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Greetings from motherland Cameroon (Africa in miniature), meaning everything that one can find in other African countries can be found in Cameroon 🇨🇲. Welcome to my blog where I will be sharing one of my favourite places I visited most often.

Today, I will be talking about Limbe a city in the South West region of Cameroon. This city is blessed with numerous tourist attractions, ranging from the botanical garden, wildlife centre, beaches, the former slave centre, etc.

I will talk more about the wildlife centre and the beach. These are the two favourites I have been able to pay a visit to.

Why do you like it? The main feature that makes it more attractive to you??

I like visiting Limbe because of the numerous touristic attractions found in the city.

One of the attractions that most often attract me to visit the town is the wildlife centre. Here, you can see live animals which we most often watched in documentaries. You can book a tour around the centre with a conservator who gives lectures about the biography of each animal at the centre.

The animals are friendly just like the staff. However, remember the saying that “a hungry man is an angry man 🙁🙁, play careful with the animals especially the adult chimpanzees when they are hungry, they are aggressive.

The scenery at the beaches is pretty cool. On a special note, during the dry season, the heatwaves in the city are not friendly at all especially as I’m from a cold region. Most often, I love being around the seashore or the beach to chill out with my kids. Being around the seashore during the dry season is awesome 😎 as you feel the breeze from the sea.

Growing up, we read books and also studied in school about the slave trade era. Visiting Limbe is an opportunity for one to visit the slave trade centre where slaves were assembled and shipped to the western world. Though sad about the remnants of what our forefathers went through during that era one can see what happened during the era at the centre.

Have you visited that place before? or want to visit.? Whwn did /will you visit that place??

I have been opportune to visit some of the beaches like the down beach, sème beach, and the ALCEF amusement park. I visited ALCEF park with my husband when we were still young couples. I visited the wildlife centre twice during the summer holidays with my kids and also visited the down beach during December vacation with my daughter.

For sème beach, I have been there several times during my university days. Most often we organised parties at the beach.

The only place I haven’t visited is the slave trade centre. I wish to visit the place but most often I am told stories that touch the heart and my emotions will not let me visit the place. However, one day I’m gonna take my kids on vacation to the centre, especially my daughter because she is an adventurer.

What are the special features of that place?

Let me begin with the beaches. The down beach is good due to the presence of fishing boats. Here, you can buy fresh aquatic foodstuff and also enjoy the fresh breeze from the sea. Seafood is very common here. The other beaches are artificial but also the scenery around them is good.

For the wildlife centre as I earlier mentioned, there exist different types of wild animals we often watched in documentaries. At the centre, you will be able to see different animals ranging from chimpanzees, gorillas, pythons, crocodiles, etc.

You can take a tour around the centre with the conservator moving around to give lectures about the animals and clarify all your unanswered questions.

Share the local cuisine of that place.

In the South West region of Cameroon and Limbe in particular, there are several local cuisines ranging from fufu and eru, kwacoco and ncanda sauce, ekwang, plantains and Okongobong soup, etc. The city inhabits people from all over Cameroon.

Therefore, it is common to also see other local cuisines from different parts of Cameroon and intercontinental dishes.

Notwithstanding, one of the most common dishes prepared in this city is eru and fufu. This is a delicacy in the city and I cannot visit Limbe and do not eat eru.

Another common cuisine is roasted fish with either fried ripe plantains or miondo.

You can share the expenses of that visit.

On a general note, Limbe is one of the most expensive places in Cameroon in terms of the cost of living. Everything in Limbe is expensive except fuel. But taxi fares are expensive.

I did not spend a lot since we have a family compound there. I did not spend money on renting a guest house or paying for hotel bills.

For the visit to the down beach, I had to spend and bought roasted fish and drinks for everyone who went along with me. A bottle of drink there cost 1500 in our local currency approximately 14 Steem. A plate of roasted fish costs 2000frs approximately 28 Steem.

At the wildlife centre, entry fees were minimized because my father-in-law was the former director. We got the opportunity to visit the centre for free. But moving along with a conservator, we had to give in some money as motivation though was not compulsory. We gave him 5000frs as motivation, appropriately 67 Steem.

Our transportation from my region of origin to Limbe city cost us 24,000frs local currency approximately 213 Steem. We paid for 4 seats too and for that is a total of 48,000frs approximately 426 Steem.

Visiting Limbe, you need to bear in mind that everything is expensive.

Tell us all the information that you have about your experience. You can guide us on our next trip to that place.

As I earlier said, bear in mind that life in Limbe is expensive. Visiting Limbe one needs to be fully prepared to spend money. So save well before visiting Limbe.

Secondly, I will advise everyone to visit during the periods from July, August, and September when the climatic conditions are favourable. In June there is lots of flooding in the city and even in early July. During the dry season, the climate is extremely hot 🥵.

Do not border about food as there are varieties from local dishes to intercontinental dishes.

In case you want to avoid the exorbitant prices of transportation around the city, moving in with your car is preferable as fuel prices are moderate.

Conclusion

In sum, Limbe is one of the most favourable places in Cameroon to visit. It has numerous touristic attractions and the people are friendly. Moving around the city is secure as there exist different police stations and checkpoints to ensure safety.

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