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| At Bogor Botanical Garden |
Asia, and Southeast Asia, in particular, has some of the most wonderful botanical gardens.
One of these prime places is the Royal Botanic Gardens of Peradeniya, near the city of Kandy in central Sri Lanka. It is probably one of the oldest too as it was founded in 1371.
Founded in 1859, Singapore Botanic Gardens is the only one to have been classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. But it has also received awards from Trip Advisor or the Michelin guide.
There still exists another great place, south of Jakarta, on the Indonesian island of Java: the Bogor
Botanical Gardens (Kebun Raya Bogor), founded by the Dutch in 1817.
Although I lived in Indonesia for many years, I still hadn't been able to visit the hill town resort of Bogor. A few months ago, as I was visiting friends in Bandung, we decided to spend a weekend in Bogor, specifically to visit the garden. It is also a major research center.
The town of Bogor is literally built around this huge garden right in the middle of this now sprawling city. Known as the 'Rain City' (Kota Hujan), the landscape is dominated by a volcano, Mount Salak (Gunung Salak) towering at 2,211m above the city. The region known as Puncak meaning 'peak' in Bahasa Indonesia, is a favorite weekend spot for the citizens of Jakarta, the nearby country capital.
Christian Sorand
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| Map of Bogor Botanical Garden. |
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| Forest trail |
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| Balinese demons |
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| Suspended bridge above the river |
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| A giant 'Elephant's ear'. |
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| Gunung Salak volcano above Bogor |
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