Often recognised as Ghana’s breadbasket and less know to tourists, Brong Ahafo is the country’s greatest agricultural region with a large acreage of food crops and cocoa plantations as well as an extensive forest reserve and wildlife attractions.

The Brong Ahafo Region was created in 1958 and named after the dominant native inhabitants, Akans Brong and Ahafo. Largely unspoilt by industrial development, the area is one of the most attractive in Ghana, with many beautiful tourist sites.

Its rivers feature in some of the most spectacular of these visitor hotspots. The Pumpum River falls 70 meters among rocky steps to form the beautiful Kintampo falls, hidden in woods close to the Kumasi to Kintampo highway.

The Monkey Sanctuary at Fiema, 22 km north of Nkoranza, makes for a great day out. The black silky colobus and brown mona monkeys are an enchanting sight.

There are held sacred by the people of Boabeng and Fiema and to kill a monkey is a taboo. The monkeys have access to all parts of the village and local people plant fruit trees for them. When a monkey dies, it is buried in a coffin and special funeral rites are performed.