Our sundowner drive was a perfect opportunity to experience the beauty of the Gondwana Sperrgebiet Rand Park at dusk and to see the elusive and enigmatic feral horses of the Namib Desert as they conglomerated at their favourite watering hole in Garub Pan, west of Aus. When we arrived, we parked near the wooden shelter at the end of a gravel road. We waited for the sunset and the arrival of the horses. For a few minutes, there was nothing to see but the barren plains of Garub

As we drove along a railway line on the B4 national road, we realized how vast and underpopulated Namibia is. On the dust roads through the arid landscape, all we could see were spectacular views of the desert, rocky outcrops, sand dunes, and a LOT of open space. We would drive for miles and miles and not come across a single village or even a tiny settlement. The only other signs of life were the occasional wildlife. We were reminded that in Namibia, wild animals are not res