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 –

Leopard full yawn

Sunset

Giraffe tongue

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Leopard

Mother and child zebra

African wild dogs

Lion enjoys zebra

Elephant dust bath

Wild dog kiss

Lizard

Yawn

Leopard lick

Oxpeckers

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Leopard

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Leopard mid-yawn

Sunrise

Vultures in tree

Baboon – backyard

Leopard licks lips

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

Tourist

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Kingfisher

Elephant mud bath

Donald Trump warthog

Young hyenas

Lilac-breasted roller

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Oxpeckers

Mother and child

Lion

Nile crocodile

Hooded Vulture

MalaMala Game Reserve

Lion

Giraffe pose

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Atop termite mound

Warthog family

Blue Wildebeast

Hippopotamus

Leopard

Mongoose family

Thorns

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Leopard

Zebra

Zebra through the trees

Vultures – cape buffalo

Vervet monkey has an epiphany