![Hippos in Katavi National Park](https://cloudfront.safaribookings.com/blog/2022/10/00-Hippos_in_Katavi_National_Park-BW-header1200px.jpg)
Hippos in Katavi National Park
Katavi National Park is a very seasonal park with huge floodplains that dry up after the rains from June onwards. The Katuma river also dries up, until all that’s left is a small stream with a few muddy ponds. The big concentration of hippos ..
![5 Fascinating Facts About the Secretary Bird (Sagitarius Serpentarius)](https://cloudfront.safaribookings.com/blog/2022/05/00-five-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-secretary-bird-BW-1200X1200px.jpg)
5 Fascinating Facts About the Secretary Bird (Sagitarius Serpentarius)
This is one of Africa’s weirdest birds, strutting about the savannah with the head of an eagle and the legs of a stork. In reality it is a bird of prey, with a family all to itself, and its snake-killing prowess is the stuff of legend.
![A Wildebeest River Crossing in the Serengeti](https://cloudfront.safaribookings.com/blog/2014/02/00-a-wildebeest-river-crossing-in-the-Serengeti-BW-600px-723x362.jpg)
A Wildebeest River Crossing in the Serengeti
Arguably the greatest wildlife spectacle in Africa, the migration of two million wildebeest across the Serengeti Plains climaxes with a series of perilous river crossings. The build-up to a Mara river crossing is tense and unpredictable...