Bogor Botanical Gardens, Botanical garden in Bogor, Indonesia.
Bogor Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in Bogor on Java, spreading across 87 hectares and housing more than 13,000 specimens from over 3,300 species. The grounds are divided into themed sections for palms, orchids, bamboo and aquatic plants, connected by paths and waterways.
The site was established in 1817 under Dutch colonial rule, after a forest area from the Sunda Kingdom period was converted into a research facility. Over the decades botanists from Europe and Indonesia expanded the collections and introduced new cultivation methods.
The name derives from the Indonesian word for capital, pointing to the town's former role as an administrative center. Today families stroll under the trees on weekends while students work on research projects throughout the grounds.
Visitors pay around 26,000 rupiah for foreign guests or 16,000 rupiah for locals, with extra charges for vehicles. The paths are mostly paved and suitable for wheelchairs, while some sections are less crowded in the morning.
Rain falls here almost daily, even during the dry season, keeping the air constantly moist and allowing tropical plants to thrive without artificial watering. These conditions enable species to grow that elsewhere in Southeast Asia would survive only in greenhouses.
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