Over its origin no agreement prevails: partially it is attributed to the military horses freely left after the surrender of the German colonial force in the year 1915, partially in addition, on from the stud of lock Duwisib escaped horses. Both possible origin alternatives very close lie together temporally and contentwise however, so that in the result it remains stating that it concerns with the desert horses of the Namib not around genuine wild horses, but verwilderte horses. It remains considerable however nevertheless that these animals succeeded against each expectation to adapt to the life-hostile conditions of their habitat so well that they survived for now nearly hundred years.

From the road between load-cut and out branches northward a short runway to a prospect place. This can be driven on also without all-wheel drive. In the prospect place, a wooden shelter, there are diagrams with information about the desert horses. In the proximity is a watering place, so that horses can be nearly always observed.

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