The SAWA has tired rooms, poor quality food and unreliable water supply in the dry season. The grounds however, are expansive and delightful. They do take most credit cards. It is located in the heart of the Government district. It has excellent restaurants and bars, although quite expensive.
Meals are superb, but expensive.
A tin drum band plays in the foyer every afternoon. Swissair and Cameroon Airlines have offices in the complex. It commands magnificent views over Yaounde, and has it's own 9 hole golf course. As with the Hilton, they take most credit cards. Taxis from there to the C.B.D. are expensive.