Cameroon Travel Guide
First discovered by Portuguese explorers in the 15th century, later to become a German colony in 1884, Cameroon was finally divided by France and Britain after the First World War, making both English and French its official languages by the time declared as the Republic of Cameroon in 1984.
Home to over than 200 linguistic groups, the Republic of Cameroon is also called Miniature Africa for its vast geological and cultural diversity, offering plenty of Places To Visit In Cameroon as its natural landscapes involve savannas, rainforests, mountains, deserts and beaches. Cameroon is also well known for its national football team and its native style of music.
Despite the fact that Cameroon enjoys a relatively better social and political stability than other African countries, there is still a large poverty rate, due to the authoritarian presidency, which has begun in 1982.
Located on the Bight of Bonny, as a part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean, Cameroon is divided into five major geographic places to visit in Cameroon, each dominant by its own climate and vegetation, offering versatile tourist attractions for hikers and wildlife seekers. The Coastal Plain, with its short, dry and hot season turns to become one of the most humid places in the world, as a part of the Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal tropical forests of central Africa.
The South Cameroon Plateau, although also dominated by rainforests, is less humid than the coastal plain. The most fertile soil lays around the volcanic Mount Cameroon, which is also the country`s highest point and it is also one of the most wonderful places to visit in Cameroon as it consists crater lakes around it. For safety reason it is advised to consult a Cameroon Travel Guide before visiting the crater lakes, especially since the carbon dioxide emission of 1986, which caused the death almost 2000 people. Cameroon has also many drainage patterns, which flow directly into the Gulf of Guinea, the Congo River, the Niger, or to Lake Chad into which the Logone flows.
Most visitors need a Visa except for Central African citizens. The passport has to have at least six months before expiration. The application fee is around USD 141, and a yellow fever vaccination certificate is also necessary to get into Cameroon. A letter of invitation is required for a visitor Visa, whereas a consular letter and a hotel reservation confirmation are required for tourists. While violence is not too common, visitors and tourists are usually advised by their Cameroon travel guide not to wear any jewelry or accessories that would distinguish them from the local inhabitants.
Malaria and further tropical diseases are also quite common, especially in the central and southern parts of Cameroon, including dysentery and hepatitis with some outbreaks of cholera to be advised to consult your Cameroon travel guide before visiting this beautiful country.
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