The Lebanese News Agency said Cameron's visit is expected to last only a few hours.
During the visit, Cameron argued that his country's $1.5 billion in aid to Syrian refugees since 2012 helped discourage hundreds of thousands from "risking their lives seeking to get to Europe."
The British government was criticized in recent weeks over plans to accept only around 4,000 refugees.
Cameron had to revise the number and announced last week that his country would take in 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years.
According to recent UN figures, more than 250,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began four years ago.
Around half of the country's population has been displaced by the violence, with more than four million Syrians now seeking refuge in neighboring countries.
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Britain on Sept.14 announced it had appointed a minister to deal specifically with the 20,000 Syrian refugees that the country has agreed to resettle from camps bordering the war-torn country...
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An under secretary is the lowest rank of the three tiers of Britain's government.
The prime minister was on Sept.14 visiting a refugee camp in Lebanon "to see for myself and to hear for myself stories of refugees and what they need.
"Britain is already the second largest donor to refugee camps to this whole crisis, really helping in a way that many other countries aren't with serious amounts of money," he said.
"We will go on doing that including increasing the amount of money we are giving to educate Syrian children here in Lebanon and elsewhere. I think that's absolutely vital."
Cameron announced earlier this month that Britain would take in 20,000 more Syrian refugees, amid growing pressure at home and abroad to address the crisis.
The country has taken in around 5,000 since the Syrian conflict began in 2011.
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