{"id":523,"date":"2014-06-23T14:54:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T14:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/cameroon\/?page_id=523"},"modified":"2014-06-23T17:29:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T17:29:10","slug":"gorillas-in-cameroon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/cameroon\/gorillas-in-cameroon\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorillas in Cameroon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/afrifacto.com\/cameroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2014\/06\/65364-004-CFA39A0A.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"525\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/cameroon\/gorillas-in-cameroon\/65364-004-cfa39a0a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2014\/06\/65364-004-CFA39A0A.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"550,365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"65364-004-CFA39A0A\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2014\/06\/65364-004-CFA39A0A.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-525\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/afrifacto.com\/cameroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2014\/06\/65364-004-CFA39A0A.jpg?resize=550%2C365\" alt=\"65364-004-CFA39A0A\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/afrifacto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2014\/06\/65364-004-CFA39A0A.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/afrifacto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2014\/06\/65364-004-CFA39A0A.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cameroon is endowed with both\u00a0Cross River gorillas and\u00a0western lowland gorilla which together with other attractions of the country have made the country a tourist destination in Africa<\/p>\n<p>Cross River gorillas (CRGs) live in the English-speaking part of Cameroon bordering Nigeria, in small pockets of forest that are the focus of a conservation project but with no tourism component yet.<\/p>\n<p>The only captive Cross River gorilla (CRG) can be seen at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.limbewildlife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Limbe Wildlife Centre<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0which also cares for about 20 western lowland gorilla (WLG) orphans with a long-term goal \u2013 funding permitting \u2013 of rehabilitation back into the wild.<\/p>\n<p>WLGs live in the French-speaking part of the country, such as the Campo-Ma\u2019an National Park in the south-west, where WWF is developing ecotourism (but it\u2019s early days yet, so\u00a0gorilla-viewing is not guaranteed).<\/p>\n<p>More rescued WLGs \u2013 orphans of the illegal bushmeat and wild animal trade \u2013 can be seen in forest enclosures at Mefou NP, close to the capital, Yaound\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>A community-based initiative to habituate gorillas in the Lomi\u00e9 region, south-east of the Dja Reserve, had some success, but lack of visitors was a problem \u2013 head for Karagoua and Koungoulou if you want to be part of the solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cameroon is endowed with both\u00a0Cross River gorillas and\u00a0western lowland gorilla which together with other attractions of the country have made the country a tourist destination in Africa Cross River gorillas (CRGs) live in the English-speaking part of Cameroon bordering Nigeria, in small pockets of forest that are the focus of a conservation project but with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-523","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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