Bamoun Sultan Palace & Museum | Tourist Attraction

September 13th, 2023 by paulo-machado

The visit of the Bamoun musée is really nice and interesting. Maybe,when you arrive on the car park, a guy will tell you that he is a guy and can show you the palace +the New musée (with the big spider) and climbing at the top of the mosquée and more things. But the only one who can do the visit of the musée of the palace is Ali. You pay him the fees (2000fcfa per person). And there is nothing else in the palace that we are allowed to visit than this musée with Ali. So if somebody else (like Amadou) is speaking about visit something with him, know that it's nothing to see with the palace muséum. Also in september 2023 the New muséum (with spider) is not finished, it's empty, nothing interesting.

May 15th, 2023 by vlietjcg

Nice palace with friendly English speaking guides. We had to be in town again the next morning for our insurance and they let us camp inside the gate for 2.000.

January 29th, 2023 by marc.saperavi

It is still 2000 CFA pp. Very interesting place and beautiful. Our guide Ali is a sweet man, very passionate. However, be careful, they are building a new museum next to the palace : even if it was not officially open yet, they proposed us to pay 1000 to see it and, honnestly, it was pointless with nothing to see.
People are not agressive there like in most tourist places in Africa - yet - but some guys not from the museum hang around the place and will try to bring you to there little souvenir shop or, for example, one of them asked us for money when we left because he "watched" our car... (Of course we didnt pay, its a free parking if you pay the tour. )
But really good experience anyway. We recomend it :)

January 6th, 2020 by geoffreythisis

2000cfa per person, again we were with Mr Ali who was brilliant - lovely man and incredibly knowledgeable!

October 1st, 2018 by martoulenn

Palace built buy the famous Sultan Njoya in the early 20th.
Sultan Njoya created the only know written of a black civilisation. Many artefacts and photos.
Fees: 2.000 CFA for the visit. We were escorted by Mr Ali, the museum's curator who was a fantastic storyteller.
Small music band with traditionnal music at the end of the visit.
Small free parking at the Palace campound.
Opposit the Palace entrance, small traditionnal artefacts market, with plenty masks, statuettes, woodcrafts, etc ... Definitley negociate prices !