Created on the 28 November 2007 by Prime Ministerial Decree N° 2007/1459/PM, the Bakossi National Park covers a surface area of 29,320 ha and straddles 3 sub-divisions (Bangem, Tombel and Nguti) of the Kupe-Muanenguba Division, South West Region of Cameroon. It is the only National Park in the Cameroon Highlands Forests Ecoregion. Bakossi National Park...
The Nyong is a river in southern Cameroon, 690 km long and flowing into the Gulf of Guinea. Geography OpenStreetMapThe Nyong originates 40 km east of the town of Abong-Mbang in the great equatorial rain forest. It runs parallel to the lower reaches of the Sanaga River, like it following an east-west direction. It passes...
The Adamawa Plateau (French: Massif de l’Adamaoua) is a plateau region in west-central Africa stretching from south-eastern Nigeria through north-central Cameroon (Adamawa and North Provinces) to the Central African Republic. The part of the plateau that lies in Nigeria is more popularly known as Gotel Mountains. The Adamawa Plateau is the source of many waterways,...
The company Elecnor is to restore the municipal lake in the centre city of Yaounde, they will provide green space and pedestrian infrastructures for the area. The project aims to transform this part of the city into a green enclave for leisure and tourism. The restoration of the lake ecosystem will have a direct effect...
The Lobéké National Park which is mainly constituted of equatorial forest is part of the Congo Basin in the extreme south-eastern Cameroon. It covers an area of 217,854 hectares Created in March 19 2001. The Park’s management is laid within the context of cross border conservation initiative known as the Sangha Tri-National (TNS). Lobéké has...
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 Mount Fako (the name of the higher of its two peaks) or by its indigenous name Mongo ma Ndemi (“Mountain of Greatness”)....
Lake Oku is a beautiful crater lake surrounded by lush forests. You can choose to either hike there and back or take a motorbike taxi there and hike the return part of the trip. Oku Forest is a nature reserved, set up by BirdLife International and there are many species to be found there, including...
The Boubandjida National Park was once the hunting territory of the “Lamido” Bouba N’Djidah, Sultan de Rey Bouba, whose name is named after. It became a national park in 1968. Its vegetation consists mainly of Sudanese Guinean-type bush savannah and covers an area of 220,000 hectares of landscapes and varied relieves intertwined by many seasonal...
This beautiful site is situated about 80 kilometres from Dschang, in the village of Fongo-Tongo. These falls are rushed up to m in a small winding river, in the heart of a sacred forest where hunting is forbidden. In this forest, there are large populations of monkeys and some panthers. For the little story, Boussif...