Bakossi National Park- Travel Tips

What to See, How to Plan & Tours

Bakossi National Park, established in 2007, spans 29,320 hectares in the Bakossi Mountains of southwestern Cameroon. Renowned for its extraordinary plant biodiversity, the park hosts over 2,400 plant species, including 82 found nowhere else and 232 classified as threatened. The landscape features lush cloud forests, fertile volcanic soils, and diverse elevations, creating habitats for rare mammals like drills, African forest elephants, chimpanzees, and Preuss's red colobus. With a unique focus on conserving plant diversity, the park also supports community-based conservation efforts, integrating the needs of local villages while addressing challenges such as hunting and agricultural encroachment.