James and Lawrence founded Makasutu – meaning ‘sacred forest’ in Mandinka - as both an ecology project and a place for people to come and learn about the local culture and people. Makasutu is a tropical 1000-acre reserve encompassing five different eco-systems, including gallery forest, savannah, mangroves, palm forest and wetland. Wildlife is plentiful with many bird species, monitor lizards, baboons, vervet and red colobus monkeys, and the occasional crocodile and even the odd mongoose can be spotted on the riverbanks...
