Jardín botánico de Guayaquil, Botanical garden in Guayaquil, Ecuador

The Botanical Garden of Guayaquil covers 5 hectares on the slopes of Cerro Colorado, within the Cerro Colorado Protected Forest. Its collections are grouped into an arboretum of native and introduced trees, a palmetum of palms, a cactarium of cacti and succulents, an orchid house, and beds of bromeliads, tillandsias, heliconias and lotus. About 324 species are identified, some 120 of them labelled with QR codes.

The Ecuadorian Orchideology Association founded this garden in 1979 after a decade of planning and development work. The project grew from a desire to protect Ecuador's diverse plant life and make it publicly accessible.

The garden serves as a meeting place for people interested in plants and nature conservation, showing through its layout how important preserving native species is in Ecuador. Visitors can learn here how different plant species live together in their natural settings.

The garden is located in the northern Las Orquídeas district near Cerro Colorado and remains open year-round. The best times for bird watching are during the early morning hours.

The garden's herbarium code is GUAYA, and it is a member of Botanic Gardens Conservation International. About 120 plants along the route carry QR codes, and free Wi-Fi from the Guayaquil municipality is available on the walk. A lepidopterarium shows the butterfly cycle from egg to adult.