Safari

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 –

Young hyenas

Hippopotamus

Elephant mud bath

Lilac-breasted roller

Mongoose family

Vultures – cape buffalo

Sunset

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Leopard lick

Leopard

MalaMala Game Reserve

Zebra through the trees

Lizard

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Nile crocodile

Leopard mid-yawn

Leopard

African wild dogs

Thorns

Baboon – backyard

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Oxpeckers

Giraffe pose

Blue Wildebeast

Yawn

Lion

Warthog family

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Elephant dust bath

Hooded Vulture

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Giraffe tongue

Sunrise

Kingfisher

Mother and child

Oxpeckers

Lion enjoys zebra

Lion

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Atop termite mound

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

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

Wild dog kiss

Donald Trump warthog

Tourist

Vultures in tree

Mother and child zebra

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Leopard licks lips

Leopard full yawn

Leopard

Zebra

Leopard