WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) Saint Catherine's Monastery: The oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery in the world
19-04-2023
(WorldKings.org) Built between 548 and 565, it is the oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery in the world.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Platinum Rhino: World’s largest rhino farm
13-04-2023
(WorldKings.org) Platinum Rhino is home to over 16 percent of South Africa's southern white rhino population, the subspecies of white rhino is now considered endangered with about 20,000 individuals remaining.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Chouara Tannery: World's oldest open-air tannery
02-03-2023
(WorldKings.org) The Chouara Tannery is reputed to be the oldest tannery in the world, and the site has not changed since the 11th century.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Birds of Eden: World's largest free flight aviary
21-02-2023
(WorldKings.org) The sanctuary was home to about 3500 birds representing more than 200 species.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) Lewis Gordon Pugh: First person to complete a long-distance swim in all five oceans of the world
04-02-2023
(WorldKings.org) In 2006 Pugh achieved the "Holy Grail" of swimming by becoming the first person to complete a long-distance swim in all five oceans of the world.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Chacma: World’s largest baboon
18-01-2023
(WorldKings.org) The adult males of chacma baboon can attain a body length of 115 cm, a tail length of up to 84 cm, and an average of 30 kg (but can attain a maximum weight of 40 kg).
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Kori bustard: World's heaviest flying bird
16-01-2023
(WorldKings.org) A male Kori bustard can weigh up to 18.14 kg ─ the weight of the largest confirmed specimen, as documented in 1936.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Makhonjwa Mountains: World's oldest mountain range
14-01-2023
(WorldKings.org) Geological sampling indicates that some rock formations in these mountains are 3.2 to 3.6 billion years old.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Southern white rhinoceros: World's largest living species of rhinoceros
13-01-2023
(WorldKings.org) The southern white rhinoceros can attain a length of 4.2 m, a shoulder height of 1.85 m, and a weight of 3.6 tons.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Tunnel de la Atlantida: World's longest volcanic submarine lava tube
04-11-2022
(WorldKings.org) The main fеаturе оf thе tunnel is that it's fully immersed in the water, сrеаting а truly unique раsswаy 1,500 kilometers long аnd аbоut 80 kilometers dеер.