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 –

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Hooded Vulture

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Giraffe pose

Nile crocodile

Leopard

Leopard

Elephant mud bath

Elephant dust bath

African wild dogs

MalaMala Game Reserve

Leopard mid-yawn

Vultures – cape buffalo

Mongoose family

Leopard lick

Thorns

Leopard

Oxpeckers

Sunrise

Leopard

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Young hyenas

Tourist

Sunset

Vultures in tree

Oxpeckers

Blue Wildebeast

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Lion

Mother and child

Lizard

Wild dog kiss

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

Mother and child zebra

Zebra

Leopard licks lips

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Lion enjoys zebra

Atop termite mound

Kingfisher

Giraffe tongue

Lilac-breasted roller

Warthog family

Zebra through the trees

Leopard full yawn

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Donald Trump warthog

Lion

Hippopotamus

Baboon – backyard

Yawn

Vervet monkey has an epiphany