Quivertree Forest and Giant's Playground
Quivertree Forest and Giant's Playground
Quivertree Forest and Giant's Playground
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- Jurgen BBrussels, Belgium2,869 contributionsSuperb!For one of the four of us, this was the highlight of south Namibia! Entry price includes giant's playground now. Not cheap. The cheetah enclosure looks sad. The quivertrees are the real reason to come hereVisited December 2023Travelled with familyWritten 4 January 2024
- Marga OPretoria, South Africa67 contributionsThe quiver tree forest will get a 4, playground of the giants a 5 and Management a 1 …I would pay the 100 nam dollar to visit the sights but would NEVER again opt for overnight …. Management ( lady) just to rude…. Honestly don’t understand why you would engage with visitors if you really dislike “ travelers” ? Please consider another profession….Visited May 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten 26 May 2024
- Alan M18 contributionsFascinatingThe trees are fascinating, beautiful, captivating. Well worth the price of admission. The frontline staff certainly lived up to their reputation as per other reviews, abrupt, condescending just plain rude. Might consider a career changeVisited July 2024Travelled with familyWritten 18 July 2024
- Toni TNashville, Tennessee1,204 contributionsUnique Sites Unlike Anywhere Else: Huge Boulders and crazy TreesThe Giant"s Playground presents interesting rock formations made up of dolemite boulders. We spent about an hour climbing and walking. Pay attention to the sign that if you get lost, climb up to the tallest rock and wait til someone finds you. The Quivertree forest houses many trees up up 500 years. The limbs of the trees are used to make the holders (quiver) for arrows. We spent about 45 minutes at each place total 1 ½ hours, but you can easily fiend more time.Visited September 2024Travelled with friendsWritten 20 September 2024
- omegacon184 contributionsNot a bad stopoverOur agent unfortunately referred to QT as a “lodge.” This created an expectation that this was a superior establishment, which it is not. We were not aware that the six of us would share a small cottage with four bedrooms and a living area. Our expectations aside, said living area was inadequate for the six of us with dated and worn our furnishings and decor. QT is more accurately described as a “farm stay” than a lodge. Our food (on a DBB basis) was very basic, reminding me of boarding school. On the upside, there is a lovely pool and lounging area; the quiver tree forest (on site) and Giants Playground, an area of stunning rock and boulder formations on a nearby farm, are worth a visit. They do have camping facilities which in hindsight might have been better.Visited August 2024Travelled with friendsWritten 30 September 2024
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vumbrimu
6 contributions
Jul 2024 • Couples
If you are going to work in the tourism industry, it helps if you like people. The woman working at reception is unfriendly and unhelpful and clearly should not be dealing with the public. The Quiver Tree forest is hugely overpriced, at R330 for three visitors. In comparison, this is nearly double the cost of visiting the fantastic Augrabies falls in Northern Cape and more than the Sossuvlei entrance. This forest, once we found it, had been high on the agenda for our holiday trip until we encountered the rudeness of this individual. When then only female in our party requested to use a toilet - (perfectly normal when coming off many hours on the road), she was abruptly told to pay the entrance fee and use facilities at the forest. No sympathy whatsoever. The hostile and grumpy ticket woman was standing in front of an open toilet door at reception when she said this. Quite extraordinary treatment. She was extremely unwelcoming to our party of three, arriving on a very quiet Wednesday afternoon. We were the only vehicle. At reception we encountered a large, bad tempered black pig, blocking the doorway and in urgent need of medical attention for its grossly overgrown trotters, making the poor creature almost unable to walk. This animal is offensive to a great many visitors and would render the entire reception area unclean. Inappropriate for a tourist attraction.
The combination of a very high price, the unpleasant and extremely rude reception woman, and the outright refusal to permit a comfort break to the only female member of our group made us decide to abandon the visit. There are quiver trees all over Namibia, you see them everywhere for free, and this was the only unpleasant experience in our entire trip. I would not bother with the quiver tree forest until they change their attitude. They obviously don't want or require any tourists and should have their sign removed by the Namibian Tourist Authorities. Zero out of ten. Never again, don't bother.
The combination of a very high price, the unpleasant and extremely rude reception woman, and the outright refusal to permit a comfort break to the only female member of our group made us decide to abandon the visit. There are quiver trees all over Namibia, you see them everywhere for free, and this was the only unpleasant experience in our entire trip. I would not bother with the quiver tree forest until they change their attitude. They obviously don't want or require any tourists and should have their sign removed by the Namibian Tourist Authorities. Zero out of ten. Never again, don't bother.
Written 26 July 2024
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Bettina
3 contributions
May 2023 • Friends
Very unfriendly reception and rude behaviour when we did not have the required cash amount ($15 short pp). Were told that only cash was accepted, then later CC but with an additional 10%. Entrance fee has risen enormously anyway and $30 out of $220 (we only had $190) would have not made a big dent in their pockets. Plus they could have been nicer about it. Very disappointing.
Written 7 May 2023
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Ernst38
Windhoek, Namibia375 contributions
Oct 2022
Very rude lady selling the entrance tickets. It is ridiculous to be asked to pay N$ 100 (locals, foreigners, kids) for a National Heritage site that happens to be on a private farm by accident. The other quiver tree forest in the area (with much more trees) charge far less. By the way, I am not sure about the kept cheetahs... Really not a place that should be supported in its current way.
Written 17 October 2022
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Susie P
Cape Town, South Africa4 contributions
Jun 2024 • Couples
I have never shared a negative review but I have also never experienced such an ugly interaction with a proprietor. When parking at (unmarked parking) reception we inadvertently bumped a plant. The proprietor came out and asked us to move our vehicle. When we did as requested, he accused me of “walking away” from the damage and demanded compensation. When we followed him to his office and attempted to discuss the situation he said we could pay N1000 or leave immediately. We paid him as requested and he rudely said we lacked integrity! We LOVE Namibia and have had amazingly positive experiences with every Namibian we have encountered except him. On a more positive note, the campsite was empty and comfortable and the quiver trees are very special.
Written 13 June 2024
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Jürgen R
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Nov 2023 • Couples
We didn't like the quiver tree forest that much. But it's a must and is part of it.
In contrast to the Giants Playground. I've rarely seen such impressive rock formations. The photos in the midday heat were also great. So it doesn't have to be sunrise or sunset.
In contrast to the Giants Playground. I've rarely seen such impressive rock formations. The photos in the midday heat were also great. So it doesn't have to be sunrise or sunset.
Written 6 November 2023
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askok
Rotterdam, The Netherlands477 contributions
Feb 2020
There is not very much to see besides trees and rocks, but it is a quiet place and it is just fun to picture giants playing at the playground. The forest has a nice path to walk and it's all very tranquille. I really enjoyed my visit to these places.
The campground does have some cheetahs in a cage. So I do recommend staying away from that for entertainment. It was really sad to see.
The campground does have some cheetahs in a cage. So I do recommend staying away from that for entertainment. It was really sad to see.
Written 15 March 2020
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Jurgen B
Brussels, Belgium2,869 contributions
Dec 2023 • Family
For one of the four of us, this was the highlight of south Namibia! Entry price includes giant's playground now. Not cheap. The cheetah enclosure looks sad. The quivertrees are the real reason to come here
Written 4 January 2024
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Alan M
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Jul 2024 • Family
The trees are fascinating, beautiful, captivating. Well worth the price of admission. The frontline staff certainly lived up to their reputation as per other reviews, abrupt, condescending just plain rude. Might consider a career change
Written 18 July 2024
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Marga O
Pretoria, South Africa67 contributions
May 2024 • Couples
I would pay the 100 nam dollar to visit the sights but would NEVER again opt for overnight …. Management ( lady) just to rude…. Honestly don’t understand why you would engage with visitors if you really dislike “ travelers” ? Please consider another profession….
Written 26 May 2024
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rmitgoteam
Naples, FL1,241 contributions
Sept 2014 • Couples
Giant's Playground is a maze of stone piles that seemingly stretches on forever. It's located off a gravel road 5 km north of the Quivertree Forest (same entrance fee). There's a parking lot with a nice modern toilet. A tall brown water tower stands next to it. No one is present to check your ticket. The danger here is that the circular path through the stones is not well marked. It starts out fine with a couple of white arrow signs pointing in the right direction. But after a while the signs stopped and the main path branched off to here and there. While it proceeds in a right-hand circle around the site, it also twists and turns all the time. With no signs, we soon became disoriented and didn't know which way to go. All the rock constellations, while beautiful, look the same after a while and it's nearly impossible to remember if you passed them before (some seemed staged while others are amazingly authentic). The walking path is set below all the rocks so it's impossible to see the horizon to help locate where you are. All you can see are more and more rock piles. It's easy to walk in the complete wrong direction and not really know where you are. No one else was there when we visited in the late afternoon so calling out to others was futile. After 20 long minutes of this wandering, we eventually climbed to the top of a tall rock to try to get some perspective. Luckily, we were able to spot the brown water tower off in the distance and walked in that direction to eventually get back to the parking lot. Our guess is that some jokester removed some of the path signs and they have not been replaced. This all might sound funny, but it wasn't not knowing where you are with the temperature 36 C. in the hot sun. The Quivertree Forest is nice and makes for some great photos against the blue sky. It's not really a forest but a dense stand of Quivertrees spread around rock hills. We had trouble locating the entrance gate to the walking path. It's not marked and we had to drive around the large camping site searching for it (a fence blocks entrance except at the gate). Other campers we followed couldn't find it either. Eventually we found it. It appears to us that the farm owner doesn't really care whether you easily find your way around these two sites or not. Otherwise, there would be better directional signs at both places. Not finding the Quivertree Forest entrance gate was frustrating, but getting lost in the Giant's Playground was a more serious issue. So pay special attention to where you are walking until proper signage is posted here.
Written 30 September 2014
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Would you recommend staying at the Quivertree Forest Rest Camp if you are planning to take sunset and sunrise photos or is it more comfortable to stay in Ketmanshoop itself and drive out to the Forest? Is the fee a daily fee or can you enter on two different days?
Written 1 September 2017
Accommodation in Keetmanshoop is widely available and to all tastes, the Quiver Tree rest camp was very basic. Spending 2 days may be a bit much. Fees are per entry, maybe you can make an arrangement with them as it is privately owned. If you drive past the site there are lots of quiver trees further along which you can photograph from the road.
Written 5 September 2017
Hi, I see reference to a guide in some of the comments, how did you find a guide- is there an office to book or is through a website? Thanks
Written 17 September 2015
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