FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
When booking a tour with us, we often have a number of frequently asked questions been posed by clients as below. You can contact us if you have a question whose answer cannot be found below and we will get back to you with answers as soon as possible.
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We are a government approved and registered Company with the Cameroon Ministry of Tourism (MINTOUR)representing all Central African destinations where we have passion, knowledge and professionalism. Central Africa has beautiful countries with much to offer you as a Tourist destination and is easily accessible with marvelous wildlife and stunning natural sceneries. We offer more than just a holiday with authentic African experiences.
We make all safari arrangements including hotel/lodges, cars, meals and every other service that will make your tour a success.
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Africa and Central Africa to be precise still remains an unknown country to the Western traveler, with undiscovered, raw adventure experiences to be dug out. Central Africa is cramped with uncountable numbers of national parks for game viewing and reserves, forest discoveries, coastal and beach regions for relaxation, traditional museums, cultural experiences, ecotourism, hunting, hiking/mountain climbing and site seeing. These ancient lands and their peoples offer a travel experience truly unique and unforgettable. Cameroon in particular, provides travelers with the highest quality of African wildlife and unique cultural experiences available.
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The term is use to describe the power of the Unity in Cameroon. It is believed that the unity of the peoples of Cameroon is so strong as compared to that of a lion and thus a symbolic animal of the country. Large quantity of animals to be found in the different National Parks (big sea-turtles, gorillas, chimps, antelope, wart hogs, and the big five; the lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo were the top of list of traditional fun-hunters who came to Africa. These animals constitute a wish list for many people on a safari. The term is a reference from colonial trophy hunting. Hunters ranked African animals as to how dangerous they were to hunt. This is why hippo and giraffe – despite their stature – are not among this elite, sought-after group.
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It is composed principally of highlands which form the numerous mountain ranges, with a chain of mountains from the Southwest to the North having massifs such as Mount Cameroon, Mount Manengouba and Mount Mandara situated north of the Benue Basin and to the west of the Chadian plain, savannah grassland, extinct volcanoes plus lakes and rivers. Then the lowlands found at the coast with beaches found in almost every country in Central Africa. Itineraries usually cover several or all of them depending on personal taste.
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In Cameroon and other Central African countries, all the major roads are tarred. Not all of them are in good condition but accessible. In the National reserves the roads are of earth and rough giving the client a feel of the jungle.
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Central Africa is: GMT +1hour
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English and French are the official languages in Cameroon, being a bilingual country. Other Central African countries speak one or both of these languages in addition to either Portuguese and Spanish languages. In the tour industry some of the guides also have added languages learnt in the local institutes such as; German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Korean among others.
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Many of the major world airlines such as South African Airways, Air France, SN Brussels, Ethiopian Airways, Turkish Airline, Royal Air Maroc and Kenya Airways fly in and out several times a week. There are other smaller airlines that link you to other Central African countries such as Air Senegal, Camair-Co, Air Cote d’ivoire, Ceiba Intercontinental, Taag Angola, Arik Air and Trans Air Congo, Rwanda Air, Gambia Bird and Equatorial Congo Airlines.
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All the Central African countries have either one or two major International Airports mostly used by tourists arriving from within and outside the Central African sub region .
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It is always advisable to have travel insurance while visiting Central Africa just like any other parts of the world. It comes in handy incase of evacuation from remote National Parks. An element of personal risk that is of hazardous nature is involved in all the expeditions. Although these can be purchased in any country in Central Africa, it is much better to take comprehensive travel insurance cover in your own countries to cover any flight irregularities, baggage loss or delays, as well as your travel during your entire holiday in Central Africa.
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Almost all the parks have great sightings all year round. Due to different habitats of the parks and reserves an overland safari comes handy and many maintain that May to October is the best time for Cameroon and April to June – September for the rest of Central Africa.
Bottom line is that all year round there is plenty of wildlife to see and great birding activities. The mentioned months usually have less vegetation and wildlife can be viewed with relative ease. The nature reserves are at the time a bit crowded and as such recommended to make reservations much in advance.
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VISA
Cameroon entry Visa is required and that can be obtained at the Cameroon Embassy or Consulate service in your country of residence. For Countries that do not have the Cameroon consular service, you can obtain your country visa upon arrival. You just need to forward your passport details for pre-arrangement with the frontier officers at the International ports before your arrival. It is the same for other Central African countries apart of Equatorial Guinea where nationals of the United States do not need a visa to enter there. Please you can contact us directly regarding the entry visas via out address: info@globalbushtratour.com.
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