Reporting Date: 7th December 2012

Hippos moving out.                                            

During the hotter days, hippos like getting out of the river to relax and enjoy the sun on the sandy shores. They would not stay long on the shores before heading back into the waters to cool themselves again as their bare skin would not allow them to be out of  the water for long. We watched a group of about 30 hippos moving out of the river in a very slow and  spectacular manner with their heavy heads facing down heading to the sandy shores of the mara river.

NB: * = Same animals seen by different rangers