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 –

Vultures in tree

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Mother and child zebra

Giraffe tongue

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Leopard

Leopard full yawn

Thorns

Lizard

Leopard

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Warthog family

Atop termite mound

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Leopard

Giraffe pose

Lion

Lion

Zebra through the trees

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Wild dog kiss

Lion enjoys zebra

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

Mongoose family

Mother and child

Young hyenas

Tourist

Nile crocodile

MalaMala Game Reserve

Sunrise

Leopard mid-yawn

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Lilac-breasted roller

Leopard licks lips

Kingfisher

Donald Trump warthog

Hippopotamus

Leopard

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Sunset

Blue Wildebeast

Elephant dust bath

Hooded Vulture

Oxpeckers

Elephant mud bath

Baboon – backyard

Yawn

African wild dogs

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Oxpeckers

Leopard lick

Vultures – cape buffalo

Zebra