What is it about horses that spurs our imagination and speaks of romance to us? Is it the co-evolution of our culture and collective psyches with these elegant brutes? A history spanning back some ten thousand years of which the world that we created for ourselves could not have been possible without this relationship between man and beast? Or maybe it’s that we simply see ourselves in these animals. They are, of course, social creatures, family bonds running strong like the course wood of and oak. The eyes, so wide and ever searching, demand out attention and wonder, bespeaking of a deep intelligence that we yearn to understand.
Of all the many facets of horses and horse culture, none seem to pull at our romantic heart strings more so than the wild horses. The iconic image of the Wild West, the mustang embodies all that we hold dear about our western landscapes and even our own cultural values. Freedom seems to be at the heart of the matter. Yet the West is not the only landscape that feels the hoof beet of the mustang. Though the horse and the West have become inextricable from each other, it was on these barrier islands that horses were first brought back to the North American continent by Europeans.
With the ancestry of the colonial Spanish horse coursing through their veins, and a history that may very well link them back to the Lost Colony of the Outer Banks, the Corolla wild horses are surrounded by myth and legend. Set to the exquisite landscape of this barrier island these horses continue to roam the beaches and back country as they have for centuries. Wind, sand, sea, and storms have coalesced to create a breed of horse on this island unlike any other on Earth.
Without a doubt, the Corolla wild horses are the most unique and stunning of photographic subjects on the Outer Banks. With towering sand dunes, windswept beaches, the emerald glow of the Atlantic Ocean, these horses are the true icons of all things Outer Banks.
Though numerous tour companies offer sightseeing trips to the wild horses, Outer Banks Expeditions is the only company to cater to photographers with this Corolla Wild Horse Photography Tour.
Join professional wildlife photographer Jared Lloyd on this unforgettable photography adventure into the North Beach of the Outer Banks to photograph the last of the wild horses. Jared’s intimate experiences and knowledge of these horses, their biology, ecology, and history will allow for him to put you in place to photograph these horses in the most scenic of locations any time of the year.
Price:
$150 1/2 day
$300 full day
Don’t Forget to check out professional photographer and photo workshop leader, Jared Lloyd has he co-hosts an episode of Wild Photo Adventures while photographing the horses of the Carolina coast. The show airs in April on PBS nationwide!
Includes transportation throughout the off-road wild horse sanctuary, drinks, and snacks.
