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 –

Oxpeckers

Leopard

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Atop termite mound

Lion enjoys zebra

Oxpeckers

Baboon – backyard

Lion

Lion

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

African wild dogs

Vultures in tree

Mother and child

Thorns

Wild dog kiss

Leopard

Leopard

Hooded Vulture

Blue Wildebeast

Leopard

Elephant dust bath

Hippopotamus

Leopard mid-yawn

Sunrise

Leopard licks lips

Mongoose family

Nile crocodile

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Yawn

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Donald Trump warthog

MalaMala Game Reserve

Young hyenas

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Giraffe pose

Leopard lick

Sunset

Mother and child zebra

Vultures – cape buffalo

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Zebra through the trees

Lilac-breasted roller

Tourist

Giraffe tongue

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

Warthog family

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Kingfisher

Lizard

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Zebra

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Elephant mud bath

Leopard full yawn