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• See Cameroon's capital, bustling Yaoundé, which straddles seven hills. Attractions include the Benedictine Monastery's Musée d'Art Cameroonais, a collection of traditional arts and crafts on Mont Fébé, and the newer National Museum of Yaoundé.
• Be dazzled by beautiful white sandy beaches not far from Limbé (formerly Victoria), a pleasant port with a botanical garden and 'jungle village'. There is also a beautiful beach resort at Londji Beach in Kribi.
• Discover many traditional buildings dating from Cameroon's period of German colonisation in Foumban. Bafut Fon's Palace includes a craft centre. The Musée du Palais, the Musée des Arts et des Traditions Bamoun and the market are also well worth a visit.
• Visit Rhumsiki: the village features a maze of paths linking the small farms known as the Kapsiki; the Kirdi live here, whose customs and folklore, including crab sorcery, have changed little for centuries. The village is framed by the soaring Kapsiki mountains.
• Explore the plethora of national parks, starting with Bénoué National Park. It covers 180,000 hectares (444,790 acres) and has buffalo, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, hyena, giraffes, panthers, lions and a variety of primates, and can be visited all year round.
• Twitchers should head north to Waza National Park to spot a rich variety of birds, including eagles, crested cranes, maribous, pelicans, ducks, geese and guinea-fowl. Numerous elephants, giraffes, antelopes, hartebeest, cobs, lions, cheetahs and warthogs also roam the forest and a vast expanse of grassy and wet plains.
• Do not miss the black rhinoceroses in Bouba Ndjidah National Park. The park is situated on the banks of Mayo Lidi River in the far north of the country. Other wildlife includes elan and buffalo, elephants and lions.
• Explore the Kalamaloué Reserve. It is small but has plenty of opportunities for viewing several species of antelopes, monkeys and warthogs; some elephants cross the reserve. Buffalo, lions and elephants roam the virgin forests inland in the Campo Game Reserve region.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
• Be dazzled by beautiful white sandy beaches not far from Limbé (formerly Victoria), a pleasant port with a botanical garden and 'jungle village'. There is also a beautiful beach resort at Londji Beach in Kribi.
• Discover many traditional buildings dating from Cameroon's period of German colonisation in Foumban. Bafut Fon's Palace includes a craft centre. The Musée du Palais, the Musée des Arts et des Traditions Bamoun and the market are also well worth a visit.
• Visit Rhumsiki: the village features a maze of paths linking the small farms known as the Kapsiki; the Kirdi live here, whose customs and folklore, including crab sorcery, have changed little for centuries. The village is framed by the soaring Kapsiki mountains.
• Explore the plethora of national parks, starting with Bénoué National Park. It covers 180,000 hectares (444,790 acres) and has buffalo, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, hyena, giraffes, panthers, lions and a variety of primates, and can be visited all year round.
• Twitchers should head north to Waza National Park to spot a rich variety of birds, including eagles, crested cranes, maribous, pelicans, ducks, geese and guinea-fowl. Numerous elephants, giraffes, antelopes, hartebeest, cobs, lions, cheetahs and warthogs also roam the forest and a vast expanse of grassy and wet plains.
• Do not miss the black rhinoceroses in Bouba Ndjidah National Park. The park is situated on the banks of Mayo Lidi River in the far north of the country. Other wildlife includes elan and buffalo, elephants and lions.
• Explore the Kalamaloué Reserve. It is small but has plenty of opportunities for viewing several species of antelopes, monkeys and warthogs; some elephants cross the reserve. Buffalo, lions and elephants roam the virgin forests inland in the Campo Game Reserve region.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
