Water Buffalo is considered one the most dangerous specie in this area and hunting buffalo requires sharp shots.

Water buffaloes have a head and body length of 2.5-3 meters; they stand 1.5-1.8 meters at their shoulders and their tails measure 0.5 to 1 meter.
Adult females weigh between 700 and 800 kg and males average nearly 1200 kg. The spread width of the horns, can measure up to 1.2 meters along the outer edges.

Buffaloes are adapted to a large range of topography. They are usually found in wet grasslands and marshes, near pools, wallows and near/in rivers.

They assemble in herds of variable sizes. They live in herds of females and their young and males gather in separate herds outside the breeding season.

Buffaloes are diurnal in areas where they are well protected; where there is disturbance, they are mainly nocturnal.

Water buffaloes escape insects by submerging themselves in water with only their nostrils exposed. Thus, they are often seen with a layer of mud covering their necks, legs and backs through which insects cannot penetrate. They also have fetlock joints which allow flexibility and nimble movement in mud.