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 –

Wild dog kiss

Lizard

Thorns

Warthog family

Leopard

Baboon – backyard

Giraffe tongue

Leopard mid-yawn

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

Leopard lick

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Sunrise

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Hooded Vulture

Elephant mud bath

Leopard

Vultures in tree

Giraffe pose

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Tourist

Leopard full yawn

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Lilac-breasted roller

Leopard licks lips

Elephant dust bath

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Zebra

Blue Wildebeast

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Young hyenas

Mongoose family

Zebra through the trees

Lion

Leopard

Vultures – cape buffalo

Lion enjoys zebra

Mother and child

Sunset

African wild dogs

Leopard

Nile crocodile

MalaMala Game Reserve

Atop termite mound

Mother and child zebra

Yawn

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Lion

Oxpeckers

Donald Trump warthog

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Oxpeckers

Hippopotamus

Kingfisher