I can see you.

 

Happy Hippos

The icon of the South Luangwa National Park has to be it's Hippos. There are thousands in the main river and many more in Lagoons and pools across the park.

The sound of them creates a sonic landscape like no other -with grunts, screams and the typical "Hippo laughter" filling night and day.

Hippo

Open wide!

Mum and baby

This mother and baby hippo was one of the sightings we had off the deck at Kaingo camp.

Hippo pod

Hippo were , like Leopards, a constant theme of the trip.

It looks as though this will be a particularly hard year for them as the rains were poor and water levels are low - two months ahead of what is normally expected.

As water levels drop more and more hippo will have to share the same space - and that is when the fighting will start.