GIRAFFE GESTATION AT THE BUSHCAMP COMPANY

Photos by Johan Elzenga
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Elephants Take 22 Months, Zebras 13 and Hippos Only Eight
 

SOUTH LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK, ZAMBIA (March 8, 2011) – Did you know that baby giraffes are born after a gestation period of 15 months? They can be up to 2 meters (roughly six and a half feet) in height at birth and twice as tall by their first birthday! Baby giraffes and other amazing wildlife newborns can be seen first-hand at Mfuwe Lodge in Zambia with The Bushcamp Company.

The lagoons at Mfuwe Lodge in Zambia are the perfect home base to see these wildlife babies live and up close. There are over 60 species of animals including elephants, crocs, buffalo, hippos, giraffes, zebras and big cats like leopards and lions at 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 visit www.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 visit www.bushcampcompany.com or call +260 (0)216246041.

 

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