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 licks lips

Thorns

Lion

Leopard

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Leopard

Yawn

Giraffe tongue

Blue Wildebeast

Kingfisher

Leopard lick

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Oxpeckers

Lion enjoys zebra

Vultures – cape buffalo

MalaMala Game Reserve

Zebra

Leopard

Leopard mid-yawn

Giraffe pose

Leopard full yawn

Hooded Vulture

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Baboon – backyard

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Oxpeckers

Lizard

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

Wild dog kiss

Mother and child zebra

Warthog family

Sunset

Donald Trump warthog

Sunrise

Atop termite mound

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Vultures in tree

African wild dogs

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Lion

Tourist

Elephant dust bath

Zebra through the trees

Mongoose family

Young hyenas

Hippopotamus

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Mother and child

Leopard

Elephant mud bath

Nile crocodile

Lilac-breasted roller

Rhino covered in oxpeckers