Things to Do in Cameroon

Luba Crater Scientific Reserve

The Gran Caldera de Luba Scientific Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Científica de la Gran Caldera de Luba) is a protected area of 51,000 hectares (130,000 acres) on the volcanic island of Bioko (formerly called Fernando Pó), a part of Equatorial Guinea.

Lake Dissoni

Lake Dissoni, also known as Lake Soden, is a small lake in the volcanic chain in the Southwest Region of Cameroon. This volcanic lake has diameter of about 1.25 km (0.78 mi) and is at the southeastern foot of the Rumpi Hills.There are only three fish species in the lake, but all these are endemic: A…

Mount Cameroon

Mount Cameroon is an active volcano in the South West region of Cameroon next to the city of Buea near the Gulf of Guinea. Mount Cameroon is also known as Cameroon Mountain or Fako (the name of the higher of its two peaks) or by its indigenous name Mongo ma Ndemi ("Mountain of Greatness").

Lake Barombi Koto

Lake Barombi Koto, also known as Lake Barombi Kotto or Lake Barombi-ba-Kotto, is a small lake in the volcanic chain in the Southwest Region of Cameroon. It is a volcanic lake with a diameter of about 1.2 km (0.75 mi).

Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Mongomo

The Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Spanish: Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción de Mongomo or Basilica de Mongomo) is a Roman Catholic basilica, built in the province of Mongomo in the African country of Equatorial Guinea.

Cameroonian Highlands forests

The Cameroonian Highlands forests, also known as the Cameroon Highlands forests, are a montane tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion located on the range of mountains that runs inland from the Gulf of Guinea and forms the border between Cameroon and Nigeria.

Mount Manenguba

Mount Muanenguba (also spelled Manenguba or Mwanenguba) is a volcano in the Southwest Province of Cameroon. The Manenguba shrew and endemic vegetal species are native to the mountain.

Mount Kupe

Mount Kupe or Mont Koupé is a plutonic mountain in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon, part of the Cameroon line of volcanoes. It is the highest of the Bakossi mountains, rising to 2,064 metres (6,772 ft).

Don i tison

Don i tison (from Bafia: Town-hill) is the southernmost peak of a mountainous ridge west of the Cameroonian city of Bafia. The nearest populated place is Gouife.In the figurative sense Don i Tison means populated peak.

Chutes de Bamena

Le Chef Nanga Eboko

Nanga Eboko (Nanga-Eboko) is a town and municipality, capital of the Haute-Sanaga (Upper Sanaga) department in the Centre Province of Cameroon.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Edéa

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Edéa (Latin: Edean(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Edéa in the Ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon.March 22, 1993: Established as Diocese of Edéa from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of DoualaBishops of Edéa (Roman rite), in reverse chronological ord…

Palais des Sultans Bamouns

The Foumban Royal Palace is a historical building in the city of Foumban, capital of Noun. It is the seat of the Kingdom of Bamum, where the Chief-Superior of the peoples of the valley of the East bank of the Noun resides.The royal palace of Foumban, where the king of the Bamum still resides today…

Dja Faunal Reserve

Dja Faunal Reserve (Réserve de faune du Dja, also known as Réserve de Biosphère Dja), located in south eastern Cameroon, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1987.

Our Lady of Victories Cathedral, Yaoundé

The Our Lady of Victories Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-des-Victoires de Yaoundé) is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and serves as the cathedral of the metropolitan archdiocese of Yaoundé (Archidioecesis Yaundensis or L'archidiocèse métropolitain de Yaoundé) in…

Monument de la Réunification

Cameroon's Reunification Monument was constructed in the 1970s to memorialize the post-colonial merging of British and French Cameroon. Located in Yaounde, its architects are Gedeon Mpondo and Engelbert Mveng.Another reunification monument, albeit far less well-known, is located in Mamfe.

Old Presidential Palace

Jesko Albert Eugen von Puttkamer (2 July 1855 in Berlin – 23 January 1917 in Berlin) was a German colonial military chief, and nine times governor of Kamerun:13 May 1887 – 4 October 1887 14 August 1890 – 2 December 1890 31 December 1894 – 27 March 1895 5 May 1895 – 26 October 1895 11 Septe…

Le Jardin sonore

Le Jardin sonore is a permanent public artwork located in Douala (Cameroon). It was created by Lucas Grandin in 2010 and is made of a wooden structure built on three floors that serves as a panoramic viewpoint on the Wouri River, as a botanical garden and as a dewdrop percussion organ.Le Jardin sono…

Face à l’eau

Face à l’eau is a public artwork made by the artist Salifou Lindou between 2008 and 2010. It is made of five panels, each 3.70 metres (12.1 ft) high, in wood, metal, and colored plastic sheets on the banks of the river Wouri in Bonamouti, Douala, Cameroon.

La Nouvelle Liberté

La Nouvelle Liberté is a public artwork in the Deido suburb, in Douala (Cameroun).La Nouvelle Liberté is the most famous and emblematic artwork of Douala, which today has become a symbol of the city.Produced by Joseph-Francis Sumégné in 1996, the Nouvelle Liberté is a majestic 12 meters tall sc…

Sud Obelisk

Sud Obelisk is a public artwork in Douala, Cameroon, created by Faouzi Laatiris. The work is an engraved obelisk.The artwork is an obelisk, which appears directly from the ground without basing. Realized in reinforced concrete, it is covered with black marble, and covered with golden brass.

Basilique Marie-Reine-des-Apôtres

The Basilique Marie-Reine-des-Apôtres (Mary Queen of the Apostles Basilica) is a Roman Catholic basilica dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary located in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The basilica is under the circumscription of the Archdiocese of Yaoundé.

Gashaka-Gumti National Park

Gashaka-Gumti National Park (GGNP) is a national park in Nigeria, It was gazetted from two game reserves in 1991 and is Nigeria’s largest national park. It is located in the eastern provinces of Taraba and Adamawa to the border with Cameroon.

Shum Laka

The archaeological site of Shum Laka is the most prominent rockshelter site in the Grasslands region of the Laka Valley, northwest Cameroon. Occupations at this rockshelter date to the Later Stone Age.

Minkébé National Park

Minkébé National Park is a national park in the extreme northeast of Gabon. It covers an area of 7,570 km2. The WWF recognized it as an area needing protection as early as 1989 and has been actively working towards protecting the forest since 1997.