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The Sacred Crocodiles of Paga - Ghana, West Africa

Published September, 2, 2012
Paga is town located in the upper region of Ghana next to the Ghana/Burkina Faso border.
Paga is known for its sacred crocodile ponds
There many crocodiles in the Paga pond and crocodile meat is forbidden.
There are many oral traditions related to the scared pond at Paga and it's Paga's inhabitants. In essence the crocodile is considered scared in paga and some of the people in Paga are connected spiritually to the crocodiles.

The Sacred Crocodiles of Paga, Ghana

Paga Crocodile Pond - Secret, Myth And History Behind

In the town of Paga, nestled right up against Burkina Faso, is a sacred crocodile pond where locals believe that crocodiles hold the souls of the village’s deceased. High profile deaths in the community have even coincided with the deaths of some of the sacred crocodiles.
Paga Crocodile Pond is the only place in Africa where you intereact with huge harmless crocodiles.
What’s even more stunning, no one has ever been harmed by one of the crocodiles. Young children swim in the pond and Ghanaians along with tourists are invited to touch and practically play with the reptiles.
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Chief's Pond (Crocodile Pond) - Paga, Ghana

Peter from Ghana-pedia (ghana-pedia.org) at Chief's Pond in Paga, in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Visitors are able to take photographs with the remarkably placid Nile Crocodiles at the pond.

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Faces of Africa - Guardians of the Sacred Crocodiles

There is a village in Burkina Faso where man and beast live side by side in perfect harmony. Prosper Kabore is no ordinary man, he is the keeper of the sacred crocodiles of Bazoule, and it is up to him to make sure the legend continues.

A visit to Paga Crocodile Pond

A visit to Paga

Paga Crocodiles Ghana

the sacred crocodiles we saw at paga during our roadtrip through ghana in february 2008

TOUR GUIDE TEASES APPETITE OF CROCODILE AT PAGA POND

Crocodiles in the Paga crocodile pond in Paga in the Upper East Region are said to be amongst the friendliest crocodiles on earth and the evidence in this video will amaze you.

Feeding the Crocodiles at the Paga Crocodile Ponds

Feeding Crocodiles in Ghana - Paga

Paga, August 28th 2012.
Paga (Ghana - Upper East Region) has become synonymous with its sacred crocodile. ponds, now part of a formally organised community ecotourism project. Chief Pond is visible
from the road, about 1km from the main
motor park towards the Burkinabé border. At Chief Pond,
you’ll find official guides. For some Cedis per person you will see the crocs, touch and grub them from the tail. Add a little extra and you will feed him with a live chicken.

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Calliing out crocodiles at Paga Crocodile Pond

This pond is located in the Upper East Region of Ghana. It is amazing to see how the people of the are live in harmony with these vicious crocodiles. It seems that via living in respects, both humans and beasts understand their boundries and do not attack each other. For a small fee, the locals bring a chicken and call out the crocodiles. Tourist can touch and even sit on the crocodiles without any problems.

Drone Footage Of The Crocodile Pond In Paga, Ghana

There will be another video of Mike actually sitting on and petting this crocodile at the pond in Paga. I filmed this after the 101 with the crocodile season was over and the crocodile decided to go back into the pond for a swim.

Here is the video of Mike actually touching this guy:

I would also like to draw your attention to the fishing men who decided to walk into the pond right behind the crocodile to throw out his fishing net into the pond. Visiting the crocodile pond was pretty wild. Also don't miss the full article on these wild crocodiles which will published soon on our Ghana Travel Blog:

This video was recorded with this drone:

Feeding the Crocodiles at the Paga Crocodile Ponds

this is a sacred crocodile in paga, ghana. he let me pick up his tail and rub his back, so i sacrificed a chicken for him.

Feeding the crocs at the sacred crocodile pond in Paga, Ghana.

Call the crocs, ride them and feed them.

the sacred crocodiles we saw at paga during our roadtrip through ghana in february 2008.

This video was filmed at the Zenga crocodile pond in Paga, Northern Ghana. The pond facility is operated by a local community organization who takes care of .

Crocodiles get fed in the chiefs pond in the upper north of Ghana.

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Becca VS the Crocodile

Paga Crocodile Pond, Ghana

The Sacred Crocodile Pool Katchikaly

In the Gambia, the inability to conceive is often considered a personal tragedy as well as a curse for the couple, impacting on the entire family and local community. In addition to the personal grief, infertility can lead to stigma, economic hardship, social isolation, or even violence.

Unlike the Western world, where infertility is openly discussed and help and information is widely available, in the Gambia the topic very often is taboo. Infertility is not considered to be a medical problem but causes, and therefore also remedies, are sought in the spiritual world.

The Gambia knows several places that are considered sacred and hold special significance for infertile women seeking answers to their prayers for pregnancy and children.

The Katchikaly Crocodile pool in Bakau in one of the sacred places where women from all over the country come in search for anwers to their prayers for offspring

The history of the pool dates back to the 16th century when the Bojang family, as of to date still the owners of the land, managed the only fresh water source of the town of Bakau. As the story goes, one day two Bojang brothers were tapping palm wine when a female Jinn, a spirit, arrived at the pool. As she leaned forward to fetch water the child she was carrying on her back fell into the pool. She screamed with fright. The brothers came running and found the woman in tears and shouting 'Kachikaly!' In the local language Mandinka 'Pick it up and put it down'.
The brothers dove into the water and found the child sitting on a large stone. Quickly they took it up and handed it back to the mother. The Djin thanked them and said a prayer. From that day on, she declared, the lake would be a sacred place where the water has healing powers and where every woman who comes here for ritual bathing - provided she will not sleep with any man other than her husband - will within a year bear a child. The Bojang family would forever manage the pool and its healing powers. In turn, the brothers that day sacrificed the first thing they caught in their nets; two crocodiles, which were released alive in the pool. These crocodiles have produced many generations of crocodiles and live on in the current crocodile family of Katchikaly.

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Playing with wild crocodile in a pond

this place is at Paga on the border of Burkina faso and Ghana on Ghanian side. Crocodiles are said to be very freindly with human here.

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