Hippo Pool

The “hippo pool” is in the center of the Crater. Hippos are a gregarious animal. They like to hang out together, even though they are quite quarrelsome and ill tempered. There must have been fifty or more hippos in this pool, floating, submerging, bellowing at each other, blowing water into the air. They can stay submerged for as long as five minutes. We sat in the Land Rover and ate our lunch while watching them.