Lobéké National Park: A Pristine National Park within Cameroon's East Region Geography
Explore mapped boundaries of semi-evergreen forest and unique bais habitats.
Lobéké National Park represents a critical component of Central Africa's protected landscape atlas, situated in Cameroon's East Region. This national park encompasses vast tracts of pristine semi-evergreen forest, notable for its lack of commercial logging. Its landscape is distinguished by natural saline swamp savannas, riverine habitats, and the iconic mineral-rich bais clearings that attract significant megafauna. Understanding Lobéké National Park offers insight into the ecological richness and geographic context of the Congo Basin's conservation areas.
- Area
- 2,178 km²
- Established
- 1999
- IUCN
- II
- Relief
- Lowland