Messina Nature Reserve

This reserve on the outskirts of Messina with an area of 3,700 ha/9,140ac, is noted particularly for its numerous baobab trees, some 12,000 of which have been counted. The largest of them is 25m/82ft high. 250 other species of trees and shrubs have been identified in the reserve. The fauna is confined to giraffes, wildebeests, antelopes and gazelles.