We left our campsite and signed in, to the Etosha NP, we had to pay for 3 days as you need to be out of the park by 7.30 am and it would take us a few hours!

As soon as we have entered we have impala playing games with us on the road. We soon see a white rhino, giraffe & zebra off the side of the road. We turn off to see Etosha look out – all you can see to the horizon is a dry pan- it is an impressive expanse of nothingness.

We stop & get out (breaking the rules as you are supposed to stay in the car- but figure we would see something come up on us really easy) and take a few photo’s, it is really hot – 38 degrees at 10.45am. It is so dry.

We see lots of black dots & realise they are ostrich!

There are smaller pans along the way, but they are all dry.

We arrive at camp and the temperature has reached 42 – it is really hot. We are in campsite 23- there is no shade, so we decide to do an afternoon drive as we will have air con. We only see giraffe, springbok & gemsbok – the animals are all too hot, to be out as well.

After dinner we walk over to the lit waterhole with our camera & binoculars ready for action. We see 2 black rhino come in to drink as well as 8 giraffe – they are so awkward when they drink. Jackals are roaming around the waterhole as well.

We try to sleep – is really hot and sticky.