BALI BOTANICAL GARDEN

Bali Botanical Garden is one of the most popular Bali Places of Interest provides a great escape to enjoy the cool central Bali upland, popular among locals and visitors who love the highlands and scenery, together with the rare tropical flowering plants and specimens in its vast collection. A trip to the gardens is commonly combined with recreational activities at Beratan Lake, where you'll also find the iconic Ulun Danu Temple.

How to Get to Bali Botanical Garden

Bali Botanical Garden is located at bedugul village, baturiti district, tabanan regency, 1240 meters above sea level, it is about 62 km from denpasar and can be reached by motorcycle as the roads are fairly good. The location is located on the main road leading to the northern area of Bali, precisely before heading to Ulun Danu Beratan Temple and close to the Candi Kuning Market location. If you drive from Kuta it will take about two hours by car and motorbike, with the help of Google Maps you will easily find the location of these places.

Bali Botanical Garden History

Bali Botanical Garden is in 1958 senior Balinese official requested the departement now called the centre Biological Research and Development within the indonesia institute of sciences, to consider establishing a botanic garden with the dual roles of research institute and recreations park. The director Prof. Dr. Kusnoto Setiodiwiriyo selected a location covering 50 ha of reforested land held by the Governments. On 15 july 1959 Bali Botanical Garden was officially established on the slopes of Tapak hill, Candikuning village at an altitude of 1250-1400 meters above sea levels.

Bali Botanical Garden was originally established as a collection of species of conifers (non flowering seeds plants or gymnosperm) from throughout the world and as a place for recreation, It was also equipped for scientific, cultural and technical activities. Development stopped around 1965 because of the insecurity of the period. It was not until 1970 that the garden began to be gradually rehabilitated. On 30 april 1976 the restoration was completed and as part of this area was increased to 129.2 ha and the function broadened from primarily a collection of conifer to include ex-situ conservation of plants from high altitude seasonally wet dry areas in eastern indonesia.

In 1998 the Bali Botanical Garden covered an area 154.5 ha and contained about 16.000 plants collection, consisting of over 1500 species from over 320 genera and 155 families. Some of the specialist collections include, orchids, ceremonial plants, medicinal plants, cactus, ferns, bamboos and trees. The four main functions of Bali Botanic Garden are, exploration, inventory, research, conservations, educations and Recreations. The institution offers a number of scientific services and facilities in support of plant research and conservations including herbarium, library, glasshouses, nursery and plants registration database.

Activities at Bali Botanical Garden

Activities you can do at the Bali Botanical Garden which is a popular tourist destination who wants recreation with your friends and family. The location which is located in the highlands makes this place very attractive with the very cool air making the atmosphere very pleasant. There are several things you can do if you visit this place.

Camping : You can do camping with your family here, by setting up a tent and a mat you can enjoy the time until the afternoon here with your family, playing in a very large garden will make your child very happy, the camping atmosphere will add to the harmony inside your family, so Bedugul is the right choice for you if you want to spend time with your family.

Plants : Apart from being a recreational tourist, in Bedugul there is a place for the conservation of various kinds of plants, here you can see various kinds of plants such as orchids, cacti and others which are made special places made of glass as a place for conservation of rare and endangered plants Here, you can visit if you happen to be at the Bali Botanic Garden.

Views : In addition to these activities that you can do, you can also enjoy a very beautiful view, walking to the north you will see a spot to see the view of beratan lake seen from this bedugul, a very beautiful sight, accompanied by The cool cool air will add to the sensation of visiting this Bali Botanical Garden

Bali Botanical Garden Entrance Ticket

Weekday : IDR 20,000
Weekend : IDR 30,000
Opening Hours : 08:00am – 18:00pm