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 –

Mongoose family

Hooded Vulture

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Leopard

Lizard

Yawn

Nile crocodile

Thorns

African wild dogs

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Leopard

Leopard full yawn

Leopard licks lips

Lilac-breasted roller

Giraffe tongue

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Leopard

Leopard lick

Young hyenas

Leopard

Donald Trump warthog

Blue Wildebeast

Elephant mud bath

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Zebra

Zebra through the trees

Lion

Kingfisher

Lion enjoys zebra

Oxpeckers

Hippopotamus

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Lion

Baboon – backyard

Sunrise

Warthog family

Leopard mid-yawn

Mother and child zebra

Atop termite mound

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Mother and child

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Oxpeckers

Vultures – cape buffalo

MalaMala Game Reserve

Elephant dust bath

Tourist

Wild dog kiss

Sunset

Giraffe pose

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Vultures in tree

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