Cameroon ecotourism

Ecotourism Cameroon

Cameroon ecotourism promotes responsible tourism practices within the tourism industry. This entails encouraging the adoption of best practices in the use of tourism resources, working with local communities and managing wastes and emissions. Understanding Ecotourism according to the International Ecotourism Society, ecotourism is ‘Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people. Cameroon Ecotourism Holidays & Vacations find an eco tour in Cameroon.

Detailed Itinerary Program

Day 1: Europe – Yaoundé.

Arrival at the Yaoundé international airport welcomed by a Global Bush representative and then transfer to the hotel for dinner and night.

Day 2: Yaoundé – Mbalmayo – Yaoundé.

Early after breakfast, depart for Mbalmayo and check into the Ebogo lodge. Later take off in dugout canoe toward the mouth of Olama, a real place for eco-tourism. Return to Ebogo for lunch and then continue to Akok Bekoue to discover the sumptuous underground cave which has now become a real place of pilgrimage. Depart for Akono to visit of one of the first Cathedral of Cameroon. Later return to Yaoundé for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Yaoundé -Bamenda- Fundong.

Lake Nyos is one of the popular crater lakes in the Northwest region of Cameroon. Pickups in the morning after breakfast and depart to Bamenda and upon arrival continue to Fundong and check into a hotel and later have lunch. After lunch visit the evil mountain at the Laikom village where those who committed offenses in the past used to be rolled and killed. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight in Fundong.

Day 4: Fundong – Nyos

Pickup after breakfast and then drive to Wum for the dreaded Lake Nyos in a 4×4 car because of bad roads. Upon arrival, visit the outlet and inlet of the lake, take pictures, visit the old inhabitants that were sent away during the Lake Nyos disaster killing most of the ancestors. Drive back to Fundong for lunch, leisure activities, dinner and night.



Day 5: Fundong – Melong – Dschang

Pickup after breakfast, drive to Melong and then continue to the Ekom – Nkam waterfall which is about 80 m high which has served as a decor in a certain film scenes, Tarzan. Take pictures and return to Dschang town for dinner and overnight at the Hotel.

Day 6: Dschang -Kupe Manengouba – Limbe

Pickup after breakfast, drive to Bangem arrival and drive up to the summit, this mountain has a beautiful plain that is surrounded by an undulating chain of hills inhabited by the sedentary nomads locally called Fulani who use the area for grazing their cattle and wild horses. Trek down to the lakes and take some pictures and listen to the mystery of the lakes, where no leaf from the the trees surrounding the lakes is found in the lakes. After our picnic, have lunch and then takeoff for Limbe. Check into a hotel, dinner and overnight in Limbe.

Day 7: Limbe – Korup Park

Very early after breakfast we leave to the Korup Park, with a list of more than 300 bird species passing through Ekondo Titi travelling along a beautiful lowland jungle road to Mundemba which is the entry point to the Korup National Park. Here we have to organize the entry certificates and we make acquaintance with the compulsory Park guide. We overnight in a basic tourist hotel.

Day 8: Korup Park (hot and damp/slippery conditions and long walks in the park)

Early in the morning after breakfast, we enter the park via a long hanging bridge over the Mana River, one of the few places in Cameroon where you might see the Rock Pratincole. Over the river fly the first hornbills, the best area in the park where you get a good sight of these birds. At the other side of the bridge a completely different world awaits us. The path takes us through a thick forest of undergrowth, trees and creepers full of different scents and sounds or complete stillness. Not much light penetrates to the bottom of this forest and therefore it takes a lot of concentration, patience and luck to spot birds but once we are used to the environment we will hear and see a lot of Greenbuls like Ictarine, Xaviers, Golden, Spotted, Redtailed and Honeyguide Greenbuls. Somewhat higher up the trees we may see different Flycatchers and Wattle-eyes and perhaps even a Rufous-sided Broadbill, Blue throated Roller, Bare-cheeked Trogon and different species Drongo’s and Malimbes. At open spots in the forest we look for the Square tailed Sawwing, Sabine’s and Cassin’s Spinetail and other swallow. Along the small rivulets and brooks the Shining blue and Malachite Kingfishers are hunting. Depending on how late we arrive, we can visit the Picathartes Knoll at twilight. At this mysterious spot in the jungle lies a massive rock where a breeding colony of the perhaps most extraordinary bird of the lowland forest is to be found: the Grey-necked Picathartes. We overnight in basic huts in the Rengo Camp in the middle of the jungle along a small crystal clear river.

Day 9: Korup Park

Today we spend in the park and via some well passable paths we look for the various lowland birds. Depending on how we feel we can leave early at dusk to the Rengo Rock to see the many Hornbills fly to the fruit trees in the jungle. Alternatively we can trek into the jungle looking for the many small birds in the undergrowth which you can only spot with a lot of patience. This evening we try to spot Night Swallows and Owls around the Rengo Camp. Overnight at the Rengo Camp. (B, L, D)

Day 10: Korup Park – Mundemba

Today we slowly walk from the park back to civilization. On our way we look out for the vicious Soldier Ants, rapacious ants that cross the jungle in meters wide columns and attack everything that comes in their way: insects, worms, mice, snakes. Various Alethes (Fire crested), Greenbuls, Flycatchers (African Paradis, Sooty, Red bellied Paradise) and other opportunists catch the roused insects and show themselves well. Near the hanging bridge we watch the hornbills for the last time before we drive back to our hotel in Mundemba. Overnight at Mundemba. (B, L, D)

Day 11: Mundemba – Douala

Early after breakfast drive to Douala, city tours and final shopping. Transfer to the Douala international airport for departure formalities, farewell greetings. Take off and end of trip.