Douala Maritime Museum | First-Hand Review

📍 Practical Info Location: Next to Bonanjo District Hall (distinct blue-white building) Hours: Wed-Sun 9:00-16:30 Pro Tip: Student ID gets 50% off (they don't check strictly) 🚢 Floor-by-Floor Guide 1F Ticket counter - Staff will ask "Photos?" (recommend buying the permit) 2F Colonial History • Replica of 1884 Douala Treaty documents • Artifacts from King Rudolf Douala Manga Bell's resistance (including his actual pocket watch!) 3F Interactive Zone • 3D Ship Simulator (the instructor teaches you to drift!) • Wall of global ship horn sounds (kids go wild) 4F Under Renovation (workers promise 6D storm experience 💨) 5F Rooftop Panorama • Views of Bonanjo's colonial architecture • Port crane "steel forest" skyline 📸 Photo Ops Third-floor ship bow viewing window (perfect silhouettes) Sunset harbor shots from rooftop 💡 Did You Know? • Building was originally a German colonial post office • Retired captains give free tours Thursdays #CameroonMustSee #ColonialArchitectureRevival #KidFriendly #NauticalGeekParadise