Digya has very limited infrastructure — poor access roads, no substantial visitor accommodation, and it receives a fraction of the visitors. That makes it a genuine off-the-beaten-track destination for the adventurous, but not a casual weekend trip. Access is typically from the Techiman/Kintampo side, and the best time to visit is the dry season (roughly November to March), when the grass is low and animals gather near water. If you're thinking of going, plan it as a serious expedition rather than a resort visit — arrange with the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission and a local guide, and carry your own supplies. Akan wisdom fits here: *"Kwae a yɛnni so hwɛ na ɛyɛ asɛm"* — a forest nobody tends becomes a matter of concern. Digya is one of Ghana's great wild treasures that has been left largely untended; it deserves better.