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world. eir age can only be determined by carbon- dating.
e Sagole tree in the Limpopo province, South Africa is the oldest and biggest living baobab. e tree is approximately 1200 years old. It is 22 m high with a trunk circumference of 33 m.
e Sunland tree, also growing in the Limpopo province is 1060 years old, 19 m high, and has a trunk circumference of 34.11 m.
The now collapsed Glencoe baobab outside Hoedspruit was dated at 1800 years old.
Top left; Majestic Baobabs in nature.
Top right; View from inside the Sagole Baobab.
Bottom; Sagole Baobab with trunk 11 m in diameter.
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