Kebun Raya Bogor

Kebun Raya Bogor (KRB)

Already been to the Kebun Raya Bogor? If not, you should immediately schedule to visit historic places and has a collection of rare plants.  Kebun Raya Bogor  (KRB) is a good place to meet the needs of education and recreation all in one place.There were also libraries, museums animals, collection of Orchid garden, the Presidential Palace and the central research and development biology, as well as a collection of thousands of species of tropical plants are grouped according to type, for example a family of palm, bamboo, or ginger which account for about 60 tree species and also old trees.Not only are there a large plant in KRB, but the trees are small and medium with beautiful flowers were there.


There were also a famous flower rafllesia Arnoldy as the corpse flower, there is also fragnant frangipani flowers whose roots are always out of the ground as well as Java lily which is endangered. No less interesting is the presence of large old trees used as bat houses hanging. We can also see squirrels jumping from one tree to another.

Meanwhile, around Bogor Palace, visitors can feel the shade of a row of trees that shade Walnuts, because it was, botanical gardens are part of the courtyard. Although now separated into two places, but visitors can still see the Bogor Palace.Near the street there are Astrid crop of black, red and yellow colors deliberately planted to impress the Belgian flag, in honor of Queen Astrid who came to inaugurate the park are pending in 1928.

 
Then, not far from the lake there are two statues that is a duplicate of the statue is in Copenhagen and Stockholm, namely Mermaid Statue and Sculpture Hand of God, and the monument to Lady Raffles, wife of Governor General Sir Stamford Raffles Raffles whose real name is Olivia, known as the Mother State of Java. 
KRB's oldest tree is a tree Lychee from China. Planted near the lake KRB in 1823 and remained there until now. There is also a tree called the King of Borneo and the like that because the king of Borneo like to collect these plants to attract honey bees taken.KRB is approximately 63 km from Jakarta. Visitors from Jakarta can use the bus to the Terminal Station Baranangsiang or train to Bogor. But for those of you who drive private cars can go through Jagorawi toll road toward the city of Bogor, Bogor so exit toll gate, past the terminal baranangsiang, then at Pajajaran highway