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 –

Mother and child zebra

Leopard

Lion enjoys zebra

Kingfisher

Sunset

Vultures in tree

Yawn

Wild dog kiss

Zebra through the trees

Oxpeckers

MalaMala Game Reserve

Sunrise

Lilac-breasted roller

Vultures – cape buffalo

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Mother and child

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

African wild dogs

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Leopard licks lips

Tourist

Warthog family

Hooded Vulture

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Lizard

Oxpeckers

Leopard

Giraffe pose

Hippopotamus

Leopard lick

Mongoose family

Blue Wildebeast

Leopard mid-yawn

Leopard full yawn

Atop termite mound

Thorns

Baboon – backyard

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Leopard

Lion

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Donald Trump warthog

Leopard

Zebra

Elephant dust bath

Lion

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

Elephant mud bath

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Giraffe tongue

Young hyenas

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Nile crocodile