2-Day Yaoundé City Tour with Ebogo Ecotourism and Mefou Park

• We visit the National Museum. This museum displays historical and cultural items from the area, including tribal relics.

• We continue to the Reunification Monument in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It was constructed in the 1970s to memorialize the post-colonial merging of British and French Cameroon. Overnight at a hotel.

• We shall visit the handicraft center. The government initiated the Handicraft Centre to promote the country's craftwork and create direct or indirect employment. Here, you can buy some crafts.

• We visit the Independence Monument, marking the independence of Cameroon in 1960.

• We visit the Zoo of Mvog Betsi. The Mvog-Betsi Zoo is administered by the Ministry of Forestry and Fauna (MINFOF), formerly the Ministry of Environments and Forests (MINEF), in Cameroon. Ape Action Africa has taken responsibility for the care of the primates at the zoo. Animals here include Agile Mangabey, Baboon, De Brazza's monkey, Drill, Mandrill, Grey-cheeked mangabey, Tantalus monkey, Patas monkey, Putty-nosed monkey, Red-capped mangabey, Lion, and more. We check into the hotel for the night.

• Accommodation: Hotel room (double occupancy).

• Meals: Lunch and dinner.

End of tour.

• After breakfast, we shall drive to the community of Ebogo-Yaoundé. We shall stop to visit Mefou National Park before continuing to the Ebogo ecotourism site. There is a difference between a zoo and Mefou National Park.

• Mefou National Park is unique, besides being one of the best attractions of Yaoundé city. It's a place that is always trying to ensure primates' safety. There are a lot of nature trails to see the best way to protect monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees. They are not in cages. This is an ape rehabilitation and sanctuary run by an organization called Ape Action Africa. The apes include some mandrills, as well as lowland gorillas, chimpanzees, and some smaller species of monkeys too.

• We drive to the village of Ebogo, where we visit the Ebogo Ecotourism site, sail on the Nyong River, and visit the tree believed to be the oldest in Cameroon, estimated to be 1000 years old. We enjoy a great view while sailing downstream, with different varieties of colourful bird species on the banks of the river. We shall briefly walk into the forest to discover the different tree varieties, some of which have high medicinal values. We shall drive back to Yaoundé, and the tour ends when we drop you off at your address in Yaoundé.