Bali Botanical Garden: One of The Largest Botanic Gardens in Indonesia
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“Bali does not only offer beach tourism”.
If you want an alternative to Bali tourism besides the beach, then try visiting Bali Botanic Gardens. This tourist spot, which was founded in 1959, is called the Eka Karya Bali Botanical Garden. However, people often refer to it as Bali Botanical Garden or Bedugul Botanical Garden. This is because the location is in the Bedugul tourist area, precisely on Jalan Kebun Raya, Candikuning, Baturiti District, Tabanan Regency, Bali.
The Bali Botanical Garden is the largest botanical garden that is run by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). It is 157.5 hectares in size. Based on information from LIPI's Bali Botanical Garden website, this area exceeds the Cibodas Botanical Gardens (84.99 ha), Bogor Botanical Gardens (87 ha), and Purwodadi Botanical Gardens (85 ha).
Things to do at Bali Botanical Garden
Known locally as Kebun Raya Bedugul or officially as Kebun Raya Eka Karya Bedugul, the gardens serve as a favourite family recreation spot as well as a unique place for botanical research, conservation and education. It provides families with a vast cool place to relax in beautiful natural surroundings while at the same time providing education about the various traditional uses of tropical plants by the Balinese people.
The Bali Botanic Gardens offers a number of scientific services and facilities in support of plant research and conservation, including a herbarium, seed bank, library, glasshouses, nurseries, and plant databases. The giant, rare and extremely smelly Rafflesia kept here has bloomed and wilted several times throughout the years.
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As we see from the map, let’s agree that there are a lot of things to do. But if all you have is a short time visitation. Then, here are some recommended spots in Bali Botanical Garden you should not miss:
- Kumbakarna Laga Sculpture Bali Botanical Garden
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- Taman Kaktus Bali Botanical Garden
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- Giant Tree Bali Botanical Garden
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- Taman Rhododenron Bali Botanical Garden
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The place is so huge! Glad you can explore the area by car. So make sure you enjoy every inch of the area, or maybe have some picnics here.
Yup! Picnics! The Bali Botanical Garden is a great place for family picnics, making it always busy on the weekends and even busier when high season, where people from out of town come to visit this place too. But, there’s no need to worry, just make sure you plan your visitation outside the busy hour and the high season!
A large area of meadows in Bali Botanical Garden can be a great place to relax on mats with your family, or your loved ones. Here, you can enjoy the cool natural atmosphere while eating the food you brought from home. This kind of vacation will certainly create precious memories for your vacation, don’t you think so?
Image source: Instagram Kebun Raya Bali
The new thing in Kebun Raya Bali is: you can have a BBQ picnic in Bali Botanical Garden now! You don’t need to prepare anything, because this is a brand new service Bali Botanical Garden offers to all of its visitors. Isn’t it interesting? You can also have further information by following their instagram account
Address and Route Locations
The Bali Botanic Gardens are located in Jalan Botanical Gardens, Candikuning, Baturiti, Tabanan Regency, Bali Province. There are many ways to get to this area. One of them is using a private vehicle. You can follow the many available signs that will guide you to this area.
The road that must be traversed is quite vulnerable to disasters—Twisty and a little sharp. So, you are advised to be careful when crossing this path. Moreover, after it rains, the roads will be slippery and very dangerous for vehicles. You have to be careful!
Ticketing Price
The ticket price for entering this area is IDR 9,000. However, foreign tourists are charged a fee of IDR 17,000. This fee is added to the parking fee for cars of IDR 10,000 and IDR 5,000 for motorbikes.
If you come by car, then you are allowed to get around this area by car. This area is also often used by couples as a place for pre-wedding. So, don't be surprised if almost every day this area will be crowded with tourists. The rate for holding a pre-wedding is between IDR 500,000 and IDR 1,000,000.
Tourist Attractions Around Bali Botanical Garden
Along the road to the Bali Botanic Gardens, many inns and restaurants are built. The restaurant provides a menu of Indonesian dishes, seafood to international menus. In addition, food prices vary widely. So that your vacation time is effective, we suggest that after walking around the Bali Botanic Gardens, you can visit other tourist attractions that are near Bali Botanical Garden. Tourist attractions around Bali Botanical Garden are as follows:
Lake Beratan Bedugul
The closest tourist object to the Bali Botanical Garden is Lake Beratan. Then Lake Beratan Bedugul is included in the area of Candi Kuning Village, Baturiti District, Tabanan Regency. The Ulun Danu Beratan Temple is in the middle of Lake Beratan. It is a place to worship Sang Hyang Dewi Danu as the goddess of fertility. The air temperature at Lake Beratan is also very cool during the day, just like in the Bali Botanical Garden. You can also take a tour of Lake Beratan by renting a boat or a traditional canoe and paddling around the lake.
Candi Kuning Traditional Market
At the Candi Kuning Bedugul traditional market, a variety of fresh vegetables such as carrots, green vegetables, cauliflower and tomatoes are available. There are also fresh strawberries, salak, oranges and passion fruit harvested from local residents. There are also many sellers of boiled sweet corn, which you can enjoy with the cold mountain air. Balinese handicrafts such as carvings, Balinese clothes, and beach fabrics are also sold in this market.
Bedugul Strawberry Farm Tour
Bedugul Strawberry Farm is more famous by the name Bali Strawberry Farm & Restaurant. The attraction of strawberry garden tourist attraction makes tourists like to visit this tourist spot because you are allowed to pick fresh strawberries directly. It's very interesting, isn't it?
Joger Souvenir Center
Joger is not only in Kuta Bali, but Joger Bali is also in Luwus Bedugul, Tabanan. Because the location is in one direction with the tourist attractions of the Bedugul Botanical Garden, there is nothing wrong with visiting Joger Luwus Tabanan. Buying souvenirs is a must, right?
Gate of Bali Handara Golf & Resort Bali
The gate of Bali Handara Golf & Resort Bali is one of the Instagrammable photo destinations that attracts a lot of tourists while on vacation to Bedugul tourist attractions. Bali Handara is a golf resort, but before entering the golf resort area, there is a towering gate with interesting Balinese architecture to serve as your unique photo background.
Final Thoughts
Well, If you are visiting Bali, just come to Bali Botanical Garden, one of the largest botanic gardens in Indonesia.
It’s time to escape the Kuta and Denpasar heat!
You can also visit some tourist attractions around Bali Botanical Garden, they are also interesting to visit with your family and loved ones.
