What an experience

After our visit to Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre last week we took the chance and went to see Jessica the hippo. We were not sure about what to expect, but it was a fantastic experience! Jessica is 11 years old now and still loves beetroot and sugared tea. To feet and touch the most dangerous animal in Africa is indescribable! We highly recommend visiting her, about 1.5 hours drive north of Dreamfields Guesthouse.

Hippo Jessica

Jessica the hippo is very famous – even outside South Africa. Since 10 years, after the devastating floods in the year 2000, Jessica lives with Tonie and Shirley Joubert near Hoedspruit. To come upon a hippopotamus in the wild would be sobering and cause for serious alarm, but Jessica seems to be tame. She is free but prefers to live with humans and to spend the nights on the veranda. You can visit Jessica, she only lives about an hour drive from Dreamfields Guesthouse.