Messina - Baobab Trees / Elephant's Trunk

Messina is famed for the baobab trees which grown in large numbers in this area. These deciduous trees with thick trunks (which can be up to 28m/92ft in girth) and few short branches are statutorily protected throughout South Africa. A particularly fine specimen, known as the Elephant's Trunk, can be seen just outside the town on the road to Malala Drift, and there is another 5km/3mi from Messina on the Louis Trichardt road.