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ReferencesI had great pleasure, visiting my long time friend Bekir Cem Cantürk in Cameroon, back in April, 2008. He has been telling me about his operations in Cameroon for a long time, but as we all know, there is nothing like the real thing. I had to live, smell and see it all and decide for myself, what Cameroon was all about. I tell you what, he wasn't exaggerating, Cameroon is all he said, plus more. I spent entire months of April and May, 2008 in Cameroon, visiting my friend's all three hunting zones in Savannah, Galery Forest and Rain Forest. The accommodations were superb. Food was 1st class. Hunting was unbelievable. I helped him guide two hunters from the U.S. in Savannah zone. In between hunts I did my own foot safaris around the camp and was amazed with the number of big game animals I saw within few hundred yards from the camp. All zones were great, but what impressed me the most, was the willingless and the zest the duikers possessed coming to my friends' Pigmy trackers' calls in the Rain Forest zone. What we did was, walking, stopping and calling every 100 yards or so and at least every other or third time a duiker, sometimes two, would come running at full speed towards us. The Pigmy trackers called the Duikers by making a high pitched sound with their mouths, while pinching their noses with their index fingers and thumbs. Imagine the number of Duikers the Rain Forest holds. The diversity of the fauna and the plant life in Cameroon was amazing. I have never seen trees as interesting looking as the ones I saw in Cameroon. About 600 of the 900+ pictures I took during my trip were of trees. I also highly recommend extending your trip for a couple of days, for a visit of the Cameroons' Atlantic coast as well. I bet you that, it will be a decision you won't regret. I don't know about you but I am already planning a 3 month long trip back to Cameroon, in early part of 2009. Cengiz İşbilen |
