Hippos playing in Turgwe River

Hippos playing in Turgwe River

Mar 16, 2014 | Featured, Portfolio

This photo shows Libra a female gaping at baby Kuchek when he was only about two and a half months old. This is entirely playful and a common thing that happens with hippos. Libra was allowed close contact as at that stage she was still a young hippo and so no threat...
Tough time for a croc !

Tough time for a croc !

Mar 16, 2014 | Featured, Portfolio

This croc here was just sleeping quietly on land when some of the Turgwe hippo juveniles returned to their river pool. For some reason Zen sat on the croc and I managed to catch this once in a lifetime shot of a young male hippo sitting on a crocodile. I am happy to...

Name the baby hippo

Mar 11, 2014 | Karen's blog

NAME THE BABY HIPPO   The Turgwe Hippo Trust is having another raffle, this time for you to enter and have the chance of naming a new baby hippo.  The calf is the son or daughter of Relief and I believe Kuchek the young male is a first time father. The calf was...
Feb. 16th – The first baby hippo of 2014.

Feb. 16th – The first baby hippo of 2014.

Feb 16, 2014 | Karen's blog

Relief has given birth to her first calf.  I last saw her on January 21st without a baby then the Turgwe River came up in flood and all of the hippos moved to quieter areas.  The game scouts found on the 10th February just one kilometer upstream from Hippo Haven the...