Ratel Safaris

22/09/2026

Hippos are the second largest land animals in the world, only eclipsed in size by the elephant and can be seen quite easily in Uganda. Most of the lakes and rivers in the country are habitats for hippos. The full name is hippopotamus and derived from Greek to mean river horse. They are the third heaviest animals in the world. Elephants and rhinos are heavier than the hippos.

Hippos can eat up to 150 pounds (about 75kg) of food, which is primarily grass, in a day. They feed on grass, herbivores that they are, and can quite easily strip their habitats down to bubble. They can weigh close to three tons; however their massive weight doesn’t slow them down on land. They can run 30 to 40 km per hour on land, which faster than humans.

21/09/2026

A Lion pride resting after a full day of terrorizing other animals and hunting.

21/09/2026

A Cape buffalo couldn’t stand a chance of survival

21/09/2026

19/09/2026

I’m n the wild, it is a battle field and the strong ones only survive.

19/09/2026

When the king of the jungle decides to talk a walk

16/09/2026

Mother breast feeding her babies

📍 Serengeti National Park

15/09/2026

Lions launch an attack on a buffalo in Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Few places in Africa deliver a first impression quite like Ngorongoro Crater. One moment you’re on the rim, wrapped in cold highland air. The next, the land falls away into a vast volcanic bowl, holding grassland, forest, wetlands, soda lakes, and more wildlife than seems reasonable.

This is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera that is not a lake, formed when an ancient volcano collapsed in on itself millions of years ago.

Today, its floor stretches across roughly 260 km², with crater walls rising up to 610 m around it. More than 25,000 large animals live inside this natural amphitheatre, drawn by permanent water, rich grazing, and a geography that makes the crater feel like its own world.

13/09/2026

Lion cub leading the pride