Is Nanga Eboko safe? Cameroon travel risk
Is Nanga Eboko safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Nanga Eboko scores 59/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Cameroon Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 15 May 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 9 Feb 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Nanga Eboko scores 59/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Cameroon (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Nanga Eboko: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (75/100) and crime and scams (50/100).
A score of 59 is higher than the scores of 84% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Cameroon travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Nanga Eboko belongs to Centre (Cameroon), centered at coordinates 4.6708° N, 12.3731° E (615 m above sea level). Distance to Yaoundé is 130.4 km towards the SW.
Centre
4.6708° N, 12.3731° E
615 m
Africa/Douala
29,814
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Cameroon)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Nanga Eboko happened in February (4 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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