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 mid-yawn

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

African wild dogs

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Zebra through the trees

Lion

Leopard full yawn

Oxpeckers

Leopard

Nile crocodile

MalaMala Game Reserve

Giraffe pose

Leopard

Wild dog kiss

Blue Wildebeast

Leopard licks lips

Warthog family

Leopard lick

Thorns

Vultures in tree

Young hyenas

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

Hooded Vulture

Mother and child

Tourist

Lilac-breasted roller

Elephant mud bath

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Leopard

Donald Trump warthog

Lion enjoys zebra

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Zebra

Leopard

Baboon – backyard

Atop termite mound

Lion

Hippopotamus

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Mongoose family

Elephant dust bath

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Mother and child zebra

Oxpeckers

Sunset

Vultures – cape buffalo

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Kingfisher

Giraffe tongue

Sunrise

Lizard

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Yawn