KBKaren BreitkreuzOff-the-route trips to South Africa, Belize and Europe

Wild Safari Surprise: Hippos, Kudus, and Elephants Emerge!

14 Jun 2026 · 1 min

Watch on YouTube

1:24

In this brief safari narration, two guides recount a series of wildlife sightings during a river crossing. They first describe a hippo and its calf moving across the river, then note a kudu spotted near a bridge adjacent to a luxury hotel. After a period of patient watching, an elephant emerges from the surrounding brush, followed by a second elephant, illustrating the unpredictable and rewarding nature of close‑up wildlife observation on a safari.

Chapters

We kept staring into the river, watching that hippo and her baby continue to walk across, and one of the members of the party said, I think I see something further down there in the bush. Oh, what is it? Because they were quite a distance away and you can't really sometimes make out what's happening in the bush. So you pay close attention. There's, there's the fancy— the bridge where the fancy hotel is now. But there's a kudu right there. So he was across the river.
And if you see one, sometimes you're lucky enough to get to see the whole herd.
And we watched and watched and waited a little bit more, and sure enough, out of the brush came an elephant, and then another elephant.