Area 42000Msq | Nearest city Kumasi | |
Operated by Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly Operator Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly Similar Kejetia - Kumasi - Ghana, Manhyia Palace Museum, Armed Forces Museum, Manhyia Palace, Kumasi Zoo | ||
Aerial footage of the new rattray park kumasi
Rattray Park is a recreational and a modern amusment park located in Kumasi in the capital city of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
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History
The Park was constructed by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly in its bid to restore Kumasi as the Garden City of West Africa.The Park was inaugurated by the President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama and the Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II on the 20th of June 2015
Etymology
The Park was christened Rattray which was done to honour Captain Robert Sutherland Rattray, a Scottish who was the Assistant Colonial Secretary in the Gold Coast and clerk to the Legislative Assembly of Accra in 1919.
Facilities
The park has facilities like an artificial lake,a golf cart, WiFi connection, children's playground, a gym and a 6m² dancing fountain which is the first of its kind in the country. There are also other amenities like restaurants and cafeterias.
