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 –

Zebra

Lion enjoys zebra

Tourist

Oxpeckers

Donald Trump warthog

Blue Wildebeast

Lion

Leopard

Yawn

Mother and child

Atop termite mound

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Hooded Vulture

Zebra through the trees

Wild dog kiss

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Warthog family

Oxpeckers

Giraffe pose

Lilac-breasted roller

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

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

Lizard

Nile crocodile

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Leopard lick

African wild dogs

Leopard

Leopard mid-yawn

Mother and child zebra

Lion

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Kingfisher

Elephant dust bath

Leopard

Young hyenas

Vultures – cape buffalo

Leopard licks lips

Leopard

Mongoose family

Hippopotamus

Elephant mud bath

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Sunrise

Baboon – backyard

MalaMala Game Reserve

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Sunset

Leopard full yawn

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Giraffe tongue

Thorns

Vultures in tree