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 –

Sunset

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Leopard

Lion enjoys zebra

Elephant mud bath

Sunrise

Lizard

Hippopotamus

Leopard mid-yawn

Leopard licks lips

Warthog family

Leopard lick

Hooded Vulture

African wild dogs

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Nile crocodile

Oxpeckers

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Young hyenas

Leopard

Yawn

Thorns

Blue Wildebeast

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Giraffe tongue

Oxpeckers

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Kingfisher

Leopard full yawn

Zebra

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Baboon – backyard

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

Donald Trump warthog

Lilac-breasted roller

Zebra through the trees

Wild dog kiss

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Atop termite mound

Mother and child

Vultures – cape buffalo

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Leopard

Tourist

Giraffe pose

Elephant dust bath

Mother and child zebra

Mongoose family

Lion

Vultures in tree

Leopard

MalaMala Game Reserve

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Lion