Private Tour: Botanical Garden José Celestino Mutis of Bogotá
Bogotá, Colombia
Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: 4 hours
The Botanical Garden is a world full of color and nature with an area of 19 acres. Its name honors the memory of José Celestino Mutis Sage, a notable director of botanical expedition. The Park promotes and carries out conservation activities, environmental education and research on the diversity of Colombian flora, in particular on the Savannah of Bogotá. The Park was founded in 1955 by the Colombian scientist Enrique Pérez Arbeláez. Within their collections, there are representations of: Andean forest, Oak Forest, Misty Grove, conifer, Criptogamium (plants with no flowers), herbs (medicinal plants), rose garden and greenhouses with plants from hot, dry weather and rainy, between many other varieties.
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The Botanical Garden is a world full of color and nature with an area of 19 acres. Its name honors the memory of José Celestino Mutis Sage, a notable director of botanical expedition. The Park promotes and carries out conservation activities, environmental education and research on the diversity of Colombian flora, in particular on the Savannah of Bogotá. The Park was founded in 1955 by the Colombian scientist Enrique Pérez Arbeláez. Within their collections, there are representations of: Andean forest, Oak Forest, Misty Grove, conifer, Criptogamium (plants with no flowers), herbs (medicinal plants), rose garden and greenhouses with plants from hot, dry weather and rainy, between many other varieties.Join this 4-hour tour departing early in the morning from your hotel in Bogotá and visit this beautiful garden. Of special interest is the systematic place where the plants are arranged according to their degree of evolution. You can see the plant ever since it was little until his adult form. The Park has a lake, waterfall, laboratories, tunnels of propagation, classroom environment and an auditorium for lectures and concerts. A variety of services are offered, such as library, video library, sale of publications, restaurant and nursery. There are also children’s workshops, environmental expeditions, technical advice and temporary exhibitions of orchids, bromeliads, roses, bonsai and heliconias.
This Park is owned by the municipality and it is famous in the whole country. It is also a member of the internationally known BGCI (Botanic Gardens Conservation International). Among other curiosities, the park features a sundial, a palmetum (an area within the Botanical Garden for the cultivation, research, conservation and public exposure of species of Palms), a collection of orchids and a wide variety of flowers of the Amazon. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to meet the famous botanical garden, known throughout Colombia for its diversity.
This Park is owned by the municipality and it is famous in the whole country. It is also a member of the internationally known BGCI (Botanic Gardens Conservation International). Among other curiosities, the park features a sundial, a palmetum (an area within the Botanical Garden for the cultivation, research, conservation and public exposure of species of Palms), a collection of orchids and a wide variety of flowers of the Amazon. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to meet the famous botanical garden, known throughout Colombia for its diversity.
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