Yekepa

Yekepa was built by a mining company as a complete town in the hills, laid out with bungalows and lawns and a golf course at a height where the nights are genuinely cool. The ore that justified it runs out along the ridge into the reserve behind, and the company still controls the gate. What draws the few visitors is the forested Nimba range above the town, a place of high grassland and endemic species reached on foot with permission. A flooded pit below holds water of a hard bright blue. Entry is not open and has to be arranged.