Waar om die Umbrella Thorn Acacia in Suid-Afrika te sien

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Umbrella Thorn at stays in or beside Kruger National Park and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Umbrella Thorn is most recorded in Limpopo (33% of records), Gauteng (19% of records), North West (17% of records), based on 1,486 iNaturalist observations. 14 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Umbrella Thorn on site or nearby.

The Umbrella Thorn is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

Vachellia tortilis, widely known as Acacia tortilis but attributed by APG III to the Vachellia genus, is the umbrella thorn acacia, also known as umbrella thorn and Israeli babool, a medium to large canopied tree native primarily to the savanna and Sahel of Africa (especially Sudan), but also occurring in the Middle East.