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Cameroon

In the heart of Africa

Cameroon is a country in Central Africa. However, it is very wide in latitude: bordering the Congo Basin in the south, it reaches the Sahelian shores of Lake Chad to the north.

Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, the country is dominated by one of the highest mountain ranges in Africa.

The whole constitutes a very large variety of bio-geographic domains, so much so that one could speak of Africa in miniature.

This comparison can be continued in the demographic domain: while the west and the north are linked to the high densities of the countries of the Gulf of Guinea, the south and the east have the lowest densities in Central Africa.

From south to north, depending on the latitude with modulations due to the relief, the tropical climate is of three very different types: the rainfall decreases, the duration of the dry season increases, as does the thermal amplitude rises and falls. annual:

  • a humid tropical climate of altitude, around the massif of Adamaoua: the rainfall is abundant: of the order of 1,500 mm per year but the dry season is marked (from October to January in Ngaoundéré) and the temperature is moderate all year round (around 20 ° C).
  • a Sudanese tropical climate, around the Bénoué basin: temperatures are high; the rains remain abundant (1,300 mm per year in Garoua) but the dry season is lengthening (6 months in the same station). Precipitation is much more irregular (violent and brief tornadoes, effects of drying winds such as harmattan).
  • a tropical Sudano-Sahelian climate in the north: temperatures are high but with great irregularity of the rains; the dry season (8 months in Maroua) is longer than the rainy season.

THE 10 REGIONS OF CAMEROON

1. Adamaoua state

2. Center state

3. East state

4. Extrem North

5. Littoral state

6. North state

7. North-West state

8. West state

9. South state

10. West-south state

Adamaoua state

Tourist aspects:

Cameroon’s water tower, this Region is the area par excellence of crater lakes, ranches, thermal mineral springs, wildlife reserves and caves. Presence of Lamidats and feudal ethnic groups.

Center state

Tourist aspects:

This Region, which is home to the political capital of the country, offers visits to several forms of attractions. We will quote:

  • a visit to the numerous natural sites in the Region including the Akok-Bekoé caves
  • a visit to monuments and traces of colonization including the statue of Charles Atangana, first chief of the Ewondos, the indigenous ethnic group of the capital.
  • Visit to the Ottomo forest reserve (Ngounou)

East state

Tourist aspects:

The visitor will be able to cross the vast expanse of forest which covers this Region. It will be easy for you to visit the pygmy camps, the Dja reserve and experience the Culture of the Gbaya and Maka, the main ethnic groups of this vast region.

Extrem North state

Tourist aspects:

Here the visitor will have the choice between hunting, the great lamidats, the lunar landscapes of the Kapsiki, the caves, the great chiefdoms, the lakes with a strong consultation of hippotamuses, the craft centers or even the fantasias?

There are large national parks:

  • Kalamaloué national park in Kousseri
  • waza national park in waza
  • Mozogo Gokoro National Park in Koza

Littoral state

Tourist aspects:

It is the seat of the culture of “Ngondo”, a great traditional festival of the Sawa (name designating the water peoples, indigenous people of the region). It is a region conducive to seaside tourism. Douala is not only the base for those who visit Cameroon, but also the area of concentration of historical monuments apart from the visits of the Ekom Kam waterfalls, OSSA lake and other natural sites in the Region, the visitor will have also to visit the large industrial plantations of Cameroon.

North state

Tourist aspects:

The visitor will have in front of him a very varied range of tourist products.These multifaceted products come in the form of national parks, traditional lamidats, bodies of water (the benoué, the lagdo dam), a hunting area, fantasias, traditional rites, archaeological sites (traces of dinosaurs). The main national parks of the Region are:

  • Bénoué national park
  • boubandjida national park
  • Faro national park

West-North state

Tourist aspects:

Mountain area, this Region is a continuation of the Western Region. its natural sites, its green landscape, its chiefdoms, its waterfalls and its craftsmanship make this Region a Mecca for Cameroonian tourism.

West state

Tourist aspects:

Mountain area, impressive waterfalls, large Bamileke chiefdoms and crater lakes, it is one of the regions of Cameroon with a tradition of funerals (carnival during the cult of the dead between the months of November and February) and nguon (big gathering of the Banoum people, November-December).

South state

Tourist aspects:

Area of dense forest and natural islands, offers visitors a magical resting setting by the sea with golden sandy beaches, and walks to the Lobé falls.

The Cameroonian coasts having remained virgin, the visitor can thus at the same time admire the flora (mangrove) and the aquatic fauna, in this region favorable to seaside tourism.

West-South state

Tourist aspects:

This Region is home to the highest peak in the country, Mount Cameroon, and opens onto the Atlantic Ocean; it is a region conducive to seaside tourism. Beyond the various tourist products offered by this region, the visitor will be able to appreciate the development of ecotourism and visit the Korup National Park, one of the most conserved humid forests in Africa today.