Searching for Hippos

Hippos on the river!


Sitting on the front of the boat.


The river.


Famara searching for Hippos.


A chimpanzee!


The survey team and the boat.


The river.


A very new truck parked next to a very old truck.

The WWF truck. 4 Wheel Drive is key in this country.








Hippo skulls.
















At the end of the summer I had the pleasure of helping with a Hippo population survey on The Gambia River; a project funded by WWF. We spent 3 days on the river searching for Hippos and talking to local fisherman. These are pictures from the trip. We managed to get a good look at two pods of hippos and a few loners, totalling about 35 Hippos. However, we're sure there are more of them out there and continued surveys will tell us more.