A country · 48 places · 9 regions
Cameroon, all of it.
48 curated places across 9 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Centre, Littoral, Northwest and Southwest — read below as chapters, with 5 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Centre · 9 places
Centre
Cameroon's hilly capital spreads across seven hills at a refreshing altitude, with the striking modernist Basilica of Mary Queen of Apostles and the National Museum housed in the former presidential palace. Its viewpoints, markets, and craft centers make a worthwhile city stop between wilderness trips.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Littoral · 5 places
Littoral
Twin curtains of water drop roughly 80 meters over a cliff into a jungle amphitheater near Melong, a scene that featured in the 1984 film Greystoke. In the rainy season the two falls merge into a single thundering sheet wrapped in mist and rainforest.
✦ July to November, when the falls are at full power · $
Chapter III · Northwest · 5 places
Northwest
A deep crater lake in the volcanic highlands known for the gas it stores in its lower layers. Steep green slopes rise around the still, blue water in the country's rugged northwest.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Southwest · 4 places
Southwest
West Africa's highest peak, an active volcano rising 4,095 meters almost directly from the Atlantic, is climbed via guided treks from the town of Buea. The route ascends through rainforest, montane grassland, and stark lava fields, and hosts the grueling Race of Hope every February.
✦ November to April, the driest climbing window · $
Regions of Cameroon
Every place in Cameroon
48 places, one country.
Mount Cameroon
Southwest, Cameroon
✦ November to April, the driest climbing window · $
Limbe
Southwest Region, Cameroon
✦ November to February, during the drier season · $
Kribi
South, Cameroon
✦ November to February, for the sunniest beach weather · $
Lobé Falls
South Region, Cameroon
✦ September to November, when the river runs fullest · $
Rhumsiki
Far North, Cameroon
✦ November to February, for cooler dry-season trekking · $
Ekom-Nkam Falls
Littoral, Cameroon
✦ July to November, when the falls are at full power · $
Yaoundé
Centre, Cameroon
✦ November to February, the main dry season · $$
Douala
Littoral, Cameroon
✦ November to February · $$
Reunification Monument
Centre, Cameroon
✦ November–February · $
Bamoun Palace Museum
Foumban, Cameroon
✦ November–February · $
Sangha Trinational
Cameroon, Cameroon
✦ June–October · $$
Dja Faunal Reserve
Cameroon, Cameroon
✦ June–October · $$
Waza National Park
Far North, Cameroon
✦ March to May, when animals crowd remaining waterholes
Korup National Park
Southwest Region, Cameroon
✦ December to February, the driest months in this very wet region
Lake Nyos
Northwest, Cameroon
✦ November to February · $
Bamenda
Northwest, Cameroon
✦ November to February · $
Limbe Botanic Garden
Southwest, Cameroon
✦ November to March · $
Foumban Royal Palace
West, Cameroon
✦ November to February · $
Notre-Dame des Victoires Cathedral, Yaoundé
Centre, Cameroon
✦ November–February
Blackitude Museum
Centre, Cameroon
✦ November–February · $
New Bell Cathedral (St Peter and St Paul)
Douala, Cameroon
✦ November–February
Basilica of Mary Queen of the Apostles
Centre, Cameroon
✦ November–February
Bénoué National Park
North, Cameroon
✦ November to April
Bimbia
Southwest, Cameroon
✦ November to March