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 –

Yawn

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Oxpeckers

Leopard mid-yawn

Lion

Leopard lick

Leopard

MalaMala Game Reserve

Mother and child

Thorns

Lilac-breasted roller

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Lion

Giraffe pose

Hippopotamus

Donald Trump warthog

Leopard licks lips

Zebra

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Lizard

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Sunset

Sunrise

Hooded Vulture

Nile crocodile

Mother and child zebra

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

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Wild dog kiss

Vultures in tree

Tourist

Atop termite mound

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Elephant mud bath

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Warthog family

Vultures – cape buffalo

Oxpeckers

Leopard

Leopard full yawn

Leopard

African wild dogs

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Mongoose family

Giraffe tongue

Elephant dust bath

Leopard

Blue Wildebeast

Lion enjoys zebra

Young hyenas

Kingfisher

Baboon – backyard

Zebra through the trees

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve