Safari

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 –

Kingfisher

Sunset

Baboon – backyard

Lion enjoys zebra

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Vultures – cape buffalo

Tourist

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

Oxpeckers

Oxpeckers

Thorns

Leopard lick

Blue Wildebeast

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Giraffe pose

Vultures in tree

Leopard licks lips

Mongoose family

African wild dogs

Leopard

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Leopard mid-yawn

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Yawn

Elephant mud bath

Young hyenas

Leopard

Giraffe tongue

Nile crocodile

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Leopard

Lion

MalaMala Game Reserve

Lion

Hooded Vulture

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Mother and child

Lizard

Mother and child zebra

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Donald Trump warthog

Warthog family

Hippopotamus

Sunrise

Zebra through the trees

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Lilac-breasted roller

Zebra

Leopard full yawn

Elephant dust bath

Leopard

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Wild dog kiss

Atop termite mound