The Takamanda National Park is a protected area in Manyu in the Southwest Region of 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]
