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 licks lips

Leopard mid-yawn

Zebra through the trees

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Tourist

Elephant dust bath

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Leopard

Sunset

Lion

African wild dogs

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Leopard full yawn

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Leopard

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

Kingfisher

Vultures – cape buffalo

Yawn

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Thorns

Giraffe pose

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Oxpeckers

Lilac-breasted roller

Lion enjoys zebra

Oxpeckers

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Nile crocodile

Hippopotamus

Atop termite mound

Donald Trump warthog

Giraffe tongue

Mother and child zebra

Young hyenas

Sunrise

Leopard lick

Warthog family

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Leopard

Elephant mud bath

Leopard

Vultures in tree

Lion

Mongoose family

Hooded Vulture

Blue Wildebeast

Wild dog kiss

Baboon – backyard

MalaMala Game Reserve

Zebra

Lizard

Mother and child