Shopping At Belo Market Tour

Belo Weekly Market

Description: Experience the hustle and bustle of this busy village market. Every 8 days, traders come from across Boyo Division and further to sell their wares. These include fruit and vegetables, fish, meat, clothes, fabric, and much, much more.

Accessibility & Transport: 1/5, 5-minute walk from Belo center.

Cost: No cost to enter the market, how much you spend is up to you!

Time Needed: Allow a minimum of 60 minutes just to walk around the market.

Djichami & Afua Community Forest Trek

Description: The Djichami & Afua Community Forest is in close proximity to Belo, and after an hour’s walk through the forest, a secluded waterfall can be reached. The waterfall is approximately 35m high and during the dry season, it is possible to swim in the pool. If you wish to extend your visit you can also visit a secret spring, deep within the forest. There is also the option to do a homestay in Djichami if you would like to experience real Kom village life.

Itinerary

Day 1: Belo

What to do: Return to Belo and do the Mbingo Cliff Top Trekking. It is the best trekking experience in this region and starts from the breathtaking Mbingo hilltop and passes through the picturesque adjoining hilly areas to Belo. It lasts for 5 to 7 hours. It enables one to see far and wide the underlying areas occupied by sprawling villages with many beautiful farmlands. One may discover villagers on their farms.

Day 2: Fundong

While back at Fundong visit the highly venerated traditional ruler. His Kingdom is one of the largest in Cameroon. A ritual initiation is performed on any visitor willing to get into the interior of the palace, where the mystical antiquity called Afo-Akom is found.

This piece of the carved object was stolen from a western museum, and while there it caused a lot of havoc by knocking down other antiquities, due to the fact that it was not feeling comfortable where it was. It was later brought back to Cameroon. It is believed to have much magical power which protects the entire Kingdom from any mishap.

The ritual initiation will also confer on one the honorary citizenship of this Kingdom. And will have the possibility of discussing the traditional ruler.

Overnight in Fundong.

Day 3: Oku-Bamenda

At Bamenda visit craft shops and local markets for souvenirs. And in the evening watch a scintillating mask dance. Bamenda-Douala and departure.