1st day:Arrival at Douala and night there.
2nd –5th day: Limbe, Bimbia and Bakingili
Principal bird species to be seen: Reicherbachs sunbirds,
Carmelite sunbird, Western bluebill, White-bellied King fisher, Blue-billed
malimbe, Orange weaver, White-crested hornbill, Green- breasted bush shrike.
Other attractions: Limbe Botanic Garden which is one of the oldest in
Africa South of the Sahara, relics of the colonial period, volcanic deposits of
the most recent eruption of the Cameroon mountain, Sene New Beach, Debunscha,
which is the wettest place in Africa and Idenau with its busy fishing
villages and oil palm plantations.
6-7th day: Buea, which is the immediate vicinity of the Cameroon
Mountain.
Principal bird species to be seen: Mount Cameroon Francolin, Mount
Cameroon Speirops, Cameroon Olive, Pigeon.
Other attractions: Historical monuments depicting the German colonial
period, beautiful Cameroon Mountain with its unique vegetation and towering
landscape.
8th -11th day: Korup National Park
Principal bird species to be seen: Red headed Picathates, Rock
Pratincole, Yellow-casqued hornbill.
Other attractions: Beautiful forest walks through the oldest tropical
rain forest, boat excursion to mangrove swamps, oil palm plantation and
factories, fishing villages.
12th- 15th day: Manengouba Mountain and Mount Bakossi.
Principal
birds species to be seen: Green-breasted bush shrike, Evergreen forest warbler,
Red-headed picatharte.
Other attractions: Fascating Manengouba twin lakes, beautiful landscape
exhibiting a near-temperate climate, Fulani cattle rearers who have a peculiar
lifestyle.
16-18th day: Lake Awing and Baba
II.
Principal bird species: Banemanns’s Touraco
Banded wattle-eye, Yellow-breasted boubou, Green-breasted bush shrike.
Other attractions: fascinating
landscape around Lake Awing, village walks, horse riding, forest walks.
19th day: Mankon
Principal bird species: Bamenda Apalis, African
broadbill, Cameroon Olive, Green Bulbul.
Other attractions: Sacred Forest with
its traditional shrines, Palace museum, village walks.
20th day: Tubah Upland Forest
and Sabga.
What to do: Trek through the
hill, while admiring the unique mountain vegetation with its unique bird
species, to the mammoth sacred cave having a large bat population. Also, visit
the Borrorro families where horse riding takes place. Camp in the beautiful
meadows.
21st day: Drive back to Douala
and departure.
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