common house martin
Birds of Namibia
Introduction: Common house martins (Delichon urbicum) operate in a wide variety of habitats that cover grassland, savannah and agricultural areas. However, they are most common in open, hilly or mountainous regions, resting in trees, wires and buildings, often with the barn swallow.
Distribution: Etosha National Park, Caprivi Strip and scattered populations around the country less for Namib Desert and most of Namibian regions of the Kalahari Desert.
Diet: Takes caterpillars dangling on silk from branches. Eats mainly flying insects.
Description: Small swallow with characteristic densely feathered tarsi and toes. Blue-black forehead to back and upper tail coverts. White rump, blackish brown wings, snowy white underparts. White leggings down to toes. Delichon is an anagram of the Greek for 'a swallow', chelidon.
Breeding: Extralimital.
Size: 15cm. Weight: 13g.
Dune Hopper
3 or 4 Days - The dune hopper concept offers scheduled flights from Windhoek or Swakopmund - with overnight stays of varying lengths at several lodges in the NamibRand Private Reserve and around Sossusvlei
Skeleton Coast Fly-In Safari
4 Days - This is generally viewed as the best safari to the Skeleton Coast - an not to be missed experience
Skeleton Coast & Sossusvlei
4 Days - Exactly the same as the itinerary above but with the addition of a a visit to Sossusvlei
Ultimate Skeleton Coast Flying Safari
4 Days - A highly customisable private safari allowing for departures from different parts of Namibia and for any length of trip
Skeleton Coast & Luderitz Fly-In Safari
5 Days - The third is the series of Skeleton Coast Safaris this time with the addition of the small harbour town of Luderitz
Skeleton Coast & Etosha Fly-In
5 Days - The fourth and final Skeleton Coast Safari gives the opportunity for game viewing in Etosha
Skeleton Coast Camp
4 or 5 Days - This flying safari is the only way to visit the Wilderness Skeleton Coast Camp
