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 –

Blue Wildebeast

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

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

Kingfisher

Mongoose family

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Leopard full yawn

Young hyenas

Lilac-breasted roller

Leopard

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Tourist

Vultures – cape buffalo

Elephant mud bath

Elephant dust bath

Leopard

Giraffe pose

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Lion

Sunset

Baboon – backyard

Hooded Vulture

Leopard

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Mother and child zebra

Leopard licks lips

Mother and child

Atop termite mound

Leopard

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Warthog family

Leopard mid-yawn

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

MalaMala Game Reserve

Oxpeckers

Donald Trump warthog

Zebra through the trees

Lion

Thorns

African wild dogs

Oxpeckers

Nile crocodile

Giraffe tongue

Sunrise

Yawn

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Zebra

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Vultures in tree

Lion enjoys zebra

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Hippopotamus

Leopard lick

Wild dog kiss

Lizard