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 –

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Mongoose family

Leopard

Sunrise

Lion

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Leopard mid-yawn

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Warthog family

Lilac-breasted roller

Leopard

Leopard lick

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Wild dog kiss

Oxpeckers

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Sunset

Vultures in tree

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

MalaMala Game Reserve

Zebra through the trees

Lion enjoys zebra

Leopard

Donald Trump warthog

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Kingfisher

Vultures – cape buffalo

Mother and child

Mother and child zebra

Elephant mud bath

Zebra

Leopard licks lips

Yawn

Hooded Vulture

Lizard

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

Elephant dust bath

Thorns

Nile crocodile

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Atop termite mound

Leopard full yawn

Baboon – backyard

Lion

African wild dogs

Giraffe pose

Hippopotamus

Giraffe tongue

Tourist

Oxpeckers

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Young hyenas

Blue Wildebeast

Leopard