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

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

Elephant mud bath

Sunset

Lilac-breasted roller

Oxpeckers

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Sunrise

Warthog family

Hippopotamus

Vultures – cape buffalo

Oxpeckers

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Kingfisher

Young hyenas

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Giraffe pose

Mongoose family

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Vultures in tree

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Leopard

Donald Trump warthog

Baboon – backyard

Leopard

Lion

Atop termite mound

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Hooded Vulture

Leopard licks lips

Mother and child zebra

Leopard lick

African wild dogs

Lion enjoys zebra

Elephant dust bath

Yawn

Blue Wildebeast

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Lizard

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Zebra through the trees

Wild dog kiss

Leopard mid-yawn

MalaMala Game Reserve

Zebra

Tourist

Mother and child

Lion

Leopard

Thorns

Nile crocodile

Giraffe tongue

Leopard full yawn