Elephants and Hippos

Saturday morning we met a young man in a green ranger outfit with a gun and after a safety talk set off on safari. After ten minutes we saw an elephant behind the trees. Gradually, eight elephants emerged from the bush - a whole family with male, female, teenagers and babies. One young male flapped his ears and made a noise and the ranger ordered us to climb up some steps to show we were retreating. From this safe area we watched them as they grazed on leaves and slowly moved past us. 

Over the rest of the safari which took nearly three hours we saw various deer and a huge number of birds which took flight as we approached - it was exactly like a David Attenborough video. 

Finally, we saw hippos. It was without doubt one of the most exciting three hours I have ever had. There were eight hippos in the water and every now and again they raised themselves up and bellowed.

Videos and pictures will have to follow as I cannot connect the iPhone or camera to the iPad so anything not videod or photographed from the school iPad can't be attached to the blog.