A2A Safaris - Silver Eyehttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/tags/silver-eyeenDecember highlight- Duba Plains, Botswanahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/december-highlight-duba-plains-botswana<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p><b>DECEMBER NEWS and a wonderful gallery</b></p>
<p>December month has created a great opportunity of photography, especially the beautiful clouds before and after the rain with the sun rays sticking out behind a rain cloud. The paradise of Duba was flourishing with newly born red lechwes and the faint colored young tsessebes. The plains of Duba looked stunning green and for many giving them that imagination of “the last remains of the Biblical Eden” as described by one of our guests.</p>
<p>The grass is green and buffalos eating well. We’ve had fires burning in the south of the concession in November and when the rains came the buffalos seemed to enjoy the new shoots as they spent most of the days in this area. Lions are not taking chances with them when they are this fit but have rather resorted to warthogs and lechwes.</p>
<p>The circle of life in the bush is still continuing, with lions killing, hooded vultures cleaning up before hyenas come for bone crushing.</p>
<p>The year was summed up well with celebrations and great dishes by our own Duba Chef Pierre van Zyl on Christmas day.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_0104.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-9063];player=img;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-9064 aligncenter" alt="IMG_0104" src="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_0104-300x226.jpg" width="300" height="226" /></a></p>
<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-9066 aligncenter" alt="IMG_0547" src="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_0547-300x199.jpg" width="300" height="199" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Duba Cubs play together as they feast on a young buffalo</p>
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<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-9065 aligncenter" alt="IMG_0471" src="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_0471-300x258.jpg" width="300" height="258" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A fish Eagles watches a Duba male, perhaps waiting for some scraps off a kill – they don’t just eat fish!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_0673.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-9063];player=img;"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9067" alt="IMG_0673" src="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_0673-300x182.jpg" width="300" height="182" /></a><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9068" alt="IMG_6350" src="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_6350-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Waterways of Duba. A great place to see Hippo, and if you are lucky perhaps a Buffalo crossing</p>
<p><a href="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_8606.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-9063];player=img;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-9069 aligncenter" alt="IMG_8606" src="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_8606-300x199.jpg" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Could it be time to mate?</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_8812.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-9063];player=img;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-9070 aligncenter" alt="IMG_8812" src="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_8812-300x199.jpg" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">You will only ever see such a sight at this time of year</p>
<p><a href="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/New-young-maledominant.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-9063];player=img;"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9072" alt="New young male(dominant)" src="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/New-young-maledominant-300x199.jpg" width="300" height="199" /></a> <a href="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Skimmer.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-9063];player=img;"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9075" alt="Skimmer" src="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Skimmer-300x192.jpg" width="300" height="192" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">This is what happens when you mess with the ladies of Duba</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/X-MAS.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-9063];player=img;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-9077 aligncenter" alt="X - MAS" src="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/X-MAS-200x300.jpg" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">At Christmas time there won’t be any snow in Africa</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9079" alt="X-MAS" src="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/X-MAS1-300x200.jpg" width="300" height="200" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">It was all hands to the deck getting our Christmas tree up this year</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9078" alt="x mas" src="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/x-mas-300x199.jpg" width="300" height="199" /><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9080" alt="xmas" src="http://www.greatplainsconservation.com/bushbuzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/xmas-300x199.jpg" width="300" height="199" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Christmas Lunch in the wilds – after a hearty feast it was time to lie like Lions grrr</p>
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