The Adventures of Kerri & Matt

At Hippo Hill will when on the Hippo boat to visit the Hippos.

They were not hard to find.

They were pretty sleepy still.

They shifted around a bit but they are up at night.

They wait during the day in the water where it is safe and then go on land at night.

They still kept an eye on us.

These are probably all female hippos too.

Only one male controls his harem.

Hippos are very aggressive and males will fight to the death to determine who gets control.

We can’t tell the difference though.

They all just look the same.

Sleepy wandering hippos.

Sometimes yawning.

It always seemed to be away from us though.

The other animal to look out for in Africa are the buffalo.

They are the most aggressive animal on land.

Don’t mess with buffalo.

There are crocs too but realistically they are much easier to avoid and only are a problem at the water edge.

Okay these guys might be a little more worrisome due to their size.

Now these guys probably aren’t much to worry about.

Elephants are big, we will enjoy those from further away.

The little ones are so cute though.

They are still really big though.

Similar to the hippos all these elephants are female. The difference being that there is no male around this herd.

They kick out the males when they get too old and only let some around during mating.

The birds don’t segregate.

They look really weird though.

It was getting a bit later so they all started to congregate for the evening.

There was a still more time for fishing though.

This kingfisher was taking a break.

They look really weird while fishing.

They spend most of the time staring at the water looking for food.

Then they hover in the air before diving down.

They work really hard for their food.

Here are more comorants. The flighty kind.

Not sure what this is. We’ll call it white bird.

This is a different looking white bird, heron perhaps.

This bird looks cool, also don’t know what it is called.

This is a fish eagle.

This is not an eagle, but rather a baboon.

This is an acacia tree. In the tree is a monitor lizard.

They spend most of the time sunning themselves in the trees or on the beach.

Apparently this was the place to hang out.

As we were leaving and the sun was going down the hippos were starting to make their way out. This was one of the exit points.

There is an elephant in this picture. Maybe more than one. But one that we noticed. The very first African Elephant we saw.

He is trying to hide behind the tree.

There are animals on the far side of this lake too.

Kerri thinks it’s two wolves.

Hunting a moose.

Matt insists that the far side of the lake is not Canada.

Next to this lake is definitely elephants.

Lots of elephants.

Of various sizes.

With babies.

Of various sizes.

The babies are clumsy and funny.