Mole National Park is Ghana's largest and oldest wildlife reserve — roughly 4,840 km² of savannah woodland in the West Gonja District of the Savannah Region, about 30 km west of Damongo and around 140 km from Tamale. The nearest town of any size is Larabanga, home of the famous ancient mud-and-stick mosque, and the park entrance sits just off the Damongo–Fulfulso road. The land was first set aside as a game reserve in 1958 (some accounts date the formal protection to 1971 as a national park), making it one of Ghana's earliest conservation commitments after independence. Its landscape is Guinea savannah — rolling plains of shea, dawadawa, baobab and terminalia trees, with the Mole River and several natural and man-made watering holes that draw wildlife in the dry season. The headline attraction is elephants — Mole holds Ghana's largest population of African savannah elephants, best seen in the dry season (roughly December to April) when they gather at the waterholes, often within easy viewing distance of the motel's viewing platform. Beyond elephants you'll find buffalo, roan and kob antelope, waterbuck, hartebeest, warthog, olive baboons, green monkeys, crocodiles, and over 300 recorded bird species including the violet turaco and various hornbills and kingfishers. Predators like lions and leopards exist but are rarely seen. Practically: the park is managed by the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission. There's the Mole Motel on the escarpment with a swimming pool and that legendary view over the waterhole, plus cheaper guesthouses in Larabanga and Damongo. Activities include guided walking safaris (a rare treat — you can walk among the animals here, unlike in most African parks), game drives, and visits to Larabanga's mosque and the Mystic Stone. Getting there is usually by road from Tamale (about 3–4 hours) or by light aircraft to the airstrip. One caution worth carrying: the park's elephant population has faced real pressure from poaching and human-wildlife conflict in surrounding communities, and conservationists have long warned about encroachment and funding. If you're planning a visit, the dry season is your window — and as the Akan say, *"Se wo were fi na wosan kofa a, yenkyi"* — go back and fetch what you'd otherwise miss. Mole in the dry season is exactly that kind of thing worth fetching.