Stats and Helpful Info

Submitted by rootsinafrica on Tue, 01/07/2008 - 12:23.
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The following are some stats as well as some info that might be helpful to future travelers:

 

(Please note that the prices are relevant at the time that we traveled and should therefore be adjusted. The cost of the accommodation does not include some “freebies” like staying at friends or bushcamping, and the amount reflected is per couple per night)

 

Country :  Cameroon (Anglophone) or Cameroun (Francophone)

 

Dates:            18 June to 24 June  

 

Exchange rate:       R1.00 to 50 CFA

 

Number of Nights:    six

 

Distance traveled: 1191 km

 

Average distance per day:  170 km

 

Cost of Diesel: R10.90 per litre

 

Average fuel consumption:  7.59km per litre

 

Diesel used:  157litres

 

Worst Road/s:  … in Africa! -  Nguti to Ekok

 

Best Road/s:  all the other roads (excluding Douala)

 

Favourite new destination:  Limbe

 

Average cost of accommodation:  R266.67 per night

 

Number of Bushcamps:   nil

 

Cheapest Acommodation:  Limbe Botanical Gardens Guesthouse

 

Most enjoyable:  Park Hotel Miramar (great pool and DSTV)