There are so many nice trees in Africa. Here are a couple that
you see a lot as you drive along.
The fever tree, easily recognized by the light colored trunks. They
make a nice accent in a landscape and are usually found along river banks.
There are a lot of these dead leadwood trees around. I don't know what
has killed them--could just be old age or drought, but they don't rot and will stand like this for
a long, long time. They make wonderful perches for raptors. Also, brightly colored
birds, such as the rollers, perch on these bare limbs and insects, seeing their color, come to
investigate to see if it's a flower and get themselves snapped up!
These gnarled and twisted branches are at Lower Sabie behind a memorial
bench dedicated to the father of our friend from the first letter, Shirli Hill.
Another view of an African fig tree. The fruit grows very close to the
large branches and trunk rather than at the end of smaller branches like most fruit trees. They are
about the size of golf balls and are a great favorite of baboons.
This group of trees is worth a second look................