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A GLEE CHORUS OF UNDERWATER HIPPOS AT THE BUSHCAMP COMPANY
02-10-2011
Photos by Johan Elzenga Sound clip by Derek and Sarah Solomon Cheers, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
www.johanfoto.com
Andy, Franny, Lucy, Naldi and the Bushcamp Team
Websites www.bushcampcompany.com
SOUTH LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK, ZAMBIA - (February 10, 2011) – Did you know that approximately eighty percent of hippo communication takes place under water? In addition to the familiar "wheeze-honk" are a combination of squeals, grunts and clicks made below the surface and picked up at the back of the jaw bone. To hear the hippos' remarkable underwater chorus visit:www.bushcampcompany.com/DIDYOUKNOW_ww/2011/mp3/hippo_underwater.mp3
From now until February 25 one can get up close and personal with these gleeful hippos by entering the ZAMBIA TOURISM REBRANDING COMPETITION; a unique chance to re-brand Zambia as a tourism destination and win a stunning 15 day safari. For more information and to download an entry form visit:www.bushcampcompany.com/news/rebrand_zambia_tourism_win_a_safari
The lagoons at Mfuwe Lodge in Zambia are the perfect home base to see these wildlife encounters live and up close. There are over 60 species of animals including crocs, buffalo, hippos, giraffes, zebras and big cats like leopards and lions at the South Luangwa National Park, a good deal of which can be seen on foot. For more videos visitwww.bushcampcompany.com/videos.php?popup=1278564214. For more information visitwww.mfuwelodge.com.
ABOUT BUSHCAMP COMPANY
The Bushcamp Company operates six exclusive bushcamps in the remote south of Zambia's iconic South Luangwa National Park, as well as the Mfuwe Lodge (voted Best Lodge in Zambia 2009) just inside the main park gate. Set out from any of these secluded, intimate camps and you are guaranteed an unrivaled wildlife experience in one of the last unspoilt wilderness regions of Africa - the very place where the African walking safari was pioneered. The Bushcamp Company was founded by Andy Hogg and Andrea Bizzaro in 1999 and is still run from its headquarters at Mfuwe Lodge by Andy - a Zambian who worked for many years at Save the Rhino Trust's Chinzombo Lodge in Luangwa. For more information visitwww.bushcampcompany.com or call +260 (0)216246041.
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