Built in 1890 both for scientific research and for pleasure, this beautiful garden now boast several collections of plants species,birds and butterflies. Tetteh Quarshie is credited for being the first man to have brought cocoa from the island of Fernado Po to the then Gold Coast colony. The first cocoa farm made in 1879 can still be seen. At Akwatia is the only Diamond mine in Ghana. Mining is done by the open-cast method.
Tourists are welcome to the non- restricted areas where they can see miners at work.