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Namibia - June 2003 : <- second campsite : wild horses : the desert ->
Wild horses
Klein Aus is on the road to the sea, skirting the edge of the southern Namib, with diamond concessions on the other side. Its also here that the small population of Namibian wild horses are to be found.


These wild horses derive from escaped farm animals and German cavalry horses, which made their bid for freedom during the First World War. They are now threatened, as are the local gemsbok (oryx) by newly fenced-off farmland, limiting their normal migration routes to fresh grazing, governed by infrequent rain.

Sadly, like most of Namibia, this remote and beautiful spot has been taken over by a few rowdy colonial types, only interested in beer...
Namibia - June 2003 : <- second campsite : wild horses : the desert ->
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