interesting sites in my are: Bogor Botanical Gardens

Bogor Botanical Gardens: Gardens Best Made in Indonesia
 

This is not an ordinary garden!  

This is one of the pride of Indonesia and one of the best gardens in the world.
 

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Bogor Botanical Gardens is an area of 87 hectares of habitat for about 3,504 species of plants, which is divided into 1,273 genera and 199 families. Not surprisingly, this botanical garden was recorded as the best botanical gardens in the world and the sixth best in Southeast Asia. Collection rich with such a broad area of course the main attraction for tourists from home and abroad.
This tourist attraction is suitable for you who want to vacation with family. Its area is vast able to play and relax while breathing fresh air, while a variety of plants and animals preserved collections owned by the botanical garden is an exciting educational tool and is suitable for all people.
Entering the main gate of the Garden, you will be greeted by two statues of Ganesha which symbolizes wisdom and knowledge in the Hindu faith. Well, from this gate tourists can choose several routes to explore. Given their area wide, should you choose to skip some routes only, so as to better focus enjoy the region you are going through. There are four routes on foot, as written in the book of the Bogor Botanical Garden Guide, published in 1997.
The first route starts from the main gate. This route can be traversed strollers and wheelchairs, so for those who bring children or visitors who use wheelchairs can choose this route. From the main entrance tourists will enter the path along 450 meters with walnut street name I. The name is derived from walnut trees (Canarium commune) that adorn the sides of the street. At the first intersection, tourists turn to the left, entering a path that comes pergola (para-para shade with vines). In the rainy season, the pergola will be more beautiful with green flowers are beginning to bloom.
Walk straight from this path, tourists will encounter special Treub laboratory used to study the physiology and biochemistry of plants. The name is taken from the laboratory name of its founder, Prof. Dr Melchior Treub. Standing next to the former home of the director of the botanical garden in the colonial era, which was built in 1884, along with the establishment Treub Laboratory. Former director of the botanical garden of the house currently has functioned as an inpatient home that can be rented by the public.
Across the home stays are hedge plants, one of which is the mascot of the Bogor Botanical Gardens, namely Amorphophallus titanum aka corpse flower. Interest arising from this Sumatra belong to the tribe of taro yarns (Araceae). In botany, a giant flower was first published in 1878 by an Italian botanist named Beccari. However, only 37 years later, in 1915, the Garden began to collect these plants. Corpse flower is special. Flowers with up to 2 meters high is just emerging with a cycle of 2-5 years. Besides identical with that pungent smell of the carcass, this flower has a dazzling colorful: a blend of purple violet, yellow, red, and chartreuse.

Corpse flower when meka
Walk on the carcass of compound interest, then turn to the right, tourists will arrive at the end of Jalan Kenari I. From this place, travelers can enjoy a view of the backyard Bogor Palace, which is even more beautiful with the presence of a herd of white spotted deer (Axis-axis) roaming the prairie. Deer is the result of breeding of deer taken Governor General Daendels from the border of India and Nepal.

Background deer with one side of the Palace Bogor

The second route also starts from the first intersection Jalan Kenari I. But the difference, if the first turn to the left, then the second turn to the right. Walk about 20 meters from the intersection, visitors will arrive at the location of the tree or wood kempas king (Koompassia excelsa). Trees from Borneo is a giant tree with a height of 50 meters and a diameter of 1.5 meters. This tree reaches the age of 85 years, and was known as a strong tree, hard, and heavy.
After enjoying the views of the towering giant trees, visitors can switch to Block IIA and Block II C which presents the plants producing flax fiber used for rope, mats, and fishing nets. Turn right on this block, travelers will be treated to a collection order is quite beautiful pandan. After that, travelers will pass through the bridge crossing over the Ciliwung River that leads to the Swimming Victoria, where there is a giant lotus flower (Victoria amazonica) from the Amazon, Brazil. This giant lotus between 1-1.5 meters in diameter, while the white flowers appear once a week. The flower is quite unique because within 2-3 days changed the color to pink.
Another uniqueness if the traveler crosses the existence of these two is the oldest tree in the Garden, the tree lychee (Litchi chinensis). This tree is located on the edge of the pool Scissors and planted about 1823, or about 186 years ago. Trees were brought from China is growing in good condition until today. However, because of the relatively old age, lychee tree is no longer fruitful.
 

The third route follows the path of a second route to the area of Block I. From the Block I, the third route taking a straight line towards the Garden of Mexico. In this park there are various kinds of plants from arid areas in Latin America. From Park Mexican tourists will pass through the first suspension bridge to a region similar to the forest. In this forest there are plants ferns, plant spices, until ironwood or ironwood (Eusideroxylon zwageri). Famous ironwood strong and can last up to 80 years. No wonder if the wood is often used as a material for railway sleepers.

After the forest, visitors will pass through the Swimming Victoria, then crossed the Ciliwung River through the second suspension bridge. After crossing the Ciliwung River, travelers will be shown a collection of about 288 species of palm that is owned by this botanical garden.

 

 

Another thing that can be seen in this third route is bat tree or tree resin (Agathis dammara). Named bat tree because the tree is shelter fruit bats (Pteropus vampyrus) which usually feed at night. These animals include a large bat with a snout like a dog and a wing span of up to 1.5 meters. Fruit bats are usually sought shelter in high trees, one of which the resin trees.

These are the four exploration that starts from Cafe Botanicus, follow the paved road to the end of Jalan Astrid. From the Road Astrid, tourists follow a paved road that is on the lawn. In the vicinity there is a lawn garden tiger orchid attached to a tree. Tiger orchid is quite special because it has a flower stem length between 1-2 meters. Each stalk usually has more than 100 flowers, so it can be ignited amazed anyone who saw it. This orchid flowers bloom only once every two years.
After enjoying the tiger orchid flowers, tourists will cross the suspension bridge. However, before that, you can enjoy views of Jalan Kenari II on either side of walnut trees. Interestingly, the walnut trees that are ridden by liana vines with strong vines logs. Liana is also known as "Tarzan tree", because in the movie Tarzan vines is described as a means of Tarzan jump from one tree to another.
 

In addition to having a collection of thousands of plants from within and abroad, Bogor Botanical Gardens is also a habitat for various species of birds. There are about 50 species of birds live and breed naturally in this place. Some of them are orioles, walik flowers, finches, herons, and egrets.
Not only birds that live naturally, Bogor Botanical Gardens also develop a collection of replicas of animals and collection of preserved animals exhibited at the Museum of Zoology. This museum example exhibiting a replica skeleton giant whale stranded in Indonesian waters. In addition to the replicas imitation, Zoological Museum also exhibit various types of preserved animals, such as insects, reptiles, birds, worms, to mammals.

location

Bogor Botanical Gardens is located in the heart of the city of Bogor, which is at Jalan Ir. H. Juanda No. 13, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. The management of this botanical garden is under the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). For more information, travelers may contact the Information Services and Bogor Botanical Gardens in phone / fax number 0251-8311362.

  access

Travelers who are interested in visiting the Garden can travel from Jakarta. From the capital city of this country, you can use a private car or using public transport (bus or train). Means of public transportation in Jakarta-Bogor generally quite crowded, so travelers do not have to worry about the difficulty of choosing the desired vehicle. Arriving at the terminal or station in the city of Bogor, tourists can use public transportation or taxi service to get to the Garden. Bogor Botanical Garden is open every day from 08.00 am until 17.00 pm. And if the trip from my house which is precisely located in the city of Bekasi only takes about 1.5 hours to Bogor botanical garden. And can pass the highway Narogong as the main route to the city of Bogor.
  Accommodation and Other Facilities
Bogor Botanical Gardens has been equipped with support in the form of home hospitalization and restoran.Luasnya area botanical garden will make our trip was exhausting. But do not worry because this botanical garden has places to relax and unwind. Travelers can choose a seat or simply paved with grass to sit relax unwind, while enjoying a drink or food brought from home. Can also choose to rest at the edge of the pool or the lotus flower decorated beautiful fountains.

Tips

 
• The park is so beautiful and so beautiful you do not taint the destructive action of trees and plants, littering, or acts of vandalism just for the sake of marks that you've been there. Clearly it act improperly and destructive natural gardens became a national pride.

• On Sundays and holidays the garden is usually very crowded with
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The park is open daily for visitors. There is a paved walkway to stroll at leisure while admiring the trees of old age or walking under foliage and listen swift river currents flow over large boulders.

Bogor Botanical Garden has several branches, namely in Java, Sumatra and Bali, and the most beautiful is Cibodas Park.

transportation

From Jakarta, you can use public transport or use private or rental car to go to Bogor. As mentioned above, a trip to Bogor will take about an hour from Jakarta via the motorway. 

 This is one of the many interesting sights in the area where I am around the city of Bekasi, West Java.
I hope you are impressed and interested to visit.
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