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 –

Vultures in tree

Thorns

African wild dogs

Wild dog kiss

Nile crocodile

Atop termite mound

Mother and child zebra

Zebra through the trees

Yawn

Leopard full yawn

Giraffe pose

Leopard

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Lizard

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Elephant dust bath

Leopard

Sunrise

Blue Wildebeast

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Baboon – backyard

Zebra

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Warthog family

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

Elephant mud bath

Leopard mid-yawn

Giraffe tongue

Mongoose family

Oxpeckers

Vultures – cape buffalo

Leopard lick

Kingfisher

Hooded Vulture

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Leopard

MalaMala Game Reserve

Mother and child

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Oxpeckers

Lion enjoys zebra

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Hippopotamus

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Leopard

Tourist

Sunset

Lion

Donald Trump warthog

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Leopard licks lips

Lilac-breasted roller

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Young hyenas

Lion