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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