We travelled north to a gorilla "orphanage", part of Projet Protection Des Gorilles, http://www.ppg-c0ngo.org/ funded for over 20 years by the John Aspinall Foundation http://www.totallywild.net/. There we saw a group of five orphan gorillas, viewed from across a small river, here are some pictures, but I did not have a good lens to get up close views. We hope to go back another time to stay overnight at the center, which is operated by a Luc Mathot, the Belgian Project Coordinator, who has been out there for three years. We were a group of seven from our Embassy, and we had lunch overlooking the beautiful "Lac Bleu" near the Reserve...
Lac Bleu
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Thanks Carolyn for these explanations and this positive presentation! I am Belgian and the coordinator of the project, totally funded by The Aspinall Foundation (www.totallywild.net) since the beginning, more than 20 years ago(except the recent social program, about 10% of the project, funded by the French Embassy).
See you soon in the Reserve I hope...
Luc Mathot
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