Three of a kind – Drei vom selben Schlag

Baobabs, Madagascar/Madagaskar

Among giants – Unter Riesen

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North of Siavonga, Zambia

Fairytale Baobab

North of Siavonga, Zambia

Im Baobab-Wald – In a Baobab forest

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Im Baobab-Wald – In a Baobab Forest

Auf dem Weg von Lusaka in den Süden Sambias an den Kariba-See geht es nach dem aufstrebenden und relativ modernen Kafue, das sich in den vergangenen Jahren und Jahrzehnten zu einer industriellen Stadt mit großen Textil- und Chemie-Unternehmen gemausert hat, auf herrlich Serpentinen-reicher Straße hinab ins Sambesi-Tal. Diese Straße führt weiter an die Grenze nach Simbabwe in die Grenzstadt Chirundu, doch zum Kariba-See biegt man 18 Kilometer vor Chirundu in Richtung Siavonga ab.

Baobab silhouette

Near Morondava, westcoast Madagascar

Im Land der Baobabs – In Baobab country

Das Wahrzeichen Madagaskars – Madagascar´s most enigmatic landmark

There are many landmarks in Madagascar: lemurs in general, especially the ring-tailed lemur as well as the mysterious Aye-Aye, chameleons – from one of the biggest to the smallest one on earth, vanilla, pepper and „L’arbre du voyageur“, traveller´s tree, which looks similar to palm trees, belongs to the bird-of-paradise family and is even printed on the country´s visa. But in the end the most emblematic one is the Baobab tree, of which there are six endemic species on Madagascar: Adansonia grandidieri, Adansonia suarezensis, Adansonia madagascariensis, Adansonia perrieri, Adansonia rubrostipa and Adansonia za. Beyond those there are also some specimens of Adansonia digitata, which is originally growing on mainland Africa and has been “imported”. 2012 another species called Adansonia kilima has been discovered in Africa, and there is Adansonia gregorii in Australia.