This was the moment a very cheeky heron hitched a ride on the back of a hippo in Kruger National Park.

This funny clip, filmed on September 12, shows the moment a heron made it across the lake by ‘surfing’ on the hippo.

The filmer told Newsflare: “I noticed this Grey Heron gliding on the water of a small lake named the Sunset Dam, I found this amusing only to discover that the bird was balancing itself in a standing position on the back of a hippopotamus.

"When the hippo rose to the surface to breathe the bird quite elegantly repositioned itself, then spread his wings and flew off."

I noticed this Grey Heron gliding on the water of a small lake named the Sunset dam, just outside the Lower-Sabie Rest Camp in the South African Kruger National Park. I found this amusing and quickly shoot a video on my IPhone XS Max, only to discovered that the bird was balancing itself in a standing position on the back of a hippopotamus. When the hippo rose to the surface to breath the bird quite elegantly repositioned itself, then spread his wings and flew off.