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 –

Lilac-breasted roller

Leopard mid-yawn

Zebra through the trees

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Leopard

Lion enjoys zebra

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Vultures in tree

Sunset

Elephant mud bath

Baboon – backyard

Warthog family

Oxpeckers

Mother and child zebra

Lion

Zebra

Mother and child

Leopard lick

Atop termite mound

Leopard

Donald Trump warthog

Tourist

Young hyenas

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Sunrise

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Blue Wildebeast

Oxpeckers

Mongoose family

Lion

Giraffe tongue

Leopard

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

MalaMala Game Reserve

African wild dogs

Vultures – cape buffalo

Yawn

Kingfisher

Giraffe pose

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Leopard licks lips

Lizard

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

Elephant dust bath

Leopard full yawn

Thorns

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Hooded Vulture

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Wild dog kiss

Leopard

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Nile crocodile

Hippopotamus