CAMEROON PYGMIES, LOWLAND GORILLAS AND ANCIENT TRIBAL EXPEDITION

Spector Travel a tourism consulting firm specializing in Africa, offers cutting edge tour visiting Pygmies, Lowland Gorillas and Ancient Tribes of Cameroon, West Africa

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA -- 03 JANUARY 2003 -- SPECTOR TRAVEL OF BOSTON, INC., IS THE FIRST ESTABLISHED TOUR OPERATOR TO OFFER SCHEDULED TOURS TO THE AFRICAN COUNTRY OF CAMEROON. THIS CUTTING EDGE EXPEDITION OFFERS THE THRILL OF THE AFRICAN RAINFOREST IN CAMEROONS LOBEKE NATIONAL PARK AND EXPLORES THE EXQUISITE TRIBAL PEOPLE OF NORTHERN CAMEROON.

LOBEKE, WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND (WWF), IS ONE OF THE LAST FUNCTIONAL ECOSYSTEMS AND CONTAINS SOME OF THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLAS AND FOREST ELEPHANTS. AN EXUBERANT BAKA PYGMY GUIDES THE GROUP THROUGH THIS UNIQUE RAINFOREST IN SEARCH OF WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLAS AND FOREST ELEPHANTS. THE PYGMIES WHO LIVE IN LOBEKE ARE TRADITIONAL HUNTER AND FOREST PLANT GATHERS WHOSE CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL LIFESTYLE HAS BEEN INTRINSICALLY LINKED TO THE RAINFOREST FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS. ONE OF THE MORE ENLIGHTING EXPERIENCES OF THE TOUR IS GO WITH THE PYGMIES TO THEIR VILLAGE AND WITNESS HOW THEY NET HUNT IN THE RAINFOREST.

THE JOURNEY CONTINUES TO NORTHERN CAMEROON WHERE SOME OF THE MOST PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES IN AFRICA EXISIT. MEET THE REMOTE KOMA PEOPLE, A RACE OF HUNTERS, FARMERS AND SHEPHERDS WHO LIVE IN A MOUNTAIN REFUGE WHERE THE WOMEN DRESS IN LEAVES AND MEN HUNT WITH BOWS AND ARROWS. ENCOUNTER THE NOMADIC MBORORO PEOPLE WHO ARE AMAZINGLY IMAGE CONSCIOUS, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WEAR COLORFUL NECKLACES AND PAINT AND TATTOO THEIR BODIES AND FACES WITH SPECTACULAR PATERNS. VISIT WITH THE STRIKINGLY BEAUTIFUL FALI WOMEN WITH THEIR LIPS PIERCED AND THE KANURI TRADERS WITH THEIR FINELY SCARED FACES.

THIS 19-DAY TOUR DEPARTS MARCH 14 2003, NOVEMBER 19, 2003 AND FEBRAUARY 11, 2004. THE COST IS $6105.00 USD PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY AND INCLUDES ROUND TRIP ECONOMY AIRFARE FROM NEW YORK, TOUR, BREAKFAST DAILY, 4 LUNCHES AND 5 DINNERS.

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