Bedugul Botanical Garden is one of Bali Tourist Attractions located at Bedugul Bali. Bedugul Botanical Garden or Bali Botanic Garden ( Kebun Raya Bali ) is one of popular interest places to visit during your vacancy in Bali Island. This place is nearby Ulun Danu Bratan Temple and Candi Kuning Traditional Market.
Table Of Contents
- 1 Bedugul Botanical Garden well know as Kebun Raya Bali
- 2 Bedugul Botanical Garden is one of Bali Tourist Attractions offers a big botanical park for research, conservation, tourism, and education located in Bedugul, Bali, Indonesia
- 3 Bedugul Botanical Garden Locations on Maps
- 4 Bedugul Bali Botanical Garden History
Bedugul Botanical Garden well know as Kebun Raya Bali
Bedugul Botanical Garden is one of Bali Tourist Attractions offers a big botanical park for research, conservation, tourism, and education located in Bedugul, Bali, Indonesia
Bedugul Botanical Garden is located in at bedugul village, baturiti district, tabanan regency, 1240 meters above sea level, it is about 62 km from denpasar and can be reach by motorcycle as the road are fairly goods. Bali botanical garden is unique in Bali as a place for botanical research, conservations, recreation, and educations, it provide a place where you can relax in beautiful an peaceful surrounds while learning about the function of plants in the daily life of Balinese as well as some interesting rain forest plantations and birdlife.
Within Bali Botanical Garden you can see many places of interest such as :
- Orchid
- Traditional Balinese House
- Fern Park
- Ceremonial Plants Collection
- Medical Plants Collection
- Tree Collection
- Rose Park
- Catus
- Hindu Temple
- Bali Treetop Adventure Park
Beside of the crop collections, Bedugul Botanical Garden or Kebun Raya Eka Karya also owns the traditional Balinese houses and it function as guest house for scientist who is doing observation. It is also opened for public including tourists and to be one of favorite tourist destinations in Bali especially for domestic tourists.
Bali Full Day Tour Packages To Visit Bedugul Botanical Garden
Bedugul Botanical Garden Locations on Maps
The Bali Botanic Garden is the largest botanic garden in Indonesia and is located in the mountainous region of Bedugul, central Bali, around 90 minutes drive north of Denpasar.
- Address: Jalan Kebun Raya, Candikuning, Baturiti, Kabupaten Tabanan, Bali 82191
- Open Hours: 7AM–6PM
Bedugul Bali Botanical Garden History
In 1958 senior Balinese official requested the departement now called the centre Biologocal Research and Development within the indonesia institute of sciences, to consider establishing a botanic garden with the dual roles of reserach institute and recreations park. The the director Prof. Dr. Kusnoto Setiodiwiriyo selectd a location covering 50 ha of reforested land held by the Goverments. On 15 july 1959 Bali Botanical Garden was officially established on the slopes of Tapak hill, Candikuning village an altitude of 1250-1400 meters above sea levels.
Bali Botanical Garden was originally established as collection of species of coniters (non flowering seeds plants or gymnosperma) from throughthe world and as a place for recreation, It was also equipped for scientific, cultural and tecnical activities. Development stopped around 1965 because of the insecurity of the period. If 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 conservationsof 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 includes, orchids, ceremonial plants, medicinal plants, catus, ferns, bamboos and trees. The four main function of Bali Botanic Garden are, exploration, inventory, reserach, conservations, educations and Recreations. The institution offers a number scientific services and facilities in support of plant research and conservations including herbarium, library, glasshouses, nursery and plants registration database.
Bedugul Botanical Garden is one of attractions in Bedugul area that you can visit during your holiday in Bali