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 –

Leopard full yawn

Hooded Vulture

African wild dogs

Atop termite mound

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

MalaMala Game Reserve

Donald Trump warthog

Vultures – cape buffalo

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Lion

Elephant mud bath

Zebra through the trees

Tourist

Vultures in tree

Lilac-breasted roller

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Lizard

Giraffe pose

Sunrise

Sunset

Oxpeckers

Thorns

Giraffe tongue

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Leopard licks lips

Oxpeckers

Mongoose family

Leopard

Leopard lick

Kingfisher

Blue Wildebeast

Yawn

Lion

Lion enjoys zebra

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Nile crocodile

Mother and child zebra

Hippopotamus

Warthog family

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Mother and child

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Elephant dust bath

Leopard

Baboon – backyard

Leopard mid-yawn

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

Leopard

Leopard

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Young hyenas

Wild dog kiss

Zebra