BOGOR BOTANICAL GARDEN

Cibodas Botanical Garden

Green Nature Cool Weather

The Cibodas Botanical Garden is located in the complex of mountain Gede Pangrango forest in cimacan ,PacetBogor Botanical Garden

The Cibodas Botanical Garden is indeed cool and beautiful, the wheather is cool in the area because it is located on the foot of mount Gede Pangrango with height of 1.275 meters above the sea level its field fotography is bumpy and hilly with rainfall of 2.380 millimeters per year and average temperature between 17 and 27 celcius degrees. Many huge and shady trees, which are covered by cloud fog and drizzle, make the area cooler and more beautifulll. The Botanical garden is also specialized in its collection of plantations from tropical wet highland, such as cone shaped and fern ones.

To reach the Botanical garden, we can take five kilometer route from cipanas, passing simpang tiga paragajen,from Jakarta, Bogor and Bandung, we can use two or four wheel vehicle. Big buses can enter the area too, wbhen using bus and minibus, right in the cibodas T- intersection and take a public transportation on yhe cipanas. Raraha route until reach Gede Pangrango national park office, then take a walk to the botanical garden, from the T-intersection to cibodas, we can see various highland hollyhocks being sold along the edges of the road, they are very beautifull,colorfull and various type.

Several facilities are provide in the cibodas area, ranging from a big parking lot of accommodate tens of four wheel vehicles and buses, an information center equipped with documentation on the cibodas tourist facilities, children playground, public toilets,shelters,an audience hall, open air theater and a three hectare camping ground that can accommodate 200 tents.

The cibodas botanical garden is close to several other tourist areas, next to the cibodas botanical garden is the mandala kitri camping ground managed by the boy scout, yhere is also a golf course,Bandung asri mulya.

In the mandalawangi camping ground managed by the state run Indonesia foresty company, a dinosaurs statue stand, it wants to tell or to warn that the forest must be preserved so it will not disappear like the primeval animal

The Cibodas Botanical Garden (KRC) is intended to be an ex situ of the plantations from the tropical,wet highland, among its collection are various types of protected big trees such as pine trees, caliandra forest and natural forest as well as waterfall is about 750 meters from the front gate.

The most unique collection of KRC is the cibodas bryophyte park which has 216 species of lichen and bryophyte from across Indonesia and the world . In a 2,500 square meter area, the park is claimed to be the only in the world, which is located outdoor and has the largest collection.