Discover Limbe: Culture, Nature and History

Limbe offers ways to explore culture, nature and history: Limbe FESTAC, the Wildlife Centre, the Botanical Garden and the historic site of Bimbia in Limbe appeal to different interests. When searching for a holiday rental in Limbe, it helps to first consider which of these themes you want to shape your stay.

Art and culture at Limbe FESTAC

Limbe FESTAC is an annual, week-long arts and culture festival; it took a break in 2020. Its slogan is “Cultural Diversity and Integration”. The festival includes a carnival, a canoe race, traditional wrestling, cultural performances and an excursion to Bimbia Slave Trade Village.

The programme combines cultural performances with sporting activities and an excursion to a historic site.

Discover wildlife and plants

At the Limbe Wildlife Centre, members of the public can see rescued wildlife undergoing rehabilitation. The Limbe Botanical Garden is used to propagate plant species and also offers the chance to discover numerous species.

The two places have different focuses: the Wildlife Centre centres on rescued animals undergoing rehabilitation, while the garden focuses on plant propagation and botanical discoveries. For nature enthusiasts looking to include more than one nature-related theme in their travel plans, these are clearly distinct areas of interest.

Bimbia and its history

The historic site of Bimbia is designated as national historic heritage; this designation is based on a ministerial order issued in 2013. In the wider destination of Southwest, Bimbia preserves physical traces of the slave trade: a building where enslaved people were held, chains, an oil mill and cannons.

In the wider destination of Southwest, stairs and a small bridge built by the municipal administration make it easier to get around the Bimbia site. In the wider destination of Southwest, the remains have not been restored or reconstructed. This keeps the physical traces and their historical significance at the centre of the visit.

The wider destination of Southwest

The wider destination of Southwest also includes Mount Cameroon National Park. It is home to the highest peak in West and Central Africa, at 4,070 metres. The park has well-developed trekking routes and eco-lodges and is considered a biodiversity hotspot, with elephants, chimpanzees, drills and a diverse bird population.

The wider destination of Southwest also includes the Centre Zoologique de Limbé. It was founded in 1993 by the government of Cameroon and the Pandrillus Foundation. Its aim was to collect wild animals that had been domesticated, as well as animals confiscated from poachers, and return them to their natural habitat.

For Limbe, the municipal administration in the wider destination of Southwest describes a cooling sea breeze and a warm, calm sea as ideal conditions for swimming all day.

When searching for a holiday rental in Limbe, you can first decide whether local cultural and nature-related interests or the wider destination of Southwest will be the deciding factor.

Go to the wider travel overview: Fako.