Limpopo: Popular "Sunland Baobab" site has been closed to the public!

The owner of the "Sunland Baobab", an enormous baobab on the "Sunland Farm" in Modjadjiskloof in South Africa's Limpopo Province, has announced the full closure of the previously popuar tourist spot. 

Half of the baobab collapsed in 2017, so that the famous "Baobab Tree Bar" inside the hollowed out tree, was destroyed. Although there is still a branch attached to the root, the famous baobab is not the same as what people usually came to see and experience.
According to Heather van Heerden, former owner ofthe "Sunland Baobab", the land has since been leased to other people who could possibly use it for farming.

South Africa: The world's widest Baobab has collapsed!

The famous Sunland "Big Baobab" in Modjadjiskloof in South Africa's Limpopo Province, known to be the widest of its species in the world, has topped over on 13 April 2017. The Baobab, which is carbon dated to be well over 1 700 years old, used to be 22 meters high and 47 meters in circumference. The trunk diameter was 10.64 meters and the crown diameter was 30.2 meters. Baobabs begin to hollow inside from a certain age and so did the "Big Baoboab". The owners of the farm the tree stands on cleared out the hollow centre of the tree and opened up the world famous "Baobab Tree Bar" inside the "Big Baobab" in 1993. The bar is now missing it's roof.

South Africa: The trunk of the world's widest baobab has split!

The Sunland Baobab, known for being the widest of its species in the world, saw a third of its trunk crash to the ground on 23 August 2016. The main cause for the tree's split is believed to be its age. According to radiocarbon dating, the tree is around 1100 years old.



The Sunland Baobab is 22 meters high, and is some 47 meters in circumference. The tree's trunk consists of two connected parts; each of these parts has its own enormous hollow connected with a narrow passage. The hollows of the Sunland Baobab  have been turned into a pub and wine cellar in 1993 by the owners of Sunland farm, Doug and Heather van Heerden. The Sunland Farm is located near Modjadjiskloof (Duiwelskloof) in South Africa's Limpopo Province. The entrance fee for day visitors is R25 per person.