KALAKPA RESOURCE RESERVE

The 320-sq. km Kalakpa Resource Reserve a few miles south of Ho the Volta Regional Capital was made official in 1975. The vegetation consists of savannah grassland with gallery forest. Isolated hills are covered with dry forest. The drought resistant borassus palm and baobab are two notable trees in this Reserve. Among the species of animals found at Kalakpa are buffaloes, duikers, wild cats as well as numerous birds. The kob antelope is the symbol for Kalakpa.