Mar 16, 2014 | Blog, Karen's blog, Portfolio
Kiboko grooming a crocodile. I have seen this behaviour on a regular basis and believe the hippos groom the crocodiles for a couple of reasons. The area they choose to groom is normally the tail or along the ridge on the top of the croc’s body. In those areas...
Aug 19, 2012 | Featured, Karen's blog
Earlier this year I entered a raffle through the Turgwe Hippo Trust’s Facebook page, first prize being a 10-night stay at Hippo Haven located in the Save Valley Conservancy in Zimbabwe. Having already expressed an interest in volunteering there, needless to say I was...
May 19, 2012 | Featured, Karen's blog
Reblogged from old website: This update for our website is long overdue but with all of this correspondence, I have to be careful that I don’t end up spending more time writing than actually physically being out in the bush with the hippos, and helping them in their...
Jan 19, 2012 | Featured, Karen's blog
HIPPO HAVEN – the name gives a slight indication into the nature of the place. A picture or expectations may be developed from hearing such a name, of which some may be true… though it cannot come close to giving a complete picture into life at Hippo...
May 18, 2011 | Karen's blog
The Trust had just under 70 people visit the hippos during 2011. An increase in visitors thanks to the security situation having calmed down. These people came from the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Tanzania, Australia, Zimbabwe, USA, Germany, Switzerland and Latvia....
Oct 19, 2010 | Karen's blog
On October 7th we celebrated twenty years of living at Hippo Haven with these Turgwe Hippos. The 7th is my birthday, so we felt that arriving in the Lowveld of Zimbabwe on that day was an auspicious beginning. On the 7th of October, 2010 Antoinette, Jean-Roger’s...