It is a popular tourist attraction and was the country's first designated wildlife reserve.

The area was first accorded some measure of protection in 1916 when the Lamin Stream, which flows through the reserve, was fenced to form a water collection point.

Typical trees, up to thirty feet high, are: oil palm, mahogany, iroko and Anthocleista procera.

[1] Among the reptiles at the park are monitor lizard, Nile crocodile, dwarf crocodile, spitting cobra, black cobra, python, puff adder and green mamba.

[3] The reserve has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of Ahanta francolins, white-spotted flufftails, green turacos, red-legged sparrowhawks, West African pied hornbills, spotted honeyguides, buff-spotted woodpeckers, African shrike-flycatchers, red-bellied paradise-flycatchers, western nicators, green crombecs, olive-green camaropteras, Fanti saw-wings, grey-headed bristlebills, swamp palm bulbuls, leaf-loves, green hylias, blue-billed malimbes, western bluebills and chestnut-breasted nigritas.