The Mount Cameroon or Fako is an energetic and dynamic volcano of Cameroon that is located in close vicinity to Guinea and sometimes also called as Mongo ma Ndemi ‘Mountain of Greatness’. Apart from many other breathtaking landscapes of the country, Mount Cameroon stands significant and the most magnificent amongst all and many types of research and other enthusiastic tourists take flights to Douala to have an adventurous and enticing time of their lives. Your visit to Cameroon would never be completed if you don’t head towards such an astounding and mesmerizing place.
It is one of the greatest volcanos of Africa that is elevated at the height of about 13,255 above the western shore of Cameroon. It ascends above the seashore through an equatorial forest to an exposed apex, which is windy, cold and often blanketed with snow. The gigantic sheer-sided strato-volcano possesses the magmas of trashy basaltic to the basaltic formation and dominates the underneath area of Precambrian aged-stones blanketed with Quaternary to Cretaceous sediments.
Approximately, 100 mini cinder-cones normally crack-controlled, lying equidistant to the large focal point of the elephantine volcano which covers the land of about 14,000 square kilometres exists on the neighbouring lowland and the flanks. The eruptions were first observed by a Carthaginian explorer Hanno, dating back to the time of 5th century.
A big secondary peak called as ‘Little Mount Cameroon’ or ‘Etinde’ is located in the south-western side of this humungous mountain. The inflammable history of this little mountain is visible from the region which has cleaved in the south and north poles. The cones and cinders display the arid basalt fields with the history of lava explosions from 1982 to 1999. The highest one was the eruption of 1922 when the lava approached the shoreline of Atlantic and the magma flow in 1999 was only got stopped at the distance of approximately 660 feet from the coast.
The hikers love to explore the Mountain in the annual Mount Cameroon Race of Hope- that is a broadcasted foot-race which is arranged on Mount Cameroon in the months of January and February. The race has its starting line at the Molyko Sports Complex which is situated in Buea, which directs a path towards the Mount Cameroon and then back towards the complex. The overall course has the length of about 38 kilometres and the contestants are categorized according to men in women in distinctive groups which are further split up into the groups of casual runners, youth and professionals.
The first Hope race was held in 1995 and after that, the number of participants has increased manifolds. Buea is visited by almost 5,000 tourists who come to attend this interesting marathon. Besides many other sporting and cultural events are organized there which are the source of great enthralment for the visitors.
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The climate of Cameroon is highly dependent on the geographical location. There is a variation between the temperature of the mountainous sides and the plains. The best time to visit the country is from November to February when it is dry and cool with the pleasant winds all over the country, so you must plan up a trip for this amazing place once in your lifetime.
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