Beekeeper Trip

ITINERARY

Day 1: Arrival Cameroon (10.01.2025)
International flight to Youndé, the capital of Cameroon, built on seven hills like Rome. After immigration control, reception by the local agency and transfer to the hotel. Overnight stay.

Day 2: Yaounde - Ntui
After breakfast, you will get to know the capital a little better on a tour. We will visit some important and interesting places, including the National Museum. Drive to Ntui, just under 80 kilometres away, for our first meeting with local beekeepers. Check-in at the hotel and lunch together. In the afternoon, exchange of ideas with the beekeepers, German is spoken, and first visits on site.

Day 3: Beekeepers of Ntui
Today is dedicated to beekeeping. The bees are bred in Kenyan beehives.
Finally, of course, honey is harvested and tasted.

Day 4: Ntui - Mont Mfui - Yoko
After checking the beehives together, we drive on to Yoko and visit the nearby Mont Mfui. Hike followed by a pick-nick. Drive to the hotel in Yoko. Short sightseeing tour.

Day 5: Yoko - Tibati (200 km)
In Tibati we meet more local beekeepers. We leave our luggage at the hotel and
meet up with the beekeepers to exchange ideas.

Day 6 and 7: Tibati and surroundings
We stay with the local beekeepers for two full days and help with their daily work. There will certainly be interesting discussions and exchanges between the two groups of professionals. Rest periods, free time and overnight stay with dinner at the hotel.

Day 8: Return journey to Yoko
We take a leisurely drive back to Yoko, taking time to visit individual villages and farmsteads. Lunch on the way.

Day 9: Drive to Ngoro (175 km)
In Ngoro we visit an agricultural installation on more than 10 hectares in a magical setting. Accommodation in Save Africa, visit to the orchards. Overnight stay with dinner.

Day 10: Return journey to Youndé (170 km)
After another visit to the farm, we travel back to the capital Youndé. Overnight stay with dinner.

Day 11: Drive to Kribi on the Atlantic Ocean (285 km)
We drive to the Atlantic via Edea. Room check-in, lunch together. The afternoon is at leisure. Take a walk along the wide sandy beach, swim in the sea and have a good time. Overnight stay with dinner.

Day 12: Kribi
We travel along the coast to the Lobé River in dugout canoes. On the way, and with a bit of luck, we will encounter ouistitis (tufted monkeys). We visit the Lobé waterfalls, unique in the world as it pours its water over the falls directly into the Atlantic. The place is also famous for its fresh shrimps, which we enjoy tasting here.
Free time along the river and the waterfalls.

Day 13: Kribi - Ponog Songo - Yaoundé (450 km)
After an early breakfast, we leave Kribi and visit the island of the chimpanzees, Pongo Songo Island, en route. We reach the island again by pirogue. Back on the mainland, we visit the Marienberg church, which dates back to the German colonial era. The first Catholic mission in what is now Cameroon was founded here. Onward journey to Yaoundé.

Day 14: Mfou Reserve and return flight
After breakfast, we visit the Mfou Chimpanzee Reserve, which is located just outside the city. Lunch in the city. We have enough time to visit the local market and the handicraft market before our transfer. Opportunity to buy souvenirs.
It's time to say goodbye to the team from the Cameroonian agency.
Return flight to Europe. Arrival on the following day, 24.01.2025.

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