Quiver Tree Forest

The Quiver Tree Forest (Kokerboom Woud in Afrikaans) is a forest well -known as a tourist attraction of Southern Namibia.

It is located about 14 kilometers north of Keetmanshoop, on the road to Koes, in the Gariganus Farm.

It comprises about 250 specimens of Aloe dichotoma, a species of aloe locally known as "quiver tree" because bushmen use its branches to make quivers.

The forest is spontaneous; the highest quiver tree are 2 - 3 centuries old.

The forest was declared a National Monument of Namibia on June 1, 1995.








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In the surroundings of the forest there is another site of geological interest, the Giant's Playground, a vast pile of large dolerite rocks.


                                                                                     
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Sandwich Harbour

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 Sandwich Harbour lies around 30 kilometers south of Walvis Bay.

Here, there's a reed lined lagoon fed by freshwater springs, a sandy beach and pale dunes dropping straight into the sea .....

The lagoon is the house of many birds such as pelicans, flamingos, sandpipers and dabchicks.

It's not uncommon to find jackal trotting along the beach or see dolphins offshore.

You can visit slowly down the coastline towards Sandwich from Swakopmund, stop to watch birds, learn about the history of the area, walk along the beach, take photographs, slide down roaring dunes or visit the sight of Totnar settlements.

Namib Desert

The Namib Desert is often referred to as the world's oldest desert and has been in existence for some 43 million years, remaining unchanged in its present form for the last 2 million years. 

It is an immense expanse of relentlessly moving gravel plains and dunes of all shapes and sizes that stretch along the entire coastline.

The most widespread and dominant type of desert sand dune are linear dunes, with crescent shaped dunes common along the coast and clusters of star dunes, such as the towering horseshoe of dunes at Sossusvlei.

It comes as no surprise therefore to discover that the entire western section of Namibia is comprised of the Namib, which spreads beyond the borders of Namibia and flows into southern Angola and the northern Cape Province of South Africa.