Tongo, Ghana

Tongo is a small town near the Upper East region capital of Bolgatanga, and Tongo is the capital of Talensi District, a district in the Upper East Region of Northern part of Ghana.

Tongo is known for the "Tengzug shrine", and for its sowing and harvest festivals.

[1] Another visitor's sight in the town is the Tongo Whistling Rocks.

from Bolgatanga, these granite rocks jut dramatically from the terrain.

The rocks also make a strange whistling sound during November and December, when the harmattan wind blow the Sahara throughout the Northern Region.