Stories about the African Tree of Life
“Baobabs have somehow become our favorite trees in Africa, they are simply spectacular,” says Doreen Gericke about the fascinating giants. I met her and her husband Gerhard Huebner in the Continue Reading →
“Baobabs are absolutely stunning and awe-inspiring”, says Markus Mauthe. He is a well known photographer of stunning untouched nature and the beauty of our planet earth, an environmental activist, cocoa Continue Reading →
Wayne Stutchbury, artist from Zimbabwe, about baobabs: “I am a sculptor and I just love their shape. They are amazing. If you look at them the skin reflects the light. Continue Reading →
At six o’clock in the morning the temperatures at Kamutsenzere Grain Marketing Board in the Mount Darwin Area of Zimbabwe already seem too hot to make a significant move. Nevertheless, Continue Reading →
After our visit to Baobab collectors we rumble on a difficult slope back towards Harare. At the end of November it is hot – the thermometer climbs above 40 ° Continue Reading →
The sun approaches the horizon after a very eventful day. We enjoyed a good dinner and climb into the SUV of Sarah Venter. Again, we rumble along a bumpy dirt Continue Reading →
I am on my “Baobab mission” in the Venda area, Limpopo Province in South Africa. In Zwigodini village I rented a hut in a basic lodge. No sooner had I Continue Reading →
The sun has passed its highest point and has finally managed to break through the thick grey cloud layer that has been lingering statically all morning. Immediately temperatures get uncomfortably Continue Reading →
A very special Baobab grows surrounded by agricultural land at Hoedspruit in the Limpopo province. As befits a giant of its size, legends have sprouted around it. The location for Continue Reading →
Hitting a tree after too many sundowners – such stories are heard of quite often, unfortunately. But having a decent sundowner IN a tree bar? Yes, it is very much Continue Reading →
Makuleke Concession in the northern part of the Kruger National Park in South Africa hosts some of the most beautiful and magnificent baobabs in the country. Hans-Jürgen Keck, a passionate Continue Reading →
In former times baobabs were used for shelter, water storage or as prisons in Namibia, Botsuana, and other countries. At the International Tourism Fair (ITB) in Berlin, I met Dulang Continue Reading →