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 –

Wild dog kiss

Lion getting shade from Land Rover

Sand river through MalaMala Game Reserve

Lion enjoys zebra

Vultures in tree

Lizard

Thorns

Zebra

Giraffe pose

Kingfisher

Vultures – cape buffalo

Baby elephant – tail removed by hyena

Leopard

Leopard full yawn

Leopard

Oxpeckers

Elephant mud bath

Giraffe chews jawbone for minerals

Mother and child

Sunrise

Hornbill (Zazu from Lion King)

Sunset

African wild dogs

Donald Trump warthog

Lilac-breasted roller

Mongoose family

Hippopotamus

Kudu and Nyala in our backyard

Lion

Young hyenas

Leopard mid-yawn

Cape buffalo with hazy eye

Yawn

MalaMala Game Reserve

Leopard

Oxpeckers on rhinoceros leg

Leopard lick

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

Hooded Vulture

Mother and child zebra

Oxpeckers

Leopard

Warthog family

Zebra through the trees

Lion

Rhino covered in oxpeckers

Elephant dust bath

Tourist

Leopard licks lips

Giraffe tongue

Vervet monkey has an epiphany

Baboon – backyard

Atop termite mound

Blue Wildebeast

Nile crocodile