Most visited places in Cameroon

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Douala

Douala, or Duala, situated on the Wouri River, 24km (15 miles) from the sea, is the largest city of Cameroon. It is sometimes dubbed "Armpit of Africa" and we have to admit it is a sweaty place. It lacks major sights, but the Akwa district is lively enough and has quite some good African restaurants.
Douala is not the capital of Cameroon, but the most significant city by its population, and by its economic role. The city was probably named after the Duala, an African ethnic group that originally settled in the area. The chief commercial centre, Douala has an airport and extensive docks, and is a terminus for two railway lines extending into the interior. Industries include the manufacture of aluminium products, beer, soft drinks, textiles, and the processing of timber and cacao beans. Douala's port handles some 95 percent of the country's maritime traffic, and is second only to Kinshasa as Central Africa's largest city. Douala is divided into quarters or quartiers: Akwa, is the center of the city and the place where you will be spending most of your time, the Stand Municipal Artisanal, and Banajo the administrative district.

Kribi

Kribi is loacted in the south-west of Cameroon some 80 km south of Doula. The main reason to visit Kribi are its sandy beaches where you can tan and relax.
From Kribi you can travel on to Gabon and Equatorial Guinea via the border town of Ebolowa.

Foumban

The Royal Palace is the reason why you have come to Foumban. In the palace you will find the personal belongings of 18 royal dynasties, going all the way back to the 14-th century. Anyone who thought that Africa has no history before the arrival of the Europeans should have a look here.
If you want to shop a bit, Foumban has many artisan shops where you can get great deals if you take the time to haggle.

Limbe

Limbe is a great beach resort close to Douala. In the weekend it can get pretty crowded with people from the big city.
The beach in town itself is too rocky, but Mile Six has a good black sand beach that is free of oil. There are a few hotels and restaurants.
Bush taxis from Douala take an hour and leave from the Blv de la Reunification.

Bamenda

Bamenda is a city with over 200,000 inhabitants. Located between the hills it has a great climate. Bamenda can be reached by road from Yaounde and Douala. Although the city does have its own airport this is rarely used and flights are very irregular.
The countryside around Bamenda is dotted with Tea plantations and is ideal for hiking.
The local inhabitants rely on farming for their existence and sometimes have to walk miles to get to their farms.

Ngaoundere

Ngaoundere is the end of the railroad north form Yaounde, some 800 km northeast. You're pretty close to the Benoue Park here and well on your way to Maroua in the north.
Nagouandere has few sights. The Palace du Lamido is the main attraction. It's especially interesting in weekends when the locals come here to pay thier tribute to the Lamido.
The centre is pretty small and easliy explored on foot. On the main drag you find many cheap places to stay and eat, such as L`Epi d`Or (between the Grand Mosque and the Cameroun Airlines office). About a block away you find the New Jersey dance club, and a block south you find the street which leads to the Petite Marche and the railway station.
Set at an elevation of 1100 meters, Ngaoundere has a nice climate. Meiganga, some 30 km away is some 200 meters higher and some sort of a resort. The Ranch de Ngaoundaba is a popular place to stay.

*Main tourist categories*
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1	Seaside resort tourism	With a 400 km coastline that is open to the Atlantic, Cameroon has a conducive terrain for resort tourism. We are looking at the natural sandy beaches of Kribi and Limbe, the mangroves as well as the falls that empty directly into the sea.
2	Safari-photo and hunting tourism	Cameroon has 7 national parks, with Waza being the most famous and more extensively developed. These parks are rich in animal species representative of the wildlife that is found in Africa. It has elephants, buffaloes, antelopes, hippopotamuses, gorillas etc. Hunting is forbidden in these national parks. However, there are 14 hunting zones comprising more than 500 km of serviced hunting tracks. Hunting is open from December to May in strict compliance with the convention on the protection of endangered species.
3	Cultural tourism	Cameroon is a mosaic of close to 250 tribes with different customs and traditions. Tourism also profits from the diversity in traditional architecture, religion, cuisine, handicrafts etc. The rich historical heritage also lends itself to tourism with monuments and vestiges from the country’s triple German, British and French colonial past
4	Altitude (mountain) tourism	The chain of mountains lying to the West offers a suitable environment with the Cameroon Mountain which peaks 4092 m above sea-level, Mt Manenguba at the junction between the Littoral and South-West provinces and the Dschang Climatic Centre built on a plateau 1,800 m. high. The Adamaoua Province is also reputed for its thermal springs.
5	Eco-tourism	Eco-tourism is undertaken in protected sites and areas such as the KORUP national park which harbours plant species which are many million years old, the DJA reserve, a global heritage of mankind, Mt Cameroon with its very rare flora and the fossil sites of Mayo-Rey.
6	Business tourism	Thanks to the quality of reception and intake facilities (international airports, Conference Centre, world-class hotels), Yaounde and Douala every year host congresses and conferences attended by businessmen and officials from the four corners of the earth.
7	Sports tourism	Apart from football on which Cameroon’s reputation is built, other tourist-related sports exist: sports fishing off the coats of Douala, gulf courses in Yaounde and Tiko, annual Cameroon mountain race, not leaving out the horse-riding clubs of Yaounde, Douala and Garoua.

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