Weekend at Bogor Botanical Gardens

Weekend, it is a nice time for almost of us. Since we can do our hobbies, travel or just spend the time in the city by visiting shopping mall.

Visit the Bogor Botanical Gardens is one of the options to spend the weekend in Indonesia. Bogor Botanical Gardens are located around 60 km south of the capital of Jakarta in Bogor, Indonesia. This is situated in the center of Bogor and ad joins the Istana Bogor (Presidential Palace). This garden covers more than 80 hectares and are said to be the inspiration of Sir Stamford Raffles who was governor of Java from 1811-1816.

The extensive grounds of the Istana Bogor were converted into the gardens by the German-born Dutch botanist, Professor casper George Carl Reinwards. The gardens officially opened in 1817 as Lands Plantentuin (Natioanl Botanical Garden) and were used to research and develop plants and seeds from other parts of the Indonesian archipelago for cultivation during the 19^th century. This is a tradition that continues today and contributes to the gardens’ reputation as a major center for Botanical Research.

BTW, during your visit at this garden you will find more than 15,000 species of tress and plants located among streams and lotus ponds. There are 400 types of exceptional palms to be found along the extensive lawns and avenues, helping the gardens create a refuge for more than 50 different varieties of birds groups of bats roosting high in the trees.

One important point, please make sure that you visit the information center first and get the layout of garden first so that you can appoint your destination place instead of walking around the garden only. By doing this you will optimize your visit time at Bogor Botanical Garden very well.

For students in Jakarta based, it will be perfect place to visit and could really refresh your mind since normally we face very busy situation in Jakarta everyday. (Hey...don't believe me unless you try to visit it on next weekend!).