Thursday, June 14, 2012

bogor botanical garden

bogor botanical garden
Bogor Botanical Gardens area of ​​111 ha was established in 1817 with a collection of about 20,000 species of plants are well-known botanical garden in the world. In the area of ​​the Botanical Gardens of Bogor Palace have a unique architecture.

 In addition to the Bogor Botanical Gardens with it's peculiar to his palace, in the Bogor area there are many other attractions the inscription Batutulis, Lake Lido, Safari Park and Lake Colors in the Peak area, hot water or shade of Mount Salak Ciseeng. Included in the tourist area of ​​Bogor is Cibodas Botanical Garden, the Nature Reserve of Mount Gede, Gunung Padang, Cipanas Palace, located in Jalan Raya Cipanas-Cianjur.

 Now a tourist attraction in the Bogor area increased with the opening-Cullinan Mekarsari Fruit Garden and Taman Bunga Nusantara.


bogor botanical garden
Bogor City is known also by the tales and crafts of the horn while Cianjur famous sweets industry. 

Bogor municipality known as the "City of Rain", covering the breadth of 21.56 km2 and is located 60 km from the city of Jakarta. Bogor municipality is surrounded by Mount Salak, Pangrango and big, and is located in 106o48 'east longitude and 60o39' south latitude, with a minimum altitude of 190 m and a maximum of 330 m above sea level.

Humidity is approximately 40% with an average temperature of 26o C and average rainfall is 3500 mm rat up to 4,000 mm per year. Bogor municipality can be reached from Jakarta by Jagorawi freeway within 30 minutes, or with Jabotabek Electric Train departing every 6 minutes from Jakarta and Bogor. Meanwhile, from Bandung, the city of Bogor is a four-wheeled vehicle in less than 3 hours.

Art that there are puppet show, gamelan gamelan, cianjuran, Calung, Kendang Pencak, witty Sunda and others. Souvenirs that can be obtained, namely craft items made from horn, walnut, rattan, silver, bamboo and puppet show.

The fruits of this region such as pineapples, taro, bananas and others. Can be obtained on the market or at hawker stalls along the road out of town toward the Bogor Cipanas.

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