Where can you see the Camel Thorn in South Africa?

The Camel Thorn is most recorded in Northern Cape (71% of records), North West (16% of records), Limpopo (7% of records), based on 1 511 iNaturalist observations. 17 places to stay on Spekboom have recorded the Camel Thorn on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the Camel Thorn?

Sightings of the Camel Thorn peak from Jul to Aug, based on 1 514 iNaturalist records. You may still see it outside those months, sightings are just less frequent.

What is the Camel Thorn?

Vachellia erioloba (camel thorn , giraffe thorn) is a tree of southern Africa in the family Fabaceae. Its preferred habitat is the deep dry sandy soils in parts of South Africa, Botswana, the western areas of Zimbabwe and Namibia. It is also native to Angola, south-west Mozambique, Zambia and Swaziland. The tree was first described by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer and Johann Franz Drège in 1836.

Trees & flora

Camel Thorn

Vachellia erioloba

Vachellia erioloba (camel thorn , giraffe thorn) is a tree of southern Africa in the family Fabaceae.

from Wikipedia

Trees & flora

Camel Thorn

Vachellia erioloba

Vachellia erioloba (camel thorn , giraffe thorn) is a tree of southern Africa in the family Fabaceae.

from Wikipedia

Showing stays where you can spotCamel Thorn10+ stays list it on site or nearby

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Beste Reisezeit

Best Jul to Aug

When Camel Thorn sightings peak, from open records.

Beste MonateJul to Aug

Sightings1,514 records

Curve from 1,514 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.

Camel Thorn

Camel Thorn

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