Plan a trip to Cameroon

Places to see in Cameroon

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Lobéké National ParkUNESCO

  Park & nature · East

  Lobéké National Park is a national park in southeastern Cameroon, located within the Congo Basin along the border with the Central African Republic and the Republic of the Congo.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: mintour.gov.cm (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

• Dja Faunal ReserveUNESCO

  Réserve de Faune du Dja

  Park & nature · East

  Dja Faunal Reserve, located in southeastern Cameroon, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1987. Causes of inscription include diversity of species present in the park, the presence of five threatened species of mammal, and lack of disturbance within the park.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Yaoundé

  City · Centre

  Yaoundé is the capital city of Cameroon. It has a population of more than 2.8 million, which makes it the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,500 ft) above sea level.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bdx (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Lake Chad

  Lac Tchad بحيرة تشاد

  Lake · Far North

  Lake Chad is an endorheic freshwater lake located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, in western and central Africa, with a catchment area in excess of 1,000,000 km2 (390,000 sq mi). It is an important wetland ecosystem in West-Central Africa.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Amcaja (Public domain). Map

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  Douala

  City · Littoral

  Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region. It was home to Central Africa's largest port, now being replaced by Kribi port. It has the country's major international airport, Douala International Airport (DLA).

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Njeimosestimah (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Lake Nyos

  Lake · Northwest

  Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, located about 315 km (196 mi) northwest of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. Nyos is a deep lake high on the flank of an inactive volcano in the Oku volcanic plain along the Cameroon line of volcanic activity.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ppong.it (CC0). Map

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  Mount Cameroon

  Mont Cameroun

  Mountain · Southwest

  Mount Cameroon is an active stratovolcano in the Southwest Region of Cameroon next to the city of Buea near the Gulf of Guinea. Mount Cameroon is also known as Cameroon Mountain or Fako or by its indigenous name Mongo ma Ndemi. Mount Cameroon is ranked 22nd by topographic isolation.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Eric Joel MAMA NKE (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Bamenda

  City · Northwest

  Bamenda, also known as Abakwa and Mankon Town, is a city in northwestern Cameroon and capital of the Northwest Region. The city has a population of about six hundred thousand people and is located 366 km (227 mi) north-west of the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Bamenda from mountain road.jpg (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Garoua

  City · North

  Garoua is a port city and the capital of the North Region of Cameroon, lying on the Benue River. A thriving centre of the textiles and cotton industries, the city has approximately 900,000 inhabitants in 2022, with a large population of Fulbe/Fulani people.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Philippe Semanaz (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

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  Lake Monoun

  Lac Monoun

  Lake · West

  Lake Monoun is a crater lake (maar) in West Province, Cameroon, that lies in the Oku Volcanic Field. On 15 August 1984, a limnic eruption occurred at the lake, which resulted in the release of a large amount of carbon dioxide that killed 37 people.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Lake Monoun.jpg (Public domain). Map

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  Bénoué National Park

  Parc National de la Bénoué

  Park & nature · North

  Bénoué National Park is a national park of Cameroon and a UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve. It spans 1,800 km2 (690 sq mi) in size. The park has a wide frontage to the Bénoué River, which stretches for over 100 km (62 mi), forming the eastern boundary.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ongola boy (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Mount Oku

  Mountain · Northwest

  Mount Oku, or Kilum Mountain, is the largest volcano in the Oku Massif, in the Cameroon Volcanic Line, located in the Oku region of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon. It is the second highest mountain in mainland Central Africa.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Lake Oku Cameroon.jpg (Public domain). Map