Cameroon Birding Tours

Some of the exciting birding sites we visit on our Cameroon birdwatching tours include Mount Cameroon (where Mount Cameroon Spurfowl, Mount Cameroon Speirops and other extremely range-restricted species are sought), the Bakossi Mountains, Korup National Park, Mount Kupe (where the extremely localized, Endangered (IUCN) Mount Kupe Bushshrike is one of the most sought-after denizens), Limbe Botanic Garden, the Sanaga River, Ngaoundaba Ranch, and other bird-rich sites.

The Anglophone crisis threatens birdwatching tours to Cameroon, so we do watch the situation carefully. Please do look at your government’s travel advisory before booking a tour with us to Cameroon, and of course we will also advise on the current status if you send a booking inquiry or e-mail to us. We currently don’t visit the north (even though it’s exciting from a birding perspective, with many desirables) because of the underlying terrorism threat. But our advice is that Cameroon should remain on your radar at least for when it becomes safer, as Michael Mills mentioned this country as one of Africa’s top five birding destinations! It has a very high overall bird list (and good mammals, too!), including the endemics and other range-restricted bird species mentioned above and a host of others. Species like Yellow-breasted Boubou, the endemic Bamenda Apalis, Bates’s Weaver (also endemic), the near-endemic Cameroon Olive Pigeon, numerous localized greenbuls (if you like a birding challenge; these are skulking and not-always-easy-to-identify birds!), White-crested Turaco, Crossley’s Ground Thrush, Sun Lark, and so many others await the birder who decides to visit incredible Cameroon.

Eco-tourism is seriously needed in Cameroon, where hunting and logging is threatening many of the most important endemic bird areas on the African continent. Our hope is that more birders would visit, bringing much-needed cash into sustainable development rather than destructive development.

December through April is often considered the best time for Cameroon bird watching tours. You’ll have to bring layers, as the climate of Cameroon ranges greatly from the hot and dry north to the hot and humid coast to the chilly highlands where quite a number of the endemics are sought.