Alternative Transportation

Living in the city, you might take a number of things for granted – running water, tarred roads, Wi-Fi, fully stocked shops and especially transportation.

Getting around in Windhoek is no hassle, whether you take a taxi, the bus or have your own car. You get where you want to be in a matter of minutes. However, in the smaller towns in the country, vehicles are much more of a luxury, although traffic is not a problem. Therefore many resort to alternative forms of transportation.

Horse and donkey carriages are a regular sight in the small towns of Namibia and they provide much-needed transport for people to carry out their everyday duties. In Damaraland, mainly in the Erongo and Kunene regions, donkeys are more often seen than horses. That might be because they are one of the most hard working animals in the world.

There might be benefits to this as well – no petrol required, no oil change, your donkey will never get a flat, their kilometres don’t climb too high and at the end of the day, they might make a really delicious meal too.

Donkey carts have been a thing since biblical times and it doesn’t look like they’re going away any time soon.

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