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 –

Blue Wildebeast

Yawn

Mongoose family

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Lion

Hippopotamus

Zebra through the trees

Vultures in tree

Mother and child

Leopard

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

African wild dogs

Oxpeckers

Elephant dust bath

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Lion enjoys zebra

Lilac-breasted roller

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Leopard

Sunrise

Giraffe pose

Tourist

Leopard full yawn

Donald Trump warthog

Elephant mud bath

Warthog family

Wild dog kiss

Leopard

Atop termite mound

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Vultures – cape buffalo

Kingfisher

Leopard lick

Oxpeckers

Baboon – backyard

Sunset

Hooded Vulture

Young hyenas

Zebra

Mother and child zebra

Thorns

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

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

Leopard

Leopard mid-yawn

Leopard licks lips

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Giraffe tongue

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

MalaMala Game Reserve

Lion

Nile crocodile

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Lizard