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The Lion King
• January - March 2017
Country Focus
Limbe beach.
Limbe is another great tourist
destination, especially for travellers
looking to explore nature’s beauty
and wildlife.
Botanical gardens Limbe.
Limbe’s botanical garden is a great place
to learn about nature and plants.
A grey day on Limbe’s coast
equally lions, elephants, buffaloes
amongst others found here. The Benue
National Park is at the heart of the
northern region and it is a region with
the largest antelopes, hippopotamus,
hyenas, panthers, buffaloes etc. The
Faro National park has a large number
of animals amongst which are: buf-
faloes, rhinoceros, elephants, giraffes
etc. The Kalamaloue National Park has
elephants, crocodiles and a multitude
of birds. The Mozogo Gokoro National
park is of high botanical interest, and
therefore a good site for research. The
Korup national park located in the
southern part of the country and has
one of the oldest and most beautiful
tropical forests in the world.
Besides National parks, Cameroun
also has a good number of reserves
and sanctuaries such as that of Dja
and Campo which are great gorilla
sanctuaries.
One of the country’s major tourist sites
is the Foumban palace. The Palace is
located in the town of Foumban. The
Royal Palace of Foumban is currently
inhabited by the sultan (King), who is
the 19th ruler of the Bamoun dynasty
which dates back from the 14th cen-
tury in history.
Foumban city is one of Cameroun’s
major attractions and an important
centre of traditional African art. Some
of the major things found in the palace
include a multitude of royal gowns,
arms, musical instruments, statues,
jewellery, masks and colourful bead-
covered thrones carved in the shapes
of the men who sat on them and seat
of power for the Bamoun people.
There are numerous monuments
spread across the country, each built
for a particular purpose, such as the
Unity Monument in Yaounde, the
Reunification Monument in Buea and
the numerous statues left by the for-
mer German, British and French colo-
nial powers, all offering great attrac-
tion and history of Cameroun.
The national museum in Yaoundé is
a melting pot for all the culture of
Cameroun. Built at the former presi-
dency in the heart of the capital it has
become the home for many artifacts
and precious traditional objects. Other
museums like the maritime museum,
the Bafut palace museum and others
scattered in every region display what
the country has as culture.
Picture by Carsten ten Brink
