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Wild Horse - Namibia
First Edition
ISBN 978-0-9922221-4-7
Copyright © 2013 Alistair Lyne / Ten Itchy Feet.
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All photographs by Alistair Lyne / alistairlyne.com
Design and layout by Ten Itchy Feet.
For Roxanne, Ruby and Myles.
Special thanks to Sorina Lyne.
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The Wild Desert Horses
of Namibia
Driving through south-western Namibia lets you
breathe wide open space. Long, straight roads lead
through flat, desolate plains where you see far into
a distant pastel horizon. Low mountain peaks stack
away into the late afternoon haze.
This southern African country is a land of wide open
landscapes; and If you head west on the E1 highway
towards the coastal town of Luderitz, you pass the
tiny town of Aus nestled in a narrow mountain range.
From this point on the desert takes on a more barren
feel. Sparse grassland gives way to the hard, stony
Namib plains. Open and flat with very little vegetation,
the summer highs are over 45 degrees and it never
rains more than 50 mm a year.
On this long road to the cold Atlantic coast, the only
turn off in miles is north to Garub pan. Here, not far
off the tar road, are water troughs built in the desert
and fed from a specially drilled borehole nearby.
There is also a viewing hide, where tourists can try
catch a glimpse of the famous feral horses.
Wild, scruffy, wiry and tough; these mysterious wild
animals are unique in that they have evolved to
survive in this most desolate of lands.
Theres a group of horses gathered drinking at the
water. Incredible. Surprise becomes elation as small
herds trickle slowly in through the speckled desert
scrub.
More than thirty in all arrive to drink and mill around
the water troughs. Some are surprisingly active in
the midday sun. Running around, rolling rough, face
and all into the hot sand. A foal, young and still fluffy,
splashes clumsy hoofs into the water, startling those
drinking.
A stallion circles to the side on his own, prancing
proud and kicking dust, head tight in to his dark
chest. Then he’s up on hind legs, front hoofs jabbing
the air like a boxer.
One horse is clearly old and just stands there, head
hanging, all ribs and bony hips, testimony to a harsh
and difficult existence.
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