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 –

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

Leopard lick

Lion enjoys zebra

Warthog family

Elephant dust bath