Places To Visit in Cameroon
Cameroon bounded by lakes, rivers and mountains and to a large extent forests offers some interesting places to tourists exploring Cameroon, especially the adventure lovers. The countries culture and tradition are embedded in all the places to visit in Cameroon. A well-known tourist's destination for people visiting Africa, the places to visit in Cameroon can keep vacationers glued to the spot.
Musa Heritage Gallery
This is also known as the Mus'Art Gallery focuses on the preserving and promoting of the arts and crafts of Cameroon's Western Grass fields. An internationally renowned gallery, it's widely recognized for having produced masterpieces of the Arts and Crafts of Cameroon.
One of the popular places to visit in Cameroon tourists flock out here for a taste and also to better appreciate the material culture of the people of the Cameroon Grass fields as expressed by their wide-ranging and diverse art forms. The museum is handled by the Musa family, the proprietors of the Musa Heritage Gallery and is open to visitors who come for a trip to Cameroon.
For more information, visit their website at http://www.musartgallery.info.ms/
Waza National Park
Waza National Park situated in the Far North Province of Cameroon was founded in 1934. The Park covers a total area of 1,700 sq km and when was discovered was used as a hunting reserve.
Campo Ma'an National Park
Campo Ma'an National Park with a hectare of 264,064 is located in the South of Cameroon. The entire area of the Park consists of four logging concessions, an agro-forestry zone, and an agro-industrial zone with rubber and palms as the main plant.
The park is also home to numerous number of plant and flower species and well-known for its rich biodiversity.
Cameroon Art Museum
Mount Cameroon
Mount Cameroon, the highest mountain in Central and West Africa in the city of Buea making it on of the most sort after tourist's destination in Cameroon. One of the important places to visit in Cameroon, it's a place more apt for adventures like hikers and climbers.
Guides are available from the city and the right equipment can be hired if one does not have what's needed. Trekking in this mountain is an amazing experience that travellers cherish throughout their life. Tin roofed huts are present at intervals for hikers to rest and stay. The famous volcano of Cameroon known locally as Mount Fako and the "Chariot of the Gods" is also one of Cameroon's main tourist attractions.
For more information, visit their website at http://www.mount-cameroon.org/index.htm
Dja Faunal Reserve
Is located in Cameroon, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1987. Causes of inscription include diversity of species present in the park, the presence of five threatened species, and lack of disturbance within the park.
The boundary that secludes the reserve is the Dja River, which almost completely surrounds it. There are more than 1,500 known plant species in the reserve, over 107 mammals’ more than 320 bird species in the park. The Dja Faunal Reserve covers 5,260 square kilometres (2,030 sq mi)
The Benoue National Park
The Benoue National Park is located between Ngaoundere and Garoua and is the country's second best game reserve.
The park is open from December to May - the best time to go is from January onwards, especially early in the morning. A guide in the park is compulsory
Beaches
Cameroon's beaches are located in Limbe and Kribi which are some of the warmest parts.
Limbe
You will also find the Limbe Wildlife Centre, Down beach Limbe, Nseme Beach, Mile6 Beach and many other attractions.
Kribi
Kribi is a beach resort and sea port in Cameroon, lying on the Gulf of Guinea coast, at the mouth of the Kienké River.
It has an estimated population of 60,000(2007). It services sea traffic in the Gulf of Guinea and also lies near the terminus of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline.
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