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 –

Giraffe tongue

Kingfisher

Leopard full yawn

Wild dog kiss

Lilac-breasted roller

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Leopard

Vultures – cape buffalo

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Leopard

Hooded Vulture

Lion

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Lion enjoys zebra

Tourist

African wild dogs

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Zebra

Blue Wildebeast

Sunrise

Leopard

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Zebra through the trees

Mother and child zebra

Baboon – backyard

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Lizard

Elephant dust bath

Elephant mud bath

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Leopard mid-yawn

MalaMala Game Reserve

Mother and child

Vultures in tree

Oxpeckers

Warthog family

Sunset

Yawn

Hippopotamus

Thorns

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

Lion

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Oxpeckers

Donald Trump warthog

Mongoose family

Atop termite mound

Leopard licks lips

Young hyenas

Leopard lick

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Leopard

Giraffe pose

Nile crocodile