Yaounde - Post Report Question and Answers

What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?

The home of residence is the UK. The post is approximately 7 hours away from London. It is easy to get to once you get to Europe. - Feb 2023


From East Coast USA. We traveled through Europe and it was about 14 hrs of flight time - seven hours to Brussels or Paris, then seven hours to Yaounde. - Jan 2020


Virginia, U.S.A. It takes a good 24 hours to get to Yaounde from VA. The flight via Brussels or Paris is 24 hours, then there seems to be an inevitable delay with flights arriving, and then a good hour to get home from the airport. - Jun 2018


United States, about 20-24 hours to the East Coast via Paris, Brussels, Addis, or Casablanca. - Apr 2017


DC. With the time difference, a flight will take approximately 24 hours. Flights normally route through Brussels or Paris. Flights only arrive on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday transitioning via Paris on Delta code share Air France. - Apr 2014


Our home base is Washington DC and it takes about 6 hours to Paris and then another 7 or so to DC. All the flights out of Yaounde are red-eye. That can be hard with young kids. - Jan 2014


United States. - May 2012


Wash. D.C. The trip goes through Paris, which isn't such a hardship. It's a long (7 hours) flight overnight from Yaounde, or you can travel through Douala, which is 4 hours drive. - Sep 2011


We live in IL, and fly from St. Louis to Chicago to Zurich then on to Yaounde. Total trip with layovers is over 24 hours. Other flights go through Paris or Brussels. - Mar 2010


24 hour trip to the U.S. when you factor in layovers. The best airlines to use are swiss air or SN brussles. Air france is called Air Chance in these parts and your luggage will be routinely taken off in Douala and will often not make it to Yaounde for a week. - Jan 2010


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