Fairy Tale Forest (Etosha)

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The Fairy Tale Forest (Afrikaans: sprokieswoud) is situated in the Etosha National Park in the Kunene Region, Namibia, near Grünewald Farm. It is an open forest of Moringa ovalifolia ("Fairy tale trees").[1]

The largest concentration of Moringa ovalifolia in the world, the forest is 2 km x 2 km in size and is located on a limestone plain covered with sweetgrass. The park's trees have often been damaged by elephant herds in the past, but are now protected from them.[2]

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The forest in the summer
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The forest in the winter

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