Tamale Shopping

If you are staying in Tamale for a longer period -and a lot of foreigners that come to the city do- it is very advisible to buy yourself a bicycle. Bikes are the main way of transportation in Tamale, because cars are too expensive and the streets in the centre are too narrow and busy to drive one anyway.

It is possible to rent a bike for a period of a week or a month, but especially when you stay for a longer period buying one will be much cheaper. A normal price for a bike -don't pay more then that!- is 500.000 cedi's, about $50,-. And once you leave you can sell it again for about 300.000 cedi's.

Bikes normally have a basket on the front: easy to take anything you need, and a light at the front.

There are several places where you can buy the bikes. If you see ten bikes in a row anywhere in the marketarea, you can be sure that this is a bicycleshop. Just walk in and ask if you can try a couple of bikes.