Mission accomplished! While the whole point of the migration safari is to see the animals, there’s hardly any “piece” of the safari that is more exciting than to see the animals make the crossing. It’s not always a pretty picture, for early in the migration (probably up to within a few days of when we …
Africa: The Migration (7) – Hippos
Often referred to as “the most characteristic” of Africa’s water animals, the lumbering hippopotamus is truly a wonder to see. Because they tend to stay mostly submerged most of the time (thanks to having their ears, eyes, and nostrils high up on their head) and do their grazing at night, we kind of forget just …