CAMEROON TOURISM POTENTIAL
#CAMEROON TOURISM POTENTIAL
Cameroon officially the Republic of Cameroon is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the Bight of Bonny, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. The country is often referred to as "Africa in miniature" for its geological and cultural diversity. Natural features include beaches, deserts, mountains, rainforests, and savannas. The highest point is Mount Cameroon in the southwest, and the largest cities are Douala, Yaoundé, and Garoua. Cameroon is home to over 200 different linguistic groups. The country is well known for its native styles of music, particularly makossa and bikutsi, and for its successful national football team. French and English are the official languages.
##Review of diversity
The dense forest in the South serves as a vast reservoir of biodiversity and eco-tourism. Towards the center, visitors will dazzled by the purity of the savanna where people live in the secular culture, expressed in works of art of diverse nature.
Primates in Mvogbiti Zoo-Yaoundé
Python in Mvogbiti Zoo-Yaoundé
To the coast the tourists will find pleasure of the vast plains of the savannah that borders a long coastline open to the Atlantic Ocean, where you can leisurely observe or be lulled by the waves.
Dark Sandy Beaches Limbe Cameroon
The coast offers two major beach resort towns: Limbe, the English-speaking with black, volcanic sand; and Kribi, the French-speaking city with white-sand beaches.
Etisa Beach Limbe Cameroon
Between the southern and the northern parts there are the steppes with a natural dream like architecture of rocks, and a mountain range that runs through much of the country, including the tropical forest zone, wet savannah zone and the dry savannah zones; peaking at over 4000 meters. This exclusive charm of the country of tameless Lions makes it a country that has gathered invaluable assets.
Lobe Falls-Kribi
Municipal Lake Yaoundé
The wetlands are also of great touristic potential. These include the lakes and waterfalls. The values of Lake Awing are regarded as a shrine and a source of potable water for over 100.000 inhabitants of the Santa area. The Menchum River has tributaries draining a large area of the North West Region of Cameroon. It in turn is a tributary of the Benue River in Nigeria.
##Situation of Cameroon
Cameroon is the world’s 53rd largest country, and located in Central Africa, it is bounded by Nigeria to the west, Republic of Chad to the north, Central African Republic to the East, Republic of Congo to the South-East, and Republic of Gabon and Republic of Equatorial Guinea to the South.
Cameroons tourism potentials are varied, as it presents the possibilities of developing whatever tourists would appreciate as exotic touristic products. Cameroon is an alternative to regular destinations, and is referred to as “Africa in miniature” due to the country’s diversity in every aspect of human society.
The Cameroonian government promotes the country as "Africa in miniature", asserting that the country offers all the diversity of Africa in climate, culture, and geography within its borders. Other touristic phrases sometimes used include the “melting pot of Africa” and “Africa in microcosm”. Cameroon's tourist destinations are in four general areas: the coast, the major cities, the Western highlands, and the north. Among these you will find animals, forests, lakes, falls, mountains, stones, relief, hotels, landscapes, culture, etc.
Peacock Bird-Kribi
African Grey Parrots in Mvogbiti Zoo Yaoundé
The city of Bafoussam is especially famous for its wood-carving culture and artefacts’. In fact, the area produces more crafts than any other in Cameroon. The West is also home to traditional chiefdoms and fondoms, such as the sultanate of Foumban. Each chief typically has his own palace or compound which visitors may visit for a fee.