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 –
Rhino covered in oxpeckers
Lilac-breasted roller
Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve
Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals
Zebra
Mother and child zebra
Wild dog kiss
Mother and child
Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg
Hippopotamus
Blue Wildebeast
Cape buffalo with hazy eye
Leopard
Young hyenas
African wild dogs
Oxpeckers
Hooded Vulture
Kingfisher
Vervet monkey has an epiphany
Leopard full yawn
Giraffe pose
Leopard licks lips
Lion
Zebra through the trees
Oxpeckers
Giraffe tongue
Sunrise
Yawn
Lizard
Lion getting shade from Land Rover
MalaMala Game Reserve
Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena
Nile crocodile
Leopard
Vultures in tree
Baboon – backyard
Tourist
Sunset
Kudu and Nyala in our backyard
Mongoose family
Donald Trump warthog
Leopard
Vultures – cape buffalo
Thorns
Lion
Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)
Leopard
Leopard mid-yawn
Elephant mud bath
Atop termite mound
Devil’s horns – got many of these stuck in my shoe
Incredible photos – I love your attention to detail – a yawn, a grin, a thorn — my dad would be so happy to see his grandson photographers. Sad to think others go on hunting safari’s – it’s bad enough seeing them eat each other.
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Incredible photos – I love your attention to detail – a yawn, a grin, a thorn — my dad would be so happy to see his grandson photographers. Sad to think others go on hunting safari’s – it’s bad enough seeing them eat each other.
[…] drive from MalaMala (near Kruger National Park) to Johannesburg, via the loosely-defined Panorama Route (God’s […]