Christmas & New Year Tours & Trips in Cameroon

Celebrate the holiday season deep in Cameroon's Congo Basin at Lobéké National Park, where Christmas and New Year departures offer encounters with lowland gorillas and forest elephants at Djangui and Djembé watchtowers. Your festive trip includes overnight stays in tents within the park itself, traditional Baka pygmy dance performances near Yokadouma, and local cuisine stops at Mambele during the 104 km route through untouched equatorial forest. Ring in the New Year watching buffaloes and bongos gather at natural salt marshes, with eco-guards and trackers keeping wildlife viewing safe from elevated miradors throughout your 11-day adventure.

The festive season brings you to Cameroon's lively Christmas and New Year markets, including the colorful Pouss market where Mousgoum, Massa, and Kotoko peoples gather after crossing the Logone River from Chad. Trek through the Atlantika Mountains to meet the Koma people and share a traditional New Year's Eve dance around a campfire at your mountain campsite. See the lunar landscapes of Rhumsiki and visit the royal Bamoun palace museum in Foumban with its massive tam-tam. You'll witness the majestic Ekom-Nkam waterfall where Tarzan was filmed.

Spend New Year's in Cameroon's UNESCO-listed Dja Biodiversity Reserve, camping with the Baka'a pygmies across 5,260 square kilometers of equatorial forest and learning traditional hunting, fishing, and honey gathering techniques. Trek through the Atlantika Mountains near Rhumsiki to visit the Koma people, who live in traditional villages perched between 1,400 and 1,700 meters. This 12-day trip includes stays at Transcam Hotel in Ngaoundéré and overnight train travel through Cameroon's interior. Visit Mefou National Park to see rescued gorillas and chimpanzees before your New Year departure.

This Christmas and New Year cultural tour runs in November-December 2025 and takes you through Cameroon's highlands and coastal regions, including the chief's palace in Bandjoun and the artisan market in Foumban where master woodcarvers and embroiders showcase their crafts. You'll head to the cooler plateau climate of Dschang at 1,200m altitude before moving down to Buea on Mount Cameroon's slopes, West Africa's highest peak. See colonial-era German structures, the 1999 Bakingili lava flow, and Douala's Bonanjo administrative district and the Pagode of King Bell during this festive season adventure.