Duba game drives still continued to amaze us during the peak summer rain season.
We’ve seen new water channels fill up presenting the classic Okavango Delta feel to the region, surrounding the dry island of the plains.
The weather, although unpredictable, has provided some stunning vistas of emerald grasslands and for the landscape photographer an opportunity to capture the moody skies punctuated by lightning.
Lions
It never ceases to amaze us how time passes in the bush. It feels like just yesterday we were bidding farewell to February, yet we’ve crammed so much excitement and activity into the past few weeks since.
March has been a month of ‘dumelas’ here at Selinda. We recently welcomed new guide OB to the team. We’re delighted he’s chosen to join us and share his impressive guiding experience with our staff and guests alike. Learning our vast network of winding sandy roads is a feat in itself, but when there’s so much to see out there, it will hardly feel like work.
We present some unique and stunning images from Lets, one of our expert photographic guides at the Selinda Reserve. Lets is well published photographer including Africa Geographic and a finalist in the Botswana Photographer of the Year awards. Thank you Lets
Thunderstorms and stormy weather dominated the first few days of this month in our gorgeous concession, adding to the lush beauty that summer has created. The occasional showers did, however, provide an all too welcome reprieve from the heat and as the month has worn on, these have become few and far between. As we head toward April, one can definitely feel the morning coolness of spring approaching and the days becoming milder, a very pleasant time of year for comfortable evenings.
The guides on the Selinda Reserve have announced the resident female Leopard, Lesego, has been found with a 2 to 3 month old cub. This is believed to be her second cub that she has reared in the region so we will follow this story closely, the benefit being is her territory is so close to the Selinda Camp itself.
Thank you for the updates Selinda, we will be waiting on a new name for this young one soon.
Duba Plains went all out on Monday the 3rd March by celebrating the first ever World Wildlife Day with their guests. A global event to mark the need to focus and conserve our natural history.
News from Selinda
What a rollicking good time we’ve had at Selinda this month. It’s a visually stunning time of year, with lush green vegetation and billowing indigo thunderclouds making for some incredible photographic backdrops.
Our birdlife hasn’t failed to disappoint the avid birders who have visited us recently. A single afternoon’s game drive has yielded more than 60 different species in the space of just a couple of hours. And it’s exciting spotting too.
Pierre van Zyl has been the executive chef at Duba since August 2012. Born and bred in Johannesburg, South Africa, Pierre went to one of the best cooking school in the country. The Institute of Culinary Arts is based in Stellenbosch, the very heart and soul of the good food and wine country. A man of many talents, Pierre is also a keen photographer and has a love for wildlife. Pierre has bought his passion for great food up to Botswana where he can enjoy the nature and share his skills with guests from all over the world.
It came over the radio to much disappointment to the team.
“play has been suspended due to irrevocable interference on the field”.
We were on a game drive vehicle over spilling with Selinda Reserve’s 1st 12, well only 12, finest footballers. Some had football boots, some one boot one shoe, one with one boot no shoes and the proud goalie Dollar in his no shoes. It would be the game of champions, sponsored by the local contractors and to feature in the Ngami times that weekend (Northern Botswana’s local rag).
The water monitor looked like it was sitting on a log.
But we knew of no logs in that lagoon!
