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

Young hyenas

Leopard licks lips

Lion

Hooded Vulture

Atop termite mound

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Elephant mud bath

Leopard

Lilac-breasted roller

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Zebra

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Leopard

Leopard lick

Blue Wildebeast

Warthog family

African wild dogs

Mongoose family

Donald Trump warthog

Oxpeckers

Wild dog kiss

Lion

Thorns

Zebra through the trees

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Leopard

Sunset

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Mother and child

Yawn

Leopard mid-yawn

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

Oxpeckers

Nile crocodile

Lizard

Sunrise

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Lion enjoys zebra

Vultures – cape buffalo

Vultures in tree

Leopard full yawn

Kingfisher

Mother and child zebra

Giraffe tongue

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Hippopotamus

MalaMala Game Reserve

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Elephant dust bath

Giraffe pose

Tourist

Baboon – backyard