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"If there were still a paradise on earth, a part
of it would be Cibodas", so said Dr. Frist W. Went, a Dutch plant
physiologist , when he described his rapture of Cibodas Botanical Garden.
Dr. Frits W. Wents description must have been
right. The Beauty of Cibodas Botanical Garden is really beyond description.
There are Spectacular meadows and deep groves of trees.
The 80 - hectares Cibodas Botanical Garden is located down the
slopes of Gede Pangrango Mount and has been well known for its tourist
attractions. It is so beautiful that it is called " A Paradise in
Asia " There is a collection of hundreds of trees with different types and
ages. There have been about 5,831 example plants out of 1,206 varieties
existing here so
As one of gates to climb Gede Pangrango Mount,
Cibodas, botanical garden was visited not less than 400,000 visitors per
year. Some interest places, which often visited such as green house,
Arnucarua Avenue, Cibodas waterfall and landscape location with spring water. At green house,
places 4000 kinds of cactus from 350 varieties and 360 orchids.
Cibodas Botanical garden is located at
Rarahan village, Cimacan Cianjur. The distance is about 85 km from
Jakarta or about 90 minutes tour through Bogor Puncak Cianjur main road.
They said the opening of Cibodas Botanical garden was connected to the
history of coming quinine to Indonesia. At first, a Dutch Botanist Johannes
Elias Teysman wanted to plant it this area, but the land did not suitable
for quinine growing. Finally, he decided to plant the seeds in Pangalengan,
West Jawa. The date of coming the seed of quinine at, April 11, 1852, stated
as Cibodas Botanical garden anniversary. |
