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 –

Baboon – backyard

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Yawn

Blue Wildebeast

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Tourist

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Leopard

Leopard lick

Mongoose family

Hippopotamus

Zebra

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

Vultures – cape buffalo

Vultures in tree

Leopard licks lips

Leopard full yawn

Nile crocodile

Giraffe pose

African wild dogs

Elephant mud bath

Lizard

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

MalaMala Game Reserve

Leopard

Lion

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Zebra through the trees

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Hooded Vulture

Atop termite mound

Wild dog kiss

Mother and child

Lion enjoys zebra

Sunset

Mother and child zebra

Leopard

Kingfisher

Elephant dust bath

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Leopard mid-yawn

Lion

Oxpeckers

Lilac-breasted roller

Leopard

Sunrise

Giraffe tongue

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Thorns

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Young hyenas

Oxpeckers

Donald Trump warthog

Warthog family