rock pratincole
Birds of Namibia
Introduction: Rock pratincoles (Glareola nuchalis) have been recorded in large rivers and lakes, preferring sections of rivers with deep, fast-flowing water with rocky outcrops to deter predators. They are frequent drinkers, standing in water to keep cool.
Distribution: Caprivi including Katima Mulilo, Victoria Falls.
Diet: An aerial forager over water and nearby woodland at dawn and dusk for mainly beetles, grasshoppers and moths.
Description: Nuchalis is Latin for 'nape' which refers to the nuchal collar.
Breeding: Just 1 or 2 eggs are laid on a rock ledge, under an overhang, in a small rock hollow or a recess in a hole. Eggs are incubated by both sexes for about 20 days.
Size: 18g. Weight: 48g.
Welwitschia Self Drive
3 Days - Get away to Swakopmund on the coast - includes sandboarding on the Namib Dunes as well as a dolphin cruise
Acacia Self Drive
8 Days - Combines a visit to Etosha National Park, with some time at Swakopmund and then the dunes at Sossusvlei
Marula Self Dive
9 Days - Southern Namibia: Fish River, Luderitz, Sossusvlei with some self catering accommodation.
Camelthorn Self Drive
10 Days - The classic northern and central Namibia trip. Includes Waterberg Plateau, Etosha National Park, rock art in Damaraland, Cape Cross & Swakopmund and ends with two night near the dunes at Sossusvlei.
Jackalberry Self Drive
10 Days - A combination of Namibia & Botswana. Highlights include game viewing in the Etosha Park & a trip in a traditional dug out canoe in the Okavango Delta Panhandle.
Quiver tree Self Drive
14 Days - Two weeks worth of travel allow you to visit everything that is included in the Camelthorn Self Drive but add the vast expanses of southern Namibia to your itinerary, Additional stops include Luderitz, the Fish River Canyon and a night in the Kalahari Desert
Makalani Self Drive
20 Days - This includes Waterberg, Etosha, a visit to the densely populated Owamboland region on the Angolan border, Kaokoland and the nomadic Himba People, rock art and desert elephants in Damaraland, Swakopmund, Sossusvlei, Luderitz, the Fish River and Kalahari.
