Sekeldoring (Namibian Hardwood) – Dry & Bagged 18kg
4.9 from 700+ Google reviews · since 2001
R120.00
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Delivered on your area’s route day. We carry your bags in and stack them, still bagged, in one spot you choose. One flat delivery fee per drop — your area’s fee and route days.
Prefer the wood unbagged and stacked? Add unbagging for R10 a bag when you add to cart.
Dry Guaranteed — if a bag isn’t dry, we uplift it and exchange it.
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10, 20, 30 or 40 bags
Same price per bag whatever you order. Wood only, excluding delivery.
| Bags | Weight | Wood | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 bags | 180 kg | R1,200 | Select |
| 20 bags | 360 kg | R2,400 | Select |
| 30 bags | 540 kg | R3,600 | Select |
| 40 bags | 720 kg | R4,800 | Select |
Delivery is one flat fee per drop for your area, whatever the load, so forty bags cost the same to deliver as ten. Not sure how many? Let us work it out for you: Build my order for me →
Sekelbos wood, also called sekeldoring or sickle bush, is Namibian braai wood in an 18kg bag, and its job is speed: smaller pieces that catch faster and reach braai temperature sooner. The Firewood Company delivers this Namibian hardwood from Parow across Cape Town, the Winelands and the West Coast.
Sekelbos at a glance
- Quick facts: 18kg bag · smaller pieces than kameeldoring · braai temperature sooner · covered by our Dry Guarantee
- Wood: sekelbos (Dichrostachys cinerea), Namibian hardwood harvested under permit from dead wood in Namibia, dry-fumigated
- Best for: a quick braai; an open fireplace when you want heat fast
- Not for: long-holding coals for a crowd, a pizza oven, a Weber
- Lights and burns: lights faster and burns fiercer than kameeldoring
- Delivery: one flat fee per drop for your area, from R200; bags carried in and stacked, still bagged, within 50 m of where the truck offloads
Best for / not for
- Best for: sekelbos firewood on the grid for steaks, boerewors and a flattie on a weeknight.
- Coals that must hold through rounds of meat? Take kameeldoring wood.
- Want both? The Namibian Hardwood Mix, or bulk kameeldoring and sekelbos, 10 bags of each.
- Which Namibian hardwood? Kameeldoring for a crowd; sekelbos for a quick braai; mopane for a long cook or a potjie, with a sweet bushveld smell; swarthaak for one wood that does the braai and the fireplace, and extra heat in a pizza oven.
- Weber or kettle braai? Use briquettes.
How to light it
Sekelbos hout catches quickly. Put a firelighter under a handful of Kindling / Potjie, lay a few pieces over it with gaps for air, and add more once those are burning well.
Sekelbos: common questions
Is sekelbos the same as sekeldoring?
Yes. Sekelbos, sekeldoring and sickle bush are names for the same tree, Dichrostachys cinerea. Our bag is sold as Sekeldoring.
Sekelbos or kameeldoring: what's the difference?
Size and speed. Sekelbos comes in smaller pieces that light faster and burn fiercer, so the meat goes on sooner. Kameeldoring is bigger and denser and slow to catch, but its coals hold longest.
Is sekelbos wood good for a quick braai?
Yes, that's its job. The smaller pieces reach braai temperature sooner than kameeldoring, so it suits steaks, boerewors and chops after work.
Can I burn sekelbos in a closed-combustion fireplace?
You can, but for a closed unit we recommend Blue Gum or Blackwattle.
Not sure how many bags to order? Build my order for me works it out from how often you braai, and our delivery page lists the fee for your area. The Firewood Company, Parow, Cape Town: braai wood delivered since 2001, with 4.9 stars from 700+ Google reviews.
