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 –

Mother and child

Leopard full yawn

Warthog family

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Sunrise

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Oxpeckers

Baboon – backyard

Vultures – cape buffalo

Sunset

Tourist

Leopard

Lilac-breasted roller

Zebra through the trees

Elephant mud bath

Leopard

Young hyenas

Atop termite mound

Yawn

Nile crocodile

Zebra

Leopard licks lips

Wild dog kiss

Donald Trump warthog

Kingfisher

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Leopard

Mongoose family

Leopard

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

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

Oxpeckers

Leopard mid-yawn

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Hippopotamus

Blue Wildebeast

Hooded Vulture

Lion

Elephant dust bath

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

MalaMala Game Reserve

Vultures in tree

Lion enjoys zebra

Lizard

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Mother and child zebra

African wild dogs

Lion

Leopard lick

Giraffe tongue

Giraffe pose

Thorns

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Cape buffalo with hazy eye