Archives: 2007 December

The first explorers who saw the hippo first called it a sea cow and hunted them because they have vast amounts of meat and fat on them. One of Africa’s fully grown adult hippos can weigh around 2 tonnes, but do not let that weight fool you because they can run 20 kilometers an hour [...]

It would be good if the profits from the safari and the experience that you have enjoyed return to the place where you got to get the experience from. Unfortunately, booking with a local operator only ensures this to a certain extent for it does not necessarily guarantee that the return for the local community [...]