White Angels of Camargue - Europe’s Last Cowboys (4K)

If you’ve ever wanted to visit the Wild West you can find it in France, although it should better be called the Wild South. Cowboys, wild white horses and pink flamingos. Hard to imagine any place on earth where you’ll find all of them together but the vast Camargue delta in the South of France is home to all of these colorful creatures. Since the 1500’s the Cowboys of the Provence, Les Gardians de Camargue – how they call themselves, have been tending to herds of horses in the unfenced coastal region of the Camargue. It takes a very rustic horse to survive in this territory. The Camargue horse, also known as the “horse of the sea“, is very harsh and one of the oldest horse breeds in the world. For more than 500 years the Guardians have been caring for them. They have gained a deep, old knowledge about these wonderful beings who look more like the mounts of fairies, than just animals. They share a language with the horses, a language full of gestures. It’s a communication based upon r