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 –

Kingfisher

Leopard licks lips

Lion

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

Giraffe pose

Blue Wildebeast

Leopard

Elephant mud bath

Oxpeckers

Yawn

Leopard lick

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Zebra

Leopard

Leopard mid-yawn

Tourist

Hooded Vulture

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Leopard

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Mother and child

Atop termite mound

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Giraffe tongue

Zebra through the trees

Vultures in tree

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Donald Trump warthog

Wild dog kiss

Lilac-breasted roller

Nile crocodile

Lion

Thorns

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Mongoose family

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Hippopotamus

Lizard

Young hyenas

Sunset

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Mother and child zebra

Lion enjoys zebra

Leopard

Baboon – backyard

MalaMala Game Reserve

Sunrise

Elephant dust bath

Leopard full yawn

Vultures – cape buffalo

Warthog family

African wild dogs

Oxpeckers