Korup National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
National Park in Cameroon
About Korup National Park
Korup National Park extends over1,260km(490sqmi)of mostly undisturbed tropical rainforest. It is the most accessible rainforest national park in Cameroon, with basic lodging infrastructure and a large network of trails open to visitors. The park is a popular birdwatching destination and famous for primate viewing (including species such as the drill, Preuss's red colobus, red-eared guenon and Nigeria chimpanzee). In October 1937, the Korup forest was established as a "native administration forest reserve". The forest was made a national park in 1986 and at the same time its boundaries were extended to cover its current surface area. Korup soils are sandy and low in nutrients, making them unfavourable sites for subsistence farming and cash-crop plantations, and thus the park remains mostly
Korup National Park Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 12 sections including: