Day Safari in Manyara - Part 2

This is one of the few times that I have been privileged to see hippos. 

Because we came early in the day, before the heat of the sun was too unbearable, 

many of them were grazing by the banks of the lake.

Once the sun gets hot, these creatures, which are very susceptible to sunburn, 

spend their days wallowing in the pools.

Warthogs make me laugh. They are such comically ugly animals, but they too were on the hunt for good food, kneeling right down and digging wildly into the earth with their snouts.

One of my favorite African birds, the Crested (or Crowned) Crane loves the dry plains, where it can snack on plants, insects, and even lizards.