I’m waist deep in footage from the South African photo safari we went on last week at MalaMala Game Reserve next to Kruger National Park. Here are a few videos and some of my favorite photos so far –

Elephant and rhinoceros mud bath (safe for all stomachs) –

Lions vs. vultures (warning: a little bit of raw meat) –

Overstuffed lions try to protect the leftovers of a Cape buffalo meal from hungry and persistent vultures.

Zebra feast (warning: medium graphic but super interesting. Noisy eaters!) –

Another Land Rover pulled up behind us and a woman said, “Wait, what are they doing?! Are they eating a zebra?! I do NOT want to see that. I thought they were just hanging out!”

Photos –

Nile crocodile

Yawn

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Giraffe tongue

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Leopard mid-yawn

Oxpeckers

Leopard

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Warthog family

Zebra through the trees

Leopard lick

Thorns

MalaMala Game Reserve

Wild dog kiss

Tourist

Oxpeckers

Mother and child zebra

Young hyenas

Mother and child

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Kingfisher

Elephant dust bath

Atop termite mound

Leopard full yawn

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Baboon – backyard

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Lion enjoys zebra

Elephant mud bath

Sunrise

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Hooded Vulture

Lion

Sunset

Leopard licks lips

African wild dogs

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Lilac-breasted roller

Hippopotamus

Leopard

Donald Trump warthog

Lizard

Lion

Vultures – cape buffalo

Vultures in tree

Blue Wildebeast

Giraffe pose

Leopard

Devil’s horns – got many of these stuck in my shoe

Zebra

Mongoose family

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Leopard