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Three-banded plover

Birds of Namibia

Introduction: Three-banded plovers (Charadrius tricollaris) can be observed in many habitats ranging from any freshwater location including pools and streams to farm dams and sewage works. They are active day and night, singly in pairs or small groups of up to 10.

Distribution: Northern Namib Desert, Epupa Falls, Caprivi Strip, Etosha National Park, Skeleton Coast, Walvis Bay and Swakopmund, Luderitz, Orange River, Fish River Canyon and Kalahari Desert.

Diet: Aquatic invertebrates including insects, small molluscs and worms.

Description: Tricollaris is Latin for three-collared, a reference to a white head band and lower throat and upper breast bands.

Breeding: Just 1 or 2 eggs are laid in either December to March or July to September in a simple scrape in the sand or dry mud close to water.

Size: 18cm. Weight: 35g.

Anandi Mariental Guesthouse

10 bedroom guest house near the main B1 road in Mariental

Auob Lodge

Large; budget friendly lodge.

Bagatelle Kalahari Lodge

Excellent lodge in the Kalahari Desert, offers accommodation in units made of straw bales or wood. Bagatelle proves to be consistently popular with guests

Bitterwasser Lodge & Flying Center

Interested in gliding? Then this is the lodge for you

Camelthorn Kalahari Lodge

On the private Intu Afrika Kalahari Game Reserve.

Hardap Dam Resort

Really only suitable for fisherman - until renovations happen it is probably best not to subject yourself to this.

Kalahari Anib Lodge

Tends to cater for larger groups, but the low rates make it attractive for those looking to save some money.

Kalahari Farmhouse

New addition to the area - small well run lodge in an attractive area

Kalahari Red Dunes Lodge

A 12 room lodge situated in a nature reseve and set amongst the red dunes of the Kalahari Desert

Suricate Kalahari Tented Camp

The meerkat or suricate is a small mammal which inhabits the Kalahari - we do not know why this lodge is named after them. Perhaps if you stay here and find out you can tell us and then we can make this slightly more descriptive.

Teufelskrallen Tented Lodge

A tented lodge, built on the small red dunes of the Kalahari Desert.

Zebra Kalahari Lodge

The third lodge on the Intu Afrika Kalahari Game Reserve (along with Suricate & Camethorn Lodges). The Kalahari is absolutely magnificent and really should be a part of any visit to Namibia.

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