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Parks and the outdoors in Yaoundé

8 parks, gardens, beaches and walks in and around Yaoundé.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Parks and the outdoors in Yaoundé

  1. See

    Bois Saint-Anastasie

    Nice little park just north of the governmental quartiers, offering a little relief from the noise of the city. On the downside, the stream and the park in general is dirty. Has a restaurant as well, serving African cuisine. Be aware that you need to pay a fee of FCFA 2500 to take photos in the park. Also, if you keep walking a little further south, you can see the waterfalls of Mfoundi behind the Ministry of Forestry building.

  2. Do

    Club Noah

    The club of the tennis player and singer Yannick Noah. It has a beautiful mid-sized pool and 4 tennis courts (3 full size and 1 half-size) in a park-like environment.

  3. See

    Eco Park

    Another menagerie with crocs, monkeys, dromedaries, ostriches, hyenas, birds of prey, etc. Also features a restaurant, hotel, events center, 'eco village', ponds, horse tours, and game room. Some say the animals are a bit cooped up and neglected.

    08:00-22:00 daily~FCFA 1000

  4. See

    Ethnographic Museum of Forest People

    A museum showing the traditional practices and cultures of Central African and Cameroonian forest people (ornaments, masks, weapons, musical instruments, etc). Also hosts events at times.

    10:30-17:30 daily

  5. See

    Jardin zoologique de Mvog-Betsi

    A small zoo in the Mvog-Betsi quartier with about 30 animal species. Here you can see primates, reptiles, big cats and birds among others. In addition the garden of the zoo has even more species of different trees and plants.

  6. See

    Lac Municipal

    An artificial lake in the governmental quarters, the only real body of water in the city and another place to get away from the noise of the city.

  7. Eat

    Le Café de Yaoundé

    Pricey (~10 000 for your meal) food. Seems to be catering to the expat crowd with a focus on European style cuisine. Nice ambiance with patio seating in a lush garden area.

  8. See

    Monument de la Réunification

    Monument to the reunification of English and French Cameroon in 1961. Constructed in 1973, it's composed of the main monument, a statue of a man with his five children and a garden. The main monument is made up of two spiral staircases (symbolising English and French Cameroon) that meet at the top of the monument.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Yaoundé (CC BY-SA 4.0).