Takamanda National Park

View from Gorilla Rock

The Takamanda National Park is a protected area in Cameroon, set up in 2008 to help protect the endangered Cross River gorilla.[1]

An older protected area, the Takamanda Forest Reserve, was established in 1934 and covered an area of 675.99 km2.[2]

There are about 43 villages in the park and in 2000 about 16,000 people lived in them.[3]

The park is characterized by great biodiversity, in which various animals live, in addition to several species of monkeys, there are wild pigs, small antelopes and many species of birds.[4]

References

  1. ^ www.physorg.com
  2. ^ World Database on Protected Areas[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Cross River – Korup – Takamanda (CRIKOT) National Parks (Nigeria)". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  4. ^ "Takamanda Mone Landscape". cameroon.wcs.org. Retrieved 2021-02-12.

6°10′N 9°20′E / 6.167°N 9.333°E / 6.167; 9.333