 THE EAST: AN IRRESITIBLE CHARM OF CAMEROON’S HINTERLAND
The East Province is irresistibly attractive. But few people travel to the Province of the Risting Sun for touristic purposes. However, those who do go there for professional or other reasons generally stay on longer than planned, the reason being that the East Province, a large virgin area with numerous and almost untapped touristic resources, is preferred for discovery tourism
The East Province covers on fifth of the national km and less than territory. Distances here are in hundreds of kilometres. One requires serious motivation to undertake a tour of the East Province of Cameroon, whose vastness some people cannot unfortunately fathom; which is why Moloundou and Nguelemendouka, for example, are believed to be at the other end of the world Yet these two towns are about 900 km and less than 300 km respectively from Yaounde.
In any case, whatever the distance, a visit to the East Province is a must for anyone interested in discovering Cameroon’s hinterland. Many beautiful and unusual sights await the visitor: |
The two-headed palm tree at Nguelemendouka
The Bandi Mountain with is tree summits – father, mother and child. Here it is not advisable to try to take home even the smallest pebble; because if you to find your way back
The Lobeke Lake at Moloundou where, in proper order, species of wild animals, each in its turn, drink at specific hours
The famous Kambele and Betare-Oya gold mines
The Mali falls, 7 km from Ndokayo, a place with a large ranch belonging to the Livestock Development Corporation (SODEPA)
The Dja game reserve in Messamena Subdivision. It is one of the richest in the forest region and, in any case, the largest Elephants, chimpanzees, gorillas and many other species of animals live in this reserve;
The Pangar-and Djerem reserve which is heavily poached; the Yaounde-Ngaoundere railway runs through this reserve;
The following town: Abong-Mbang, Lomie and, particularly, Doume in which the traces of German presence are still visible.
Lastly, in many areas of the East Province, we can see settled pygmies, thanks to a socio-economic integration project designed for them. But many Bakas, who are dwarfish in build, still live in the forest on food gathering, fishing and hunting according to ancient ancestral traditions. |
