In 2017 I had the opportunity to visit the Mala Mala Game Reserve in South Africa. This reserve has been in existence since 1927 and is the largest private Big Five game reserve in South Africa. Comprising some 35,000 acres, Mala Mala shares a 12 mile unfenced border with the world-renown Kruger National Park and lies strategically sandwiched between the Kruger and the Sabi Sand Game Reserve. One of my target birds on this trip was the Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, or as it is affectionately called “The Flying Banana.” This hornbill was also made famous by the movie “The Lion King” where its name in the movie was “Zazu.”