Waza

National Park

Cameroon · West Africa (Far North)

West Africa (Far North)Declared in 19681,700 km²

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Cameroon's principal safari park, closed for years by the insecurity around Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region

Area

1,700 km²

Protection category

UICN II

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Declared in

1968

Region

West Africa (Far North)

Climate

Tropical, Árido / desértico, Montañoso

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Area: 1,700 km²

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Cameroon's principal safari park, closed for years by the insecurity around Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region

Declared in 1968, Waza is Cameroon's principal safari park, though access has been severely restricted over the past decade by the instability that has come with the Boko Haram insurgency in the Lake Chad region, which has cut tourism sharply and made effective anti-poaching work far harder.

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52 species documented in Waza

16 Mammals16 Birds10 Reptiles4 Fish1 Lungfish1 Gastropoda4 Insecta

At conservation risk:Elefante africano,León,Buitre orejudo,Grulla coronada cuellinegra,Secretario,Tortuga de caparazón blando africana,Tortuga espolonada africana (sulcata)

Near Threatened

Búfalo africano

Syncerus caffer

Elefante africano

Loxodonta africana

Hiena manchada

Crocuta crocuta

León

Panthera leo

Marabú africano

Leptoptilos crumenifer

Pelícano blanco

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Agama de cabeza roja

Agama agama

Antílope alcelafo (hartebeest)

Alcelaphus buselaphus

Antílope ruano

Hippotragus equinus

Bagre eléctrico

Malapterurus electricus

Bichir del Senegal

Polypterus senegalus

Boomslang

Dispholidus typus

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Flora and ecosystems

Ecosystems found in Cameroon, where Waza lies.

Selva tropicalSabanaMarino / costero

Experiences in this park

Observación de aves

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