Buoyem Transportation

To get to Buoyem, you should always go to the nearby town of Techiman first. Techiman is situated along the mainroad from Kumasi to Tamale and is an important transport-hub to all the nearby destinations.

There basically is ony one way to get to Techiman from Kumasi, Kintampo, Tamale, Sunyani, or whatever place around: and that is by Tro-Tro. A Tro-Tro is the most important way of transportation in Ghana. It is cheap but it is very uncomfortable. Normally a Tro-Tro is a mini-bus that is packed with at least 18 people. From all the named places you can get a direct Tro-Tro to Techiman. From Tamale that takes 3,5 hours and costs 38.000 cedis ($ 3,50) and from Kumasi the price will even be a bit lower.

When you arrive in Techiman, you will normally arrive in the central Tro-Tro-station. From here you can't get any shared taxi's to Buoyem. You have to walk for 5 minutes to the station in the north of the city. From there you have to ask for a shared taxi. I got an offer for a private taxi for 100.000 cedis ($ 10,-): completely ridiculous. When you just take a shared taxi, you will be brought there for 6.000 cedis per person ($ 0,60).

The road to Buoyem is very, very bad. So over the few kilometres the taxi takes more then half an hour.