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 –

Sunset

Mother and child

Leopard full yawn

Baboon – backyard

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Warthog family

Leopard

Leopard mid-yawn

Yawn

Tourist

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

MalaMala Game Reserve

Lion

Zebra

Donald Trump warthog

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

Vultures – cape buffalo

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Sunrise

Thorns

Lizard

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Leopard

Lion

Elephant dust bath

Lilac-breasted roller

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Hippopotamus

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Blue Wildebeast

Hooded Vulture

Mother and child zebra

Oxpeckers

Young hyenas

Mongoose family

Leopard lick

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Leopard licks lips

Atop termite mound

Giraffe pose

Leopard

African wild dogs

Lion enjoys zebra

Nile crocodile

Leopard

Kingfisher

Elephant mud bath

Giraffe tongue

Wild dog kiss

Oxpeckers

Vultures in tree

Zebra through the trees