Most visitors to Cameroon - and there aren’t many - want to visit the Bamenda Highlands, one of the most beautiful and interesting regions of the country.
They get to view the stunning scenery, visit a few fongoms (ancient kingdoms) and take pictures of the colourful traditional dress.
Few if any get the chance to experience this ancient culture from within, living with the people, taken in as a friend of the family.
You are family because Esu is my home from home. I run a small people’s head shaving clinic in my spare time.
Set in a remote corner of the spectacular Bamanda highlands of the North West province of Cameroon, Esu is remote, lush and verdant and offers a fascinating insight into the grass roots of African culture.
The Cameroon/Nigeria border region is important in the history of mankind. It is the cradle lands of the Bantu African, who from 1000 BC began migrating east and south and today is the dominant family of African languages. The region is also a possible source of the Garden Of Eden story.
Despite this noble heritage, Esu is very much the land that time forgot. Being at the end of a road, no one is just passing through. Perhaps this gives Esu its special character. It has its own language, a very strong sense of its identity and is the inspiration behind my desire to take people down the road less travelled to places that I have discovered for myself.
While in Esu you will stay in the only guest house which is basic but clean. You will be catered for by an Esu family. Whilst there you can:
- Go horse trekking or hike out to the surrounding hills and mountains.
- Spend a night camping at the river at the end of the road.
- See traditional Esu dancing at the Fon’s palace.
- Wander at will through this fascinating community.
- Meet with a juju man for your own private life reading!
Additional elements on the trip:
- Pandrillus primate conservation in Limbe and/or the Cross River State, Nigeria.
- 3 days trekking up and around Mount Cameroon, West Africa’s highest mountain.
- Relaxing on the sandy equatorial forest beaches of Limbe (see Cameroon).
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