It holds Baines' Baobabs, painted by the explorer and artist Thomas Baines in 1862 and all but identical today
Area
2,578 km²
Protection category
IUCN II
Parque nacional —
Designated in
1970
Declared in 1970, Nxai Pan holds Baines' Baobabs, a group of ancient trees painted by the British explorer and artist Thomas Baines in 1862 on an expedition through southern Africa. Remarkably, set the original painting beside a photograph taken today and the trees have barely changed shape in more than 160 years — a measure of the extraordinary longevity and slow growth of the African baobab.
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Nxai Pan: 30 documented species
Mammals18Birds6Reptiles4Amphibians
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