Eco-tourism

Cameroon promotes ecotourism in order to allow the largest number of tourists discover different modern and adapted ways of visiting the country. Nowadays, their ‘’adventure at the furthermost bounds’’ of Cameroon occurs in safe conditions.

 

Among the beautiful mountains, there are Mount Cameroon in the West coast, Mount Manengouba at the turning point between the French and English-speaking ‘’Cameroons’’, and the Dschang climatic centre located on plateau towering 10,800 metres over the sea.

 

The Mount Cameroon flora dates from the Quaternary, and the site is registered in the World Heritage list for its ascent. Every year, competitors from all over the world take part in the ‘’race of hope’’ that is broadcasted by the biggest international TV channels.

 

Cameroon is a heaven for ecotourism, hosting numerous and famous parks and natural reserves

 

Located in the South, the Dja reserve stretches to 5,260 km2 and has been registered in the Unesco heritage list in 1987. It conceals about 1,500 vegetable species, over 107 mammals and approximately 320 species of birds living in and around the reserve.

 

 The Korup national park in the South West covers 1,259 km2 in the oldest humid and tropical forests of the world. It is considered as a real living museum of more than 60 million years old. Its flora and fauna is rich and unique because the site is reported to have dated from the Ice Era! Different studies have allowed the identification of over 400 varieties of trees of which several medicinal plants. A liana with positive effects against cancers and aids is reported to have been recently discovered there. There are more than 300 species of birds living in the park along with 174 species of reptiles and amphibians, without forgetting the 140 species of fishes stocked in the river across.

 

Finally, passionate of Prehistory would delight the visit of Mayo Rey in the North. Discovered in 1988, the site dates from 120 million-years and reveals about 240 tracks of fossilized dinosaurs.