Rooted

In the grasslands of southern Kalahari stands a 200 year old Acacia. In this arid landscape the Camelthorn is a sanctuary for big and small. Sociable weavers, Bruchid beetles and various mammals make use of this iconic tree.

The much-loved Sausage Tree stands in the Selinda Reserve in the north-eastern corner of Botswana, where it is dry and the rains are months away. Numerous birds and animals rely on the Sausage Tree for sustenance during this testing period.

In the Afromontane forests of the Soutpansberg grows a giant Outeniqua Yellowwood. A look at how this colossal tree hosts, feeds and shelters an array of plants and animals in the bows of her branches.

The Namaqua Rock Fig Tree stands rooted on the slope of a rocky hill in Namaqualand, South Africa. It is the ultimate survivor, able to withstand the unforgiving conditions in a landscape facing ever rising temperatures and less and less rainfall each year.

The incredible story of a tree that has been around for 800 years, that can withstand the harshest conditions, and that is more loved by insects, birds and animals than any other, the enormous Baobab. Rooted on the savannah of Malilangwe Game Reserve in southern Zimbabwe.