Douala: The Economic Capital

Duration : Half-day
Itinerary : Hotel-Bonanjo-Bonaberi-Deïdo-NewBell-Bonapriso-Bonandjo

Aigle BusPROGRAM

Stage 1: Hotel-Bonandjo

  • Departure from your hotel at 8:30 to Bonandjo where the tour begins. Bonanjo Check-in.
  • Visit the monument du Général Leclerc: symbol of ties between Cameroon and France.
  • Visit to the monument of the Unknown Soldier located nearby
  • Visit the palace of King Bell inspired by German architecture.
  • Visit the palaver tree made of scrap iron and glass built behind the palace
  • Visit the buildings of the colonial era. These buildings were used by the State (former General Hospital, the former commercial center, the former German Commissioner, the former German governor's palace, etc.)..

Stage 2: Bonaberi-Deido

  • Continue to Bonaberi (area north of the city of Douala). Along the way, overview of several industrial and marine businesses.
  • Crossi the bridge over the Wouri. The bridge was built 50 years ago by the French, view of the cement factory).
  • Brief overview of the industrial area Bonaberi. Continue to Deido
  • Check-in Deido, look at the Statue of Liberty in the new roundabout (this statue is made from scrap iron).
  • Overview of the College and also Alfred Saker and his church (one of the oldest schools in Cameroon built by Alfred Saker the Baptist missionary who translated the Bible in Douala).

Stage 3: Akwa-Newbell

  • Continue to Newbell via Akwa. Along the way, insight into the party room Akwa,
  • A look at the statue of the Indomitable Lions (which was erected at the victory of the Indomitable Lions in 2000)
  • Eye on Laquintinie Hospital, Douala (one of the oldest hospitals in the country),
  • Overview of the palace and also Dika (Head SAWA) 100 meters away.
  • Overview of the park princes of Bali on the way.
  • Continue to Newbell: market visit and walk on foot in this neighborhood where promiscuity and unhealthy conditions are prevalent

Stage 4: Bonapriso-Bonandjo

  • Continue to Bonapriso, one of the residential areas of the city of Douala, which houses many expatriates. Here the streets intersect at right angles.
  • Stop at the market of flowers and artisan products to purchase souvenirs.
  • Continue to your hotel where the tour ends.

End of program