Where to see
Hosts have recorded the Baobab at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Mapungubwe National Park and Mokala National Park.
Adansonia digitata
Stays that give back
Every stay on the Baobab page lists the species its host has recorded on or near the property. A record is a sighting, never a promise.
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Hosts have recorded the Baobab at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Mapungubwe National Park and Mokala National Park.
Species
Adansonia digitata
Records
1 289
iNaturalist observations
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A record means a host has seen the Baobab on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Baobab at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Mapungubwe National Park and Mokala National 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 Baobab is most recorded in Limpopo (89% of records), Mpumalanga (11% of records), based on 1 289 iNaturalist observations. 10 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Baobab on site or nearby.
The Baobab 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; Mapungubwe National Park: May-Sep, dry season; Mokala National Park: Aug-Oct, flowers, Mar-May. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
Adansonia digitata, the baobab, is the most widespread of the Adansonia species, and is native to the African continent. The long-lived pachycauls are typically found in dry, hot savannahs of sub-Saharan Africa, where they dominate the landscape, and reveal the presence of a watercourse from afar.