Ambassador Garvey Visits Rey Bouba and Bouba Ndjida

Ambassador Garvey Visits Rey Bouba and Bouba Ndjida

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US Ambassador Garvey surveys one of the Lamido of Rey Bouba’s Agriculture project. Thanks to a solar-powered well and irrigation system, this date palm tree is growing rapidly. [Photo by Kristofer Kvam, U.S. Embassy Yaounde]

US Ambassador Garvey with the Lamido of Rey Bouba inside the Palace of the Lamido. The palace was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative list; it is over 200 years old. [Photo by Kristofer Kvam, U.S. Embassy Yaounde]

The people of Rey Bouba treated Ambassador Garvey to a display of local dance and song. [Photo by Kristofer Kvam, U.S. Embassy Yaounde]

US Ambassador Garvey and Bouba Njida National Park Conservator Andre Njida review some of the park rangers. While on patrol, the park rangers are under constant danger from the poachers in the park. Recently two rangers were killed by elephant poachers.

US Ambassador Garvey poses with Bouba Njida Park Conservator Andre Njida and Park Lodge managers Paul and Mai Bour. Mr. Bour also assists Mr. Njida with the management and protection of the park. [Photo by Kristofer Kvam, U.S. Embassy Yaounde]