CamTT REVIEWS
This is what tourists have been saying about CamTT’s leaders, guides, and tours…
“Thank you team. Excellent work and good reporting. Hope to be able to work with you again in Yaoundé. A bientôt.”
– Head of Security and Quarantine for the US State Department and American Embassy’s B747 Airlift, during the Coronavirus Crisis, 2020
“Thank you so much for your kind arrangement. Thanks to your arrangement, our survey was accomplished!
We arrived at Japan safely. We were glad to meet your team. If we have other job or private visit in Cameroon, we will contact you.”
– Japanese Movie Crew and Development Staff, all of Cameroon over 3 different months and sets
“DANIEL a fantastic guide and JUDE a very good driver. GREAT GUYS. EXCELLENT SERVICE ALL THE TIME.”
– Ronald, UK, Custom Tour of the Cameroon Tristate Park East and Western Beaches West
“Thank you for providing us with guide Daniel Mbevo and driver Wilkinson. We all found both of them the best of the best, friendly, caring and informative!”
– Michel Behar, Group Tour of Cameroon, 11 people, in tandem with Chad
“Hey Chris and company,
This correspondence is long overdue but I wanted to write a review of my trip to Cameroon. It can be described in three words: educational, incomplete, and life-changing.
It was nice as a teacher to become a student in an environment that I was totally unfamiliar with. My friends and family were surprised and concerned that I would take a solo trip to what is considered volatile and dangerous. I appreciate you addressing all concerns, while selling the trip without being a salesperson. Daniel Mbevo is by far the best tour guide I’ve ever had and I consider him as a lifelong friend. From the moment we introduced, he answered every question I posed with care, thoroughness, seriousness of purpose, and in griot-like fashion. I still can still remember the colorful history of the founding of Yaoundé as a result of a man’s love for a woman after the original capital would be moved due to earthquakes. He expanded and enhanced the little history that I that realized I knew given that I studied African History in college. This learning has now been transferred to my middle school students and has not stopped as I am able to share lessons in History, Science, Geography, Politics, and Conflict Resolution. There was even an intrapersonal lesson that I learned from Daniel that one must contact and treat a friend without looking for something in return; the seed is planted when you really need help. (Not often happens in the society that I live in).
There were many experiences that were not on the itinerary that turned out to be memorable and good for storytelling at home that showcase patience, perseverance, and living outside of one’s comfort zone. The other reason is that Daniel genuinely was apologetic for what I missed due to his vehicle. And finally, this trip changed my life relative to how our work, use my resources, and respond to difficulties. When I stepped foot on the continent in Morocco, I asked someone to give me advice on my first trip to Africa and I was told “Be patient!” Contrary to my American culture of “your way, right away”, the patience that I heeded has allowed me to keep an open mind while allowing the culture, the people, the forest, and experience enhance my personal life. From taking a bath in a cold river to trying to explain why I don’t have my yellow card to French-speaking military so I won’t be detained to helping a bush taxi driver fix an alternator on a road in the rain forest were not expected but has positively made in indelible impression on how I address challenges back home. The few challenges in Cameroon have allowed me to complain less and be content in whatever situation life deals me.
Initially, I was interested in Brazil for next summer; however, several factors pulled me to return to Cameroon: the friendly people, the food, the fauna in a new deeper location (a day’s hike) in Lobeke, the museum visit that I just missed, the African Cup, and the opportunity to teach English in Daniel’s hometown. With these opportunities, I am considering to stay for at least 2 months in the Summer of 2019. I am assisting Daniel in the creation of brochures that can be dispersed in America and other places advertised. I believe a second trip would bode well in the promotion and awareness of Cameroon as a new destination for Americans.
Happy Thanksgiving,”
– Alton J. Willis, US High School Teacher, Cameroon Tristate Forest Expedition
“I’m going to talk to my cousin’s son who spent a semester in Cameroon during college about taking a trip to some other parts of Cameroon in a year or two with his mother who also likes adventure travel like me. I’m kidding my law partner with a Land Rover Range Rover that she should donate it to you and I’ll pay for the shipping!”
– Paul H. Melbostad, Esq., Silicon Valley, Lobeke Custom Safari into the tristate rainforest.
“Chose Cameroon for a family holiday in June as I wanted my 11 yr old son to see gorillas in the wild and in Lobeke National Park he did.Wild bush elephants, snakes & other jungle animals. An amazing park with great rangers, porters and Daniel our awesome guide from this company
Would recommend to anyone who loves real jungles.”
– Kate, Rob, & Dakota, Australia, Lobeke National Park and 3 Week Custom Overland Tour.
“Dear Daniel,
Iam happy that you and your family recovered. I whish you a lot of success for your company for Cameroon tours. I was very happy to hear from you about this.
As youı know my husband Hans-Hubertus Pieper has been in Cameroon since the years of 199—. You have always helped him with the papers and translated for him. Since 2001 we iımported our own car -Toyota High-Lux- to Yaounde and you have been driving him to the hunting places all around Cameroon When my husband was not in Yaounde you looked for our car in the Hotel. In the year 2005 I came to Yaounde and you had prepared a wunderful Touristik trip with our car from Yaounde via Bafousam , Foumban , Limbe and Buea and there we saw the Mount of Kameron. You have a very good knowledge of history and culture of the places we went and his organisation was perfekt. We drove 1800 km with you an we enjoyd it very much. Daniel is a very nice guy and in the year 2008 my husband died and I invited Daniel to my home in Istanbul where he stayed about one month and he was a very pleasant guest.Dear Daniel to you and your family with best wishes.”
– From Mrs Elisabeth PIEPER, Istanbul.
“I came to Cameroon in 2014, and at the last minute the guide I had hired dropped out. Daniel Mbevo stepped in as my driver-guide, and as a result I had an absolutely wonderful travel experience. Daniel picked me up at the airport, and drove me all over the country for a week. He is a thoughtful, kind and knowledgeable guide, an excellent and safe driver, and he gave wonderful descriptions of the areas we visited — he knows everything about Cameroon. You might think I’d be nervous as a a woman travelling alone , but not with Daniel as my driver and guide. He kept me safe, secure and well-informed. I recommend him highly.
Thank you!”
– From Joanne SILBERNER of USA.
“Dear Daniel,
I would like to thank you very much for the good guide services you provided us on our 2 trips in Cameroon. We visited Yaunde and also some great places in the rainforest for about 2 weeks on each trip. All was very well organised and felt very safe to us, and has given us numerous of great memories.
So thanks, and hope to see you all again.”
– Form ESPEN LYNNE, Norway
“We travelled in Cameroon for several weeks. We arrived in Cameroon by boat coming from the Dzanga Sangha National Park in the Central African Republic. Dan picked us up on the shore of the Sangha river in Lobéké National Park. Together with our driver Antoine we then travelled north and finally left the jungle behind us. We first drove to the Cameroonian capital city of Yaoundé and then on to the Ring Road area, where we stayed for quite a while. We visited Lake Nyos and several traditional kingdoms there. Very knowledgeable guide and so we learned a lot about the background of all the different topics. The last days of our Cameroon holiday we spent on the beach. First in Limbé and then in Kribi. Altogether it was a wonderful time…I really can recommend. From others we heard he is considered to be the best tourist guide in Cameroon.”
– Dr. Franz Thoren, Germany
(Multi-country & Cameroon Grand Tour)
