Bogor Botanical Gardens

Bogor Botanical Gardens

Bogor Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden that is large and located in the city of Bogor, West Java, Java, Indonesia. The location of the Garden itself is located on address. Ir. H. Juanda street No. 13 Bogor, West Java Province. The area of the Botanical Garden reached 87 hectares. Currently the Bogor Botanical Gardens already crowded and visited as a tourist spot, especially on Saturdays and Sundays.

Bogor Botanical Garden was originally a part of the 'samida' (artificial forests or artificial garden) which has existed since at least the reign of Sri Baduga Maharaja (King Siliwangi, 1474-1513), which comes from the Kingdom of Sunda, as it is written in the tablets Batutulis. Artificial forest was created with the purpose for preservation of nature and the environment as a place to nurture the seeds of rare wood. Samida beside it also made a similar samida which are located on the border of Cianjur, Bogor (Forest Ciung Wanara). The forest
then left just after the Kingdom of Sunda defeated by the Sultanate of Banten, until the Governor-General van der Capellen build a vacation home at one corner in the middle of the 18th century. 

If you buff green scenery and invigorating air, then the Garden should be recommended. This garden is not a leisure destination alone, but also the education center and the location of the plant observations. There are more than 15,000 species of trees and plants there. Tourist attractions in Bogor that this one has also been developed since time immemorial Kingdom of Sunda Kelapa, as well as the Botanical Garden is considered the oldest in Asia.  If you drill down to the back of the garden area, there is a beautiful lake, located quite close to the back yard Bogor Palace. In addition, there is a suspension bridge that is able to bring a unique photographic background. 

You can also enjoy the culinary delicacies there, precisely at Cafe De Daunan. If you prefer, you can get to know and explore more knowledge about plant life time of admission to the Museum of Zoology in the area of Bogor Botanical Garden.

As an integral part of the Botanical Gardens, Bogor Palace is an integral part thereof. The palace was originally named Buitenzorg palace. There are many art objects stored in it, ranging from painting, sculpture, ceramics, and more. There are no less than 448 paintings and 216 pieces of sculpture owned this Bogor Palace. 

To be able to enter the tourist area of the Garden and enjoy its beauty, visitors are required to pay admission Bogor Botanical Gardens are quite cheap. And if you just want to just visit to enjoy the cool nature Bogor Botanical Gardens, the price of admission Bogor Botanical Gardens to be paid is very cheap. But if you visit unuk purposes of certain other events, the price of admission Bogor botanical garden will be a little different. This is because in addition to the regular admission ticket, the manager also provides the facility for purposes other events such as for weddings, research, meetings, and so forth.

Here is a list of Bogor Botanical Gardens admission for regular visitors:

Local Ticket                      :  Rp 14.000, -

Foreign Tourist Ticket       :  Rp 25.000, -

Motorcycle parking           :  Rp 5.000, -

Tickets bicycle around      :  Rp 5.000, -

Tickets car around            :  Rp 30.000, -

For those of you who want to visit the Bogor Botanical Garden, one of the important information that you should know is about the opening hours of the Bogor Botanical Gardens. This is quite important because the tourist area of Bogor Botanical Garden has several areas, where each area has opening hours vary.

Here is a list of the opening hours of the Bogor Botanical Gardens:

Gardens                                          07:30 AM - 05:00 PM
The information center                   08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Herbarium                                      08:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Orchid House                                 08:00 AM - 03:30 PM
Plants store                                    08:00 AM - 03:30 PM
Souvenir Shop                                08:00 AM - 03:30 PM
Zoological Museum                        08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Café                                                08:00 AM - 09:00 PM
Office **                                          07:00 AM - 03:30 PM
Library **                                         08:00 AM - 03:30 PM

Offices and Library is closed on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays.

That bit of information for you about the Bogor Botanical Gardens, this information may be useful to you. 

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