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 –

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Sunset

MalaMala Game Reserve

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Thorns

Wild dog kiss

Leopard licks lips

Leopard

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Baboon – backyard

Leopard

Blue Wildebeast

Young hyenas

Atop termite mound

Leopard full yawn

Giraffe pose

Oxpeckers

Vultures – cape buffalo

Lion

Mother and child

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Donald Trump warthog

Sunrise

Zebra through the trees

Hooded Vulture

Elephant mud bath

Kingfisher

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Giraffe tongue

Lion

Mother and child zebra

Tourist

Leopard

Leopard

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Zebra

Lion enjoys zebra

Lizard

Warthog family

Nile crocodile

Leopard mid-yawn

Lilac-breasted roller

Elephant dust bath

Leopard lick

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

Yawn

Oxpeckers

African wild dogs

Hippopotamus

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Mongoose family

Vultures in tree

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals