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Suburban Area in Kumasi Metropolitan District, Ashanti Region, Ghana

Bantama

Bantama is suburb of Kumasi.

Kumasi is the regional capital of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Bantama is both a residential and commercial area in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. It is in the center of the regional capital.

How locals move

Getting around Bantama the local way

  • Get inKumasi is a cosmopolitan city with a good road network and one can travel on local buses which ply predetermined routes or charter/hire taxis to take one to his preferred destination.
  • Get aroundThe tro-tro station in the city centre offers the widest range of destinations.
  • Get aroundThe disadvantage of this tro-tro station is that it is extremely chaotic and that it is right in the city centre: getting out of the city is often problematic due to a plethora of traffic jams.
  • Get aroundIf you can't find your tro-tro, ask one of the tro-tro mates or one of the ticket sellers.
  • Get aroundAnother alternative is to catch a tro-tro from the ring road instead.

From Wikivoyage: Kumasi, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.