Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary Travel Guide: Top Sights in Ghana, Tours

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Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Natural Scenery; Ghana; 5 Reviews

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Suggested Duration: 2 hours

Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary, established in 1993 as a community-led ecotourism initiative, protects mona and patas monkeys within a sacred grove in Ghana’s Volta Region. Located 230 km northeast of Accra and 43 km south of Hohoe, the sanctuary has been revered for centuries, with the monkeys regarded as divine messengers. Conservation efforts since 1996, involving villagers, NGOs, and public institutions, have expanded the monkey population and preserved the surrounding forest, home to diverse bird and butterfly species. Upgraded facilities, including a reception area, washrooms, and pavilions, were added in 2020. Conservation approaches align with the IUCN-UNESCO Sacred Natural Site Guidelines, focusing on community capacity-building and cultural preservation.

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Reviews of Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary

George Basoah

4
Reviewed: 2025-03-20

This place is a must visit. You will experience Monkey’s fighting for banana. You’ll experience more and more things here.
Drea Dawson

5
Reviewed: 2025-01-15

One of out most favorite activities. These monkeys were so sweet. Bring plenty of yummy bananas and come with calm energy.
sabine klui

5
Reviewed: 2024-12-20

Loved it! If you like animals, you’ll have a great time. Lovely little walk through natural forest during with you get to feed the monkeys. They’ll climb on you and have fun with you. The activity is 100% animal friendly, they roam freely and only show if they want to. There are 5 different families (each consisting of 60-70 members) and you’ll see some of them for sure. 80 GHS/person (official price list) plus 10 GHS for the bananas plus a tip for the guide (they are not paid but guide the walk voluntarily) The tour usually takes about 20 min. but we took about 45 minutes - it depends on how much time you want to spend and how curious you are (we asked a lot of questions).
Terrence King

5
Reviewed: 2024-11-08

A great way to connect with nature. The Tafu Atome Sanctuary was better than advertised. We all enjoyed interacting with the monkeys. They were so docile. After a few minutes of feeling everyone out they began to freely come down out of the trees to allow us to hand feed them. 5 Star experience.
Diana Arday

5
Reviewed: 2024-11-07

Really nice monkey sanctuary- we went in the afternoon so they were full by the time we were feeding them bananas but they still came out and interacted with us - they were so cute and friendly! Lovely service too.