Cameroon - 4th Edition by Ben West (Paperback)

About the Book

Cameroon Travel Guide - Holiday advice and expert travel tips featuring Yaoundé highlights, accommodation and local cuisine, ecotourism, wildlife and natural history. Also covering Douala and Garoua hotels and restaurants, Mount Cameroon, Waza National Park, Mefou Primate Sanctuary, history and architecture, forest reserves and mountain villages.

Book Synopsis

This new, thoroughly updated fourth edition of Bradt's Cameroon remains the only standalone English-language guide to this intriguing country. Essential information on nature, culture and staying healthy is included, plus practical details such as getting around and accommodation options in the city and countryside. Also covered are wildlife and bird sites, ancient tribal kingdoms, colourful trading towns, 'pygmy' hunting camps and where to see the endangered lowland gorilla. With ancient chiefdoms tucked between terraced fields and volcanic mountains, Mount Cameroon - Africa's highest peak, the impressive Waza National Park with its herds of elephants, and the coast's sleepy palm-fringed beaches, Cameroon has no shortage of attractions, yet is also not your usual tourist haunt.

Review Quotes

'Essential'-- "The Observer, London"

About the Author

Ben West has written on a wide variety of subjects for numerous newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Daily Mail, Vogue and Readers' Digest. Travel writing has taken him to more than 50 countries, including 11 in Africa, and his first trip to Cameroon in 1986 netted him four tropical diseases.