Water Buffalo may seem like placed over sized cows with a bad hair do with horns. Do not be deceived. They move fast and can kill and maim Lions. The can also do serious damage to your African Safari 4x4 rental car. Do not get to close and stay in your vehicle.

A good tip is to try and locate the hippo pool on your first day. Take photos of the hippos poking their heads out of the water. Remember where the pool is located. The following morning rush back to the pool and aim to be there before 6am. Look in the distance for a brown blob moving towards you and the pool.

It will be a well fed hippo who has been up in the hills chomping on grass all night returning home. They can travel over 14 km each night. It is amazing to see them out of the water travelling at speed on their stumpy legs. You can only see this early in the morning as they leave the pool under the cover of darkness.

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