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 on rhinoceros leg

Sunrise

Baboon – backyard

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Leopard licks lips

Vultures in tree

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Young hyenas

Giraffe pose

Elephant mud bath

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Hippopotamus

Lizard

Leopard

Nile crocodile

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Sunset

Atop termite mound

Zebra through the trees

Mongoose family

Mother and child zebra

Leopard mid-yawn

Leopard

Yawn

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

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

Lilac-breasted roller

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Thorns

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Elephant dust bath

Giraffe tongue

Oxpeckers

Zebra

Wild dog kiss

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Leopard full yawn

Kingfisher

Donald Trump warthog

Hooded Vulture

MalaMala Game Reserve

Lion

Leopard

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Blue Wildebeast

Mother and child

Lion

African wild dogs

Tourist

Lion enjoys zebra

Oxpeckers

Leopard lick

Leopard

Warthog family

Vultures – cape buffalo