"Hippos and Crocs at the Mara River" Top 5 Page for this destination Masai Mara Game Reserve Off The Beaten Path Tip by Homanded

This is the infamous Mara River - the place where each year, millions of Wildebeest, Zebras, Impalas and countless other hoofed animals make their perilous crossings on the way to the "greener pastures" between Tanzania and the Kenya Plains.

Knowing nature's course, which has been unchanging throughout milleneum, hungry crocodiles await the creatures which are driven by hunger and the need to survive.
It is also the best place in Kenya to see the Hippo - Africa's most dangerous animal.

Each year countless people are attacked by Hippos who have either wondered out of the water to their grazing grounds (they're hervibores) and an unsuspecting tourist or even guide has gotten between the huge beast and the river.
For this reason, the Mara River lookout is always patrolled by National Park officers, complete with very menacing looking guns and only they can escort you to and around the river.

For the best vantage points, go down to the river's edge (again, with a guide who is knowlegeable in knowing where the hippos lie) and around the naturally worn crossings to the top of the hill.
The sight of these magnificent animals all lazily basking in the sun or just under the water's surface was one of our favorites.