Hippos

Connected Sites: 21

WHS where hippos can be found in the wild. Includes all species of the family Hippopotamidae.

Connected Sites

  • Taï National Park
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.08
    3
    0
    "threatened mammal species such as the pygmy hippopotamus" (official description)
  • Lake Turkana
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.64
    11
    1
    "The island parks are the breeding habitats of the Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, the hippopotamus amphibious and several snake species." (OUV)
  • Serengeti
    Serengeti
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.41
    121
    5
    500 hippopotamuses (OUV)
  • Victoria Falls
    Victoria Falls
    Zambia, Zimbabwe
    Inscribed: 1989
    4.47
    134
    5
    "Victoria Falls is situated on the mighty Zambezi River, which is home to a great number of river hippopotamus. It would be almost impossible to go on a river cruise without seeing several herds of these interesting animals." (see link)
    See www.victoriafalls-guide.net
  • Salonga National Park
    Congo (Democratic Republic)
    Inscribed: 1984
    0
    0
    "Other mammals in the park include .. hippopotamus" (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.38
    59
    7
    "among others has megaherbivores such as rhino and hippo" (AB ev)
  • Matobo Hills
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.20
    44
    2
    In Matobo National Park
  • Bijagos Archipelago
    Guinea-Bissau
    Inscribed: 2025
    5
    1
  • Inscribed: 2025
    0.76
    6
    1
    "the flagship Pygmy Hippopotamus" (IUCN ev)
  • W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
    W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
    Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger
    Inscribed: 1996
    1.94
    13
    4
    Pendjari National Park: Mammal species found here include .. hippo. (see link)
    See www.africanparks.org
  • Virunga National Park
    Virunga National Park
    Congo (Democratic Republic)
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.99
    13
    2
    "the largest concentration of hippopotamuses in Africa, with 20,000 individuals living on the banks of Lake Edward and along the Rwindi, Rutshuru and Semliki Rivers." (OUV)
  • Inscribed: 1982
    3.50
    25
    4
    "It also includes one of the world's largest known populations of hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) (18,200)" (OUV)
  • Okavango Delta
    Inscribed: 2014
    4.14
    85
    4
    "the Okavango Delta has an exceptional diversity of plant, bird and mammal species, including viable populations of large mammal species .. such as... Hippopotamus" (AB ev)
  • Ngorongoro
    Ngorongoro
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.36
    128
    4
    "Large mammals in the crater include the .. hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious)."(wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Manovo-Gounda St. Floris
    Central African Republic
    Inscribed: 1988
    0
    2
    "Several important large mammal species in terms of conservation live in the Park, such as black rhino, elephant, hippopotamus, ..." (OUV)
  • Mana Pools
    Mana Pools
    Zimbabwe
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.65
    21
    5
    At Zambezi River: "The river is also famous for its sizeable numbers of hippopotamus and Nile crocodile." (OUV)
  • Lake Malawi
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.13
    37
    4
    "Mammals include hippo (particularly in the Monkey Bay area)" (AB ev)
  • Garamba National Park
    Congo (Democratic Republic)
    Inscribed: 1980
    1
    1
    "Garamba National Park contains the four largest land mammals in the world, the elephant, the rhinoceros, the giraffe and the hippopotamus." (OUV)
  • Comoé National Park
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Inscribed: 1983
    1.82
    5
    2
    "There are also 21 species of artiodactyl present in the park including hippopotamus" (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Niokolo-Koba National Park
    Inscribed: 1981
    2.16
    21
    2
    "6000 hippopotamuses" (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Kenya Lake System
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.18
    68
    3
    "major breeding grounds for the Nile crocodile, hippopotamus and a variety of venomous snakes." (AB ev)