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Hippos basking in the afternoon sun at River Sabaki in Magarini, Kilifi County. [File, Standard]

Sabaki River estuary and its pool of hippopotamus has over the years been a tourist attraction site for many but there is an underlying frosty relationship between the local community and the beasts.

The scenery is best witnessed from the Sabaki bridge owing to its high elevation affording the eyes to scan far and wide. The magnificent sight of the hippos either relaxing or playing in the brown water adds to the excitement.

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