Some of the most memorable scenery in Kissama is its baobab country: open savannah dotted with enormous, ancient baobab trees, their bottle-shaped trunks rising twenty or thirty metres before erupting into a tangle of bare branches. The forest is not a continuous canopy but a scatter of giants standing alone or in small groups, with grasses and acacia scrub between them.
In the dry season (May–October) the trees are leafless and look most striking against the gold grass. After the first rains, fresh green leaves appear and the trees flower with hanging white blossoms that open at night and are pollinated by bats. Several of the largest baobabs in the park are known by name to the rangers, and a good guide will take you to them on a half-day drive.