Waar u de Hippopotamus in Zuid-Afrika ziet

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Hippopotamus at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Sabi Sand Game Reserve, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Phinda Private Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park and Marakele National Park and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Hippopotamus is most recorded in Mpumalanga (41% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (21% of records), Limpopo (21% of records), based on 5,154 iNaturalist observations. 64 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Hippopotamus on site or nearby.

The Hippopotamus is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Sabi Sand Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep optimal; Kwandwe Private Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Phinda Private Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis). The name comes from the ancient Greek for "river horse" (ἱπποπόταμος).