Chobe River

We did a boat cruise along the Chobe River. A great way to see some hippos, without having them able to get at you.

Mum, Dad and the kid going into the river to have a drink

He’s giving us the evil eye

A group of hippos grazing by the water. Chobe is unusual in that the hippos come out during the day. In most areas they stay in the water during the day and only come out at night.

Quite common to see birds on hippos eating bugs off them in a symbiotic relationship.

Nice colouring on this crocodile. Quite large – a bit over two metres.

A hippo getting out of the water. This is a younger once as he failed at first and had to try three times.

The crocodiles never move, hoping you won’t notice them. However having your mouth open like this gives it away.

Funny story around this photo. The boat pulled up on shore to let us take it. Then reversed into a sumbmerged rock, which killed the engine. An animated discussion followed on who would get out to fix the engine. Luckily they finally got it working again with no one having to bet crocodile bait. The croc looked very upset when we left!