Where is the Mountain Hotel?

In Buea, the old German capital on the slopes of Mount Cameroon, about 16 kilometres from Limbe and 69 kilometres from Douala airport.

Is the Mountain Hotel a four-star hotel?

Cameroon Tribune, the national daily, described it as a four-star hotel after its renovation by the state. No international rating covers it.

Can the Mountain Hotel host events?

Yes. It has meeting rooms, a terrace for about 150 people and a banquet hall for 350.

Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Limbe?

Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Limbe, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.

Four-star Buea, about 16 km from Limbe, Limbe

Mountain Hotel

A state-owned hotel of 1958 in the old German capital of Kamerun, set in the government quarter of Buea on the slopes of Mount Cameroon.

Fly to Limbe

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Stars: Four, per Cameroon Tribune (2020)
Rooms: 67 on two floors
Opened: 1958, renovated 1994 and since
From the airport: About 69 km from Douala

The hotel

The state hotel in the old capital.

Buea sits at about 870 metres on the eastern slopes of Mount Cameroon, and from 1901 to 1919 it was the seat of German Kamerun. The palace of the German governor Jesko von Puttkamer still stands, and fog often rolls down from the mountain into the streets. The Mountain Hotel opened here in 1958, one of two government hotels in the Government Residential Area, and was renovated in 1994.

The state paid for another renovation in the years before 2020, and the national daily Cameroon Tribune then described it as a four-star house. It has a pool, a gym, a restaurant and rooms for meetings and banquets, and it lodged the officials and teams of the 2016 African women's football championship. Mount Cameroon, 4,040 metres high, rises behind the town, and the University of Buea, the country's first English-speaking university, is in the town too.

Under the volcano Buea is built on the mountain's eastern slopes. Its last eruption was in 2012, and the Race of Hope runs to the summit and back.
Colonial Buea The former governor's residence and the Bismarck fountain are among the landmarks left from the German years.
Pool and gardens A swimming pool, a gym and spacious grounds, which the hotel also hires out for photo shoots.

Good to know

Before you go.

Arrival Check-out by noon.
Before you go Buea lies in Cameroon's South-West Region, which has seen unrest since 2017. Check your government's travel advice before booking.
Limbe The coast, the botanic garden and the wildlife centre of Limbe are about 16 kilometres away.

Getting there

Flying to Limbe.

Douala International, the airport of entry, is about 69 kilometres away; the directory listing gives about an hour, and we would allow more for traffic, our estimate. Private jets clear customs at Douala too. The small strip at Tiko, closer by, takes no jets.

Business & First Class Scheduled flights The direct route from Europe is Air France's non-stop from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Douala, about seven and a half hours; Brussels Airlines also lands there. Elsewhere, a change in an African hub is the rule. Request a fare Private Jet Private jets Clear customs at Douala, where a handling agent is required and jet fuel is on hand. For a night landing, warn the handler early, as the airport office works weekday hours; the drive to Limbe follows. Request a jet

Approximate flying time by midsize jet to Limbe

Malabo 30 min
Lagos 1 h 20
Accra 1 h 50
Geneva 6 h 30 long-range jet
London 7 h 25 long-range jet

Questions

What guests ask first.

Where is the Mountain Hotel?: In Buea, the old German capital on the slopes of Mount Cameroon, about 16 kilometres from Limbe and 69 kilometres from Douala airport.
Is the Mountain Hotel a four-star hotel?: Cameroon Tribune, the national daily, described it as a four-star hotel after its renovation by the state. No international rating covers it.
Can the Mountain Hotel host events?: Yes. It has meeting rooms, a terrace for about 150 people and a banquet hall for 350.
Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Limbe?: Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Limbe, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.

Also in Limbe

Other hotels worth the trip.

Four-star · Limbe Atlantic Beach Hotel The four-star address in Limbe itself, named by the state daily Cameroon Tribune in its survey of the region's hotels.

Staying at Mountain Hotel?

Book the room, then the flight.

Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Limbe, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.

Business & First Private Jet

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