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 –

Yawn

Giraffe pose

Elephant dust bath

Lion enjoys zebra

Lion

Leopard licks lips

Wild dog kiss

Oxpeckers

African wild dogs

Leopard

Vultures in tree

Leopard lick

Mother and child

Donald Trump warthog

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Oxpeckers

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Giraffe tongue

Sunset

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Thorns

Young hyenas

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

MalaMala Game Reserve

Lion

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Atop termite mound

Warthog family

Leopard

Leopard

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Zebra

Kingfisher

Mother and child zebra

Elephant mud bath

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Blue Wildebeast

Baboon – backyard

Leopard full yawn

Lilac-breasted roller

Nile crocodile

Leopard mid-yawn

Tourist

Zebra through the trees

Vultures – cape buffalo

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Lizard

Hippopotamus

Leopard

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Sunrise

Mongoose family

Hooded Vulture

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