Mare aux Hippopotames
The Mare aux Hippopotames is a lake and national park in Burkina Faso, created in 1937 and designated in 1977 as the only UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the nation. The park was created around a freshwater lake and includes surrounding pools and marches in the flood plain of the Black Volta River, and surrounding forests. The park is home to about 100 hippos; about 1000 eco-tourists visit each year. It is located about north of Bobo-Dioulasso, and is itself about in size.
Mare aux Hippopotames is among the wetlands of international importance as defined by the Ramsar Convention.
