Quiver Tree Forest

Quiver tree forest
Dolerite rocks and quiver trees

The Quiver Tree Forest (Kokerboomwoud in Afrikaans) is a forest and tourist attraction of southern Namibia about 14 km north-east of Keetmanshoop on the road to Koës. It comprises about 250 specimens of Aloidendron dichotomum, a species that is also locally known as the quiver tree (Afrikaans: kokerboom) because the San people traditionally used its branches to make quivers. The forest was declared a national monument of Namibia in 1995.[citation needed]

The forest is home to rock hyraxes living amongst the rocks.[1]

Other Quiver Tree Forests

Although Aloe dichotoma is common in southern Africa, there are only a small number of natural quiver tree forests. Another is located near at Gannabos, near Nieuwoudtville in the Northern Cape.[2][3] Others have been created by humans, including one in the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden of Worcester, South Africa.

References

  1. ^ "The Quiver Tree Forest in Namibia". Independent Travellers. independent-travellers.com. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  2. ^ "Quiver Tree Forest". Gannabos Guest Farm. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  3. ^ "A world of ancient aloes – quiver tree forest, Northern Cape". southafrica.net. Retrieved 13 January 2026.

26°33′07″S 18°10′05″E / 26.55194°S 18.16806°E / -26.55194; 18.16806

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