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Registered Charity
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The Sunland 'Big Boabab'
Modjadjiskloof-South Africa
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Key Contacts:
The ATF seeks a person to act as a link person to groups and ancient tree
activity in Africa.
Contact us if you would like to know more.
The Sunland ‘Big Baobab’ is in Modjadjiskloof in Limpopo Province, South
Africa and is famous internationally for being the widest of its species in
the world. Africa is symbolised by these magnificent trees. The Sunland Big
Baobab is carbon dated to be around 6000 years old. The Sunland Baobab has
even made the front page of the Wall Street Journal!
When baobabs become a thousand years old, they begin to hollow inside. In
the Big Baobab this has resulted in wonderful caverns and caves, where the
world famous Baobab Tree Bar and Wine Cellar now amaze visitors. The tree
bar can accommodate more than 60 people!
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In some parts of Africa entire forests of
moderate sized Baobabs sprout from arid plains, but giants like the van
Heerden’s tend to be solitary. This is because their peers have long since
perished through flood (Baobabs cannot bear being waterlogged), drought,
lightning strike or marauding elephants. All four, plus a disease called
black fungus, ensure that only the hardiest survive to a ripe old age. As
Hugh Glen, a government botanist, once said "the problem with the Baobab is
that it doesn’t get handsome until it’s about 800 years old".
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