Tour cultural de Camerun

Arrival in early morning at Yaounde Nsimalen International airport. Welcome by our guide,

welcome and drive to Hotel Merina. Morning breakfast we start our visit by discovering the

National museum, reunification monument, the independence place, Nfandena Omnisports

stadium. Lunch at Casa Negra restaurant, we continue by exotic Central market with sellers.

Evening we drive to Ebogo village for diner and night.

Lodging : Ebogo Lodge

Distance : Yaounde Nsimalen Airport – Ebogo : 80 kms

Morning birding alone Ebogo river and canoeing in Olama River back, discover the big tree (1 000

years old estimated). Back to the lodge for breakfast. Trekking in the forest for 02 or 03 hours. We

can also meet peoples returning for fishing and discover many trees in forest and medicines

plants use for treatment. Back to the village for diner and night at Ebogo lodge

Departure to Mefou National Park. This park was created in 1999. we have lowland gorilla,

chimpanzee and other monkeys. We will arrive in Yaounde before 13h00, just to take our lunch at

Casa Negra. we take our train in the evening to Ngaoundére.

Lodging : Train

Distance : Ebogo – Mefou National Park – Ebogo – Yaounde : 54 kms

Arrival in the morning in Ngaoundére. This city is the capital of the Adamawa region, and plays an

important economic role in the district. It connects northern Cameroon and Chad with the port of

Douala by train, and has cattle and cotton. The city keeps a medieval atmosphere around the

Lamido’s palace (Sultanate) despite its economic growth. After a short visit descent from the

Adamawa plateau towards the Benoué Valley. A change of climate is felt while going down, and

spectacular views of this African plain can be seen. After 20 kms, modern villages around

Ngaoundére made of cement and corrugated iron- disappear, and only traditional adobe villages

can be seen along the road. Stop for lunch (grilled meat, corn, sweet potatoes, bananas and

biscuits) in a local market on the way to Poli. Visit the Bumba (before Hoy) weekly market where

many tribes meet to sell and buy products. Arrival to Poli, the capital of Faro, in the afternoon.

Dinner under the African sky. Overnight in Motel Municipal Poli .

Lodging : Motel Municipal Poli

Distance : Ngaoundere – Gouna – Poli : 275 kms

Breakfast and day to make an immersion into the Mbororo and Dowayo tribal cultures. After

visiting the Mbororo tribe drive to Kongle, cultural center of the Dowayo tribe, Animistic peasants

with some interesting traditions, studied by English Anthropologist Nigel Barley in the 1980.

Overnight in Motel Municipal Poli.

Lodging : Motel Municipal Poli

Distance : Mbororo village – Kongle – Poli : 70 kms

Breakfast. Short walk to Tchamba, last visit to the Sultan ́s house, near the mosque, and return

trip to Poli. Stop in a Mbororo nomadic camp. It is always an amazing experience to meet

Mbororo due to their beauty: tall, sophisticated hairstyle and amazing facial and body tattoos.

Picnic on the way to Poli, or lunch in a local restaurant depending upon the duration of visits

along the way. Overnight in Motel Municipal Poli.

Lodging : Motel Municipal Poli

Distance : Koma village – Tchamba – Poli : 170 kms

Early breakfast, drive to Ngaoundére. Short stops along the way. It is important to reach the city

on time to have a relax lunch and buy some foods and drinks for the train journey. Arrival at the

train station by 5:30 p.m. Night at the train Night Train to Yaoundé.

Lodging : Train

Distance : Poli – Ngaoundere : 275 kms

Arrive by train in the morning to Yaounde, after breakfast we move to Bafoussam, we stop at

Tonga Market, to drink and continue to Bafoussam, second stop at Batoufam, to discover

Bandjoun chieftaincy and Batoufam. Continue to Bafoussam where we will arrive in the early

evening. Diner and night at Hotel le Saré

Lodging : Hotel le saré – 03 star

Distance : Yaounde – Bafoussam : 310 kms

Breakfast then departure to Foumban with a stop at Foumbot the former agricultural

breadbasket of Cameroon. Here you can find fresh foods and local agricultural products such as a

corn, beans, peanuts and sweet potatoes. continue to Foumban, with Bamoun Sultanate,

architecture, mixes of local artisans are displayed for sale (you can buy souvenirs). For lunch, the

famous ‘Pen Njapshe a Bamoun traditional dish made of corn fufu (Pen) and vegetable ( Njapshe)

will be served. Women in the region will enlighten you on this cultural and local meal. Back to

Bafoussam for diner and night at Hotel le Saré

Lodging : hotel le saré – 03 star

Distance : Bafoussam – Foumban – Bafoussam : 240 kms

Breakfast and departure to Buea, our first stop is at Baham chiettaincy and his museum. A little

walk through out some sacred of Baham’s tradition. Second stop at Ekom falls at Ekom Nkam

river with the Greystoke legend. The legend of Greystoke is the place where the part of film

Tarzan has been done with French actor ‘’Christophe Lambert”. Arrival at Buea and drive to

Capitol hotel for dinner and night.

Lodging : Capitol hotel – 03 star

Distance : Bafoussam – Ekom Nkam Waterfalls – Buea : 245 kms

Departure to Limbé after breakfast, stop at Buea, visit the first political capital of Cameroon, we

will also visit external of the German Governor General of Buea under German occupation and the

German residence its now Presidential Palace and can’t be photographed. After visit Bimbia.

Bimbia is a former slave port, which still retains vestiges of the slave trade. This Bimbia village is

situated on the Atlantic coast, since its discovery some years ago, the site where slaves before

boarding to Nichols Island and move for unknown destination. Strong memories, second stop is

to discover the footsteps of Cameroon mountain where we will find a rainforest eco system on a

volcanic mountain. Seme Beach for diner and night.

Lodging : Seme Beach – 04 star

Full day beach and afternoon visit the Limbé wildlife center. Back to hotel for diner and night.

Lodging : Seme Beach : 04 star

Distance : 10 kms

Morning beach and afternoon departure to Douala. Douala it’s the second capital of Cameroon

under German occupation. Diner out hotel and night at Jet hotel.

Lodging : Jet Hotel : 03 star

Distance : 60 kms

After breakfast, Discover la pagode (The home of Douala Manga Bell built in 1904), joss district

which contains some German colonial buildings, UNESCO has classified the German buildings as a

World Heritage Site. Discover the site where the German missionaries and the Germans trading

companies sign in 1884 treaties with the Douala Chiefs which gave German legal rights under

German laws. Douala was name Kamerunstadt. Lunch out of hotel and back to hotel.