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 –

Sunset

Lilac-breasted roller

Lion

Leopard

Leopard lick

Warthog family

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

Thorns

Giraffe tongue

Yawn

Atop termite mound

Oxpeckers

Oxpeckers

Leopard

Leopard mid-yawn

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Giraffe pose

Elephant mud bath

Lion

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

MalaMala Game Reserve

Tourist

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Hippopotamus

Lizard

Zebra through the trees

African wild dogs

Lion enjoys zebra

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Donald Trump warthog

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Vultures in tree

Hooded Vulture

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Elephant dust bath

Zebra

Sunrise

Leopard licks lips

Mother and child

Kingfisher

Baboon – backyard

Mother and child zebra

Wild dog kiss

Leopard full yawn

Nile crocodile

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Vultures – cape buffalo

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Mongoose family

Young hyenas

Leopard

Leopard

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Blue Wildebeast