Wildlife-watching in Lobéké National Park
Lobéké is home to elusive families of western lowland gorillas. Visitors can spend the night in a specially built watchtower for the best chance of viewing these and a variety of animals, such as elephant, buffalo, giant forest hog, red river hog, yellow-backed duiker and bongo antelope.

Visiting the BaAka pygmies
Learn about Cameroon's forest people, including their traditional medicine, hunting methods, and dances, during week-long expeditions to the southeast region.

Climbing Mount Cameroon
Towering at 4,095m (13,435ft), the highest mountain in West Africa and Africa's highest active volcano is a popular mountaineering destination. Bueau, a pretty colonial town complete with red postboxes, provides an excellent base and the climb takes three to four days.

Rock climbing
In Mindif, a park south of the northern town of Maroua, see the huge rock known as Le Dent de Mindif, which is highly a regarded rock climbing spot.

Hiking
The northern region near Mora, the highland area around Bamenda in the southwest and the Mandara Mountains west of Maroua are good for trekking. Jungle Village in Limbe Botanic Gardens features a variety of trails.

Festival National des Arts et de la Culture (FENAC)
Cameroon's biggest non-religious festival, which takes place in Maroua in December, is a lively spectacle of parades, shows, cultural events and happy celebration.

Driving through the Central Highlands
The splendid scenery encountered on the road south from the Highlands to Nkongsamba and Douala features some spectacular valleys and pretty waterfalls.

Exploring Korup National Park
Africa's oldest and most biologically diverse rainforest hosts a wide variety of primates, birds, trees and other plants, including dozens of recently discovered species, while fording waist-high pools in 100% humidity.

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