  We present diffraction-limited IR images at 11.2 and 20.5 microns of the
central 6''x6'' region in NGC 1068, collected with the CAMIRAS instrument
mounted at the f/36 IR focus of the CFHT/Hawaii 3.6m telescope and at the f/35
IR focus of the ESO/La Silla 3.6m telescope, respectively. After deconvolution,
the achieved resolution (0.6'') reveals a prominent central core emitting about
95 % of the total flux at these wavelengths, as well as extended emission, to
the South-West and to the North-East, broken into patchy components which are
particularly conspicuous at 20.5 microns and can be isolated as individual
clouds. The central core shows an East-West FWHM of 0.6'' (hence unresolved)
and a North-South FWHM of 0.9'' corresponding to a resolved full size extension
of abound 100 pc. Such an elongated shape is in agreement with model
predictions of a dusty/molecular torus surrounding the central engine in NGC
1068, observed under an inclination angle around 65 degrees.
