The travel time to Etosha is long, so we broke it up by staying over at Out of Africa Guesthouse in Otjiwarongo (getting that right takes a bit of practice). Travel time was made even longer by our doing a diversion to see Spitzkoppe, known as the Matterhorn of the Namib, and again choosing the longer 'B' road route via Sukses.

The lodge was quite impressive, apart from poor WiFi again, only available in reception at low speed, but we were given a spacious, comfortable, family room. We booked a morning game drive for the next day and indulged in a buffet dinner with game dish selections.

The drive yielded what I was looking for - the classic image of many animal species at a water pan. But the best was the bird life and we were able to add a few more species to our 'lifer' bird list, including the magnificent tawny eagle, an African wattled lapwing and the kori bustard.