Hiking trails

17 trails, at least one in each of Cameroon's ten regions. Every distance, ascent and duration below is for the standard route and a moderately fit hiker.

5 trails matching Moderate

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Littoral

2,411 m

Manengouba Crater and the Twin Lakes

Nearest town: Bangem / Melong

A grassy caldera rim at 2,411 m above Bangem, holding the male and female lakes — big skies, Fulani cattle herds, and the gentlest high-altitude walking in Cameroon.

Distance: 14 km
Time: 7 h
Ascent: 780 m

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Adamawa

1,240 m

Ngaoundaba Crater Lake Loop

Nearest town: Ngaoundéré

Rolling Adamawa plateau walking to a forested crater lake south of Ngaoundéré — cool, green, and almost empty of other hikers.

Distance: 11 km
Time: 4 h 30
Ascent: 290 m

Far North

1,224 m

Rhumsiki and the Kapsiki Peaks

Nearest town: Rhumsiki (Mokolo)

Volcanic plugs standing out of the Mandara Mountains near the Nigerian border — Cameroon's most photographed landscape, walked village to village.

Distance: 12 km
Time: 5 h
Ascent: 420 m

Permit

North

Bénoué National Park Buffalo Trail

Nearest town: Garoua (Buffle Noir)

Guided savannah walking along the Bénoué river — buffalo, hippo, kob and roan antelope on foot, with an armed park ranger.

Distance: 10 km
Time: 4 h 30
Ascent: 140 m

Permit

Far North

Waza National Park Walking Safari

Nearest town: Waza

Sahelian savanna walking with an armed ranger in one of West Africa's best-known parks for elephant, giraffe and lion — on foot, in the far north of Cameroon.

Distance: 9.0 km
Time: 4 h
Ascent: 60 m