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 –

Kingfisher

Leopard

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Vultures – cape buffalo

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Giraffe tongue

Blue Wildebeast

Leopard mid-yawn

Zebra

Lizard

Oxpeckers

Leopard full yawn

Elephant dust bath

Leopard

Atop termite mound

Yawn

Elephant mud bath

Tourist

African wild dogs

Warthog family

Sunrise

Young hyenas

Mother and child

Sunset

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Hippopotamus

Lion enjoys zebra

Wild dog kiss

Leopard lick

Oxpeckers

Nile crocodile

Mongoose family

Giraffe pose

Vultures in tree

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Leopard

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Lion

Hooded Vulture

Mother and child zebra

Baboon – backyard

Leopard licks lips

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

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

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Leopard

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Lion

Thorns

Lilac-breasted roller

Donald Trump warthog

MalaMala Game Reserve

Zebra through the trees