After 20 long minutes of this wandering, we eventually climbed to the top of a tall rock to try to get some perspective. No one else was there when we visited in the late afternoon so calling out to others was futile. It's easy to walk in the complete wrong direction and not really know where you are. All you can see are more and more rock piles. The walking path is set below all the rocks so it's impossible to see the horizon to help locate where you are. 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). With no signs, we soon became disoriented and didn't know which way to go. While it proceeds in a right-hand circle around the site, it also twists and turns all the time. But after a while the signs stopped and the main path branched off to here and there. It starts out fine with a couple of white arrow signs pointing in the right direction. The danger here is that the circular path through the stones is not well marked. A tall brown water tower stands next to it. There's a parking lot with a nice modern toilet. It's located off a gravel road 5 km north of the Quivertree Forest (same entrance fee). It is probably a lot more comfortable than camping but was a bit limited compared to a lot of self-catering chalets.Giant's Playground is a maze of stone piles that seemingly stretches on forever. That said, it was an interesting place and was very good value for a one night stopover and a chance to visit the quivetrees. We'd booked this as it said it had a fully equipped kitchen but in fact it only had a microwave and a kettle (NB don't switch them both on at once as it trips the socket) - a small hotplate or gas burner and a couple of pans would have been useful for us. We were travelling across Namibia and alternating between hotels/guesthouses and self-catering accommodation. The proprietors were friendly and they have a collection of dogs with their own interesting stories as well as the cheetahs - I'm still not totally clear why the cheetahs are there but I assume they are 'rescue' animals. The mosquito net over the bed was very useful as we did seem to get large numbers of insects visiting us overnight, which may also be to do with the amount of rain there had been recently.The acoustics in the igloo are very odd - this is not a criticism, just an observation. It was a fun place to sleep and had a bit of a sci-fi feel about it (is what the accommodation on Mars will look like?). The domed 'igloos' are fibreglass (they were previously used by the railway but not sure what for) and although basic, had a perfectly adequate shower & toilet and the bed was comfortable. We booked one of the self-catering 'igloos' as we wanted to visit the quivertree forest and the giant's playground on our travels. If you are planning to stay a while in Keetmanshoop or just for an evening on your route I would definitely recommend you stay here as it has everything you require. They also have camping facilities, with the camping area located right next to the quiver tree forest. The rest camp has a few attractions such as the cheetah feeding everyday at 17:00, the quiver tree forest which is within walking distance of where we stayed and the giants playground which is a few minutes drive away. The camp's main building has a restaurant as well as a small kiosk with basic items. Just outside the building are a few communal braai areas, a kitchen with cutlery/crockery and a pool. The rooms are very beautiful and each has its own bathroom. We stayed in one of the self-catering rooms which were connected to a main communal area which had a mini-bar fridge, microwave, and some cups and glasses. The Quiver Tree Rest Camp is just a short distance outside of Keetmanshoop, reached by a gravel road which was in a pretty good condition when we visited.
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