Yaounde - Post Report Question and Answers
How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?
I would not use the local postal service if there even is one. I have used DHL to receive and send parcels home. - Feb 2023
Dip pouch. - Feb 2022
We have diplomatic pouch. - Jan 2020
All our mail comes and goes by diplomatic pouch and so takes three weeks to arrive/reach the destination. Plan accordingly! I have never used the local mail, though a teacher tells me that if she puts God-like stickers on her parcels they reach the destination, as the locals don't want to interfere with God! You can buy the religious stickers on the streets easily enough. - Jun 2018
We use the pouch, which takes 2-3 weeks in most cases. It has the normal size and weight restrictions, which allows you to receive most things you need other than liquids, which are much more limited. Outgoing mail is limited to letters and very small packages. - Apr 2017
Pouch. Arrives every 2-3 weeks. You cannot mail packages back to the U.S. larger than a DVD box unless you want to spend an outrageous amount. - Apr 2014
Through the Embassy pouch. - Jan 2014
Post office. - May 2012
Through US Embassy. - Sep 2011
The US Embassy's diplomatic pouch. Cameroon does have a postal service that is fairly reliable for outgoing letters though. My daughter visited a post office down the street on a toddler group field trip and mailed a post card to her grandparents in FL that arrived in only a week. I wouldn't trust the national system for anything more than letters. - Mar 2010
No real postal service. If you don't have diplomatic pouch privilages you are out of luck. - Jan 2010
We have weekly pouch service. - Nov 2008
Dip pouch. - Jun 2008
Cameroonian Post is completely unreliable. Letters will be okay but not much else. - Jun 2008
