Sunland in Limpopo Baobab (Africa)
Sunland Baobab in Limpopo,South Africa, is one of the most popular attractions of South Africa. It
impresses with its size tree occupies the first position in many lists. The
height of one of the largest baobabs not only in South Africa but throughout
the continent is 22 meters, but even more impressive baobab tree trunk diameter
- 155 meters.
However, Sunland baobab is
renowned not only for its enormous size: it is also one of the oldest trees in
the world, along with the legendary California redwoods. According to some
estimates, the age of the baobab-record holder is six thousand years old.
Although there is some disagreement as to the age of this ancient tree,
radiocarbon analysis helped determine that Sunland Baobab, at least more than a
thousand years.
Baobab has an interesting
feature: after a thousand years, they tend to be emptied. Presumably that
Sunland baobab trunk became hollow set of centuries ago, and the owner of the
land on which the tree grows, it decided to take advantage of this feature.
Family Van Van Hierden created a small pub inside. Amazingly, the rustic bar is
trinadtsatifutovye high ceiling and can hold about fifteen people. Miss van
Hierden also argues that once during a party at the bar managed to knead forty
visitors.
Tourists, who want to drink a
beer in the bar, can also spend the night in one of the five local bungalows to
immerse themselves in the atmosphere of a safari party.
