Kenyan environmental advocate Truphena Muthoni has broken the Guinness World Record for the most trees hugged in one hour.

Muthoni hugged 1,234 trees in 60 minutes at Jardim Botânico Brasília on May 8, 2026, surpassing the previous record of 1,123 trees set by Ghana’s Abubakar Tahiru in 2024.

In a post on its X account Kenyan Embassy in Brazil wrote, ” On 8th May 2026, as part of her Environmental Awareness Tour in Brazil, Truphena Muthoni, HSC, broke the Guinness World Record for the most trees hugged in one hour. The previous record stood at 1,123 trees. Truphena surpassed it, hugging more than 1,200 trees in one hour at the Jardim Botânico Brasília.”

The attempt was part of her ongoing Environmental Awareness Tour in Brazil.

She completed the challenge through rapid, successive hugs, averaging roughly one tree every three seconds.

Muthoni, who holds records for prolonged tree-hugging marathons, described the feat as a symbolic act to highlight forest conservation and climate action.

In December 2025 the climate activist smashed her own previously held record, hugging a tree for 72 hours straight.

Muthoni’s previous record was 48 hours.