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 –

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Sunset

Elephant dust bath

Giraffe tongue

Oxpeckers

Leopard

Vultures – cape buffalo

Mother and child zebra

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Vultures in tree

MalaMala Game Reserve

Leopard licks lips

Leopard

Atop termite mound

Blue Wildebeast

Donald Trump warthog

Yawn

Hippopotamus

Mongoose family

Wild dog kiss

Leopard lick

Giraffe pose

Leopard mid-yawn

Tourist

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Zebra through the trees

Leopard

Oxpeckers

Lilac-breasted roller

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Lion enjoys zebra

African wild dogs

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Warthog family

Baboon – backyard

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Young hyenas

Leopard

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

Lion

Zebra

Lizard

Elephant mud bath

Leopard full yawn

Hooded Vulture

Thorns

Kingfisher

Mother and child

Sunrise

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Nile crocodile

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Lion