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 –

Oxpeckers

Lilac-breasted roller

Leopard

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Leopard licks lips

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Hippopotamus

African wild dogs

Oxpeckers

Donald Trump warthog

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Leopard full yawn

Leopard

Wild dog kiss

Leopard mid-yawn

Vultures – cape buffalo

Leopard

Sunrise

Thorns

Vultures in tree

Giraffe tongue

Zebra through the trees

Elephant dust bath

Leopard

Mother and child

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Kingfisher

Baboon – backyard

Yawn

Young hyenas

Giraffe pose

Leopard lick

Zebra

Sunset

Elephant mud bath

Lion enjoys zebra

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

MalaMala Game Reserve

Nile crocodile

Hooded Vulture

Lion

Atop termite mound

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Tourist

Mother and child zebra

Mongoose family

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

Blue Wildebeast

Lizard

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Warthog family

Lion