Northern Cameroon - Northern Cameroon

Northern Cameroon is a geopolitical region in Cameroon administratively divided into three regions: the Far North Region, the North Region, and the Adamawa Region.

	WARNING: Because of the risk of attacks by the Boko Haram extremist group, many governments recommend avoiding all travel to the Far North Region of Cameroon, the Bakassi peninsula, and anywhere near the borders with Chad, the CAR, and Nigeria.
	Government travel advisories Canada New Zealand United Kingdom
	(Information last updated Aug 2020)

Cities

Map of Northern Cameroon

9.313.41 Garoua
10.58232194444414.3275452 Maroua
12.08333333333315.0333333333333 Kousséri - close to the border with Chad and its capital N'Djamena.

Other destinations

11.266714.41671 Waza National Park

Understand

Get in

Garoua International Airport (GOU^IATA)

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See

The village of Rhumsiki is one of Cameroon's popular tourist attractions, and is renowned for its lunar landscapes.
The chief's palace in Oudjilla, which the king is thought to have 50 wives and 113 children.

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Stay safe

Boko Haram, a Nigerian jihadist group, operates in the north of the country. They have kidnapped Europeans in the Northern parts of the country.

Bandits/highwaymen also operate in some parts of the north.

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