--- description: Watch a hippo get close to a boat on the Chobe River in Kasane Botswana title: Watch a Hippo Chase a Boat Full of People on Safari image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Hippo Chase a Boat Full of People on Safari  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jan 15, 2015 3:35 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jan 15, 2015 3:35 PM CUT Tourists on safari got up close and personal with a hippopotamus. In the description of this viral video on YouTube, user David Jackson says his son Craig Clive Jackson captured the footage from a boat on the Chobe River during a safari in Kasane, Botswana. “We were traveling on the Chobe River in Botswana, when we came across this hippo which appeared to want to charge the boat,” the user wrote. “The Hippo was closer to the boat than what it appears on the video.” No word on whether it was a [hungry hungry hippo](http://www.target.com/p/hasbro-hungry-hungry-hippos-game/-/A-14258064 "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3669073/hippo-charges-boat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3669073/hippo-charges-boat/"},"headline":"Watch a Hippo Chase a Boat Full of People on Safari","datePublished":"2015-01-15T15:35:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:58.580Z","description":"No word on whether it was a hungry hungry hippo","url":"https://time.com/3669073/hippo-charges-boat/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3669073/hippo-charges-boat/","name":"Watch a Hippo Chase a Boat Full of People on Safari"}}]}] ```