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Cibodas Botanical Garden or the forest park (Botanical Garden), located in the mount Gede Pangrango Cimacan complex forest, the village, Pacet Cianjur. topography of the terrain is mountainous and hilly with an altitude of 1275 m above the sea, the air temperature of 17-27 degrees Celsius. This garden was founded in 1862 by Johannes Elias Teysjmann as a branch of the place at the foot of Mount Gede Bogor botanical gardens. With 2380 mm of rainfall per year and temperatures average 18 degrees Celsius, this botanical garden devoted to the collection of upland wet tropical plants, such as a variety of conifers and ferns.
The Botanical Garden, which covers about 80 hectares is located at the foot of Mount Gede Pangrango-already known as a tourist destination that is very interesting. In fact, there is the nickname of the garden of Eden in Asia. Beauty Cibodas Botanic Garden is a collection of trees. Here is a collection of hundreds of trees, both old and young trees. Recorded 5831 samples from 1206 species live here. Cibodas Botanic Garden, which is the gateway for climbers who want to climb Mount Gede visited not less than 400 000 people. Some sites of interest visitors include GHG (Green House), Jalan Araucaria (auracarua Avenue), waterfall and the location of the landscape along the Cibodas fountain.
In a greenhouse that contains a cactus, orchids and rare plants that may be different. There are almost 4,000 samples from 350 types of cactus plants of 360 species of orchids are stored in this greenhouse. As nature tourism, Cibodas Botanical Garden, will spoil. You and your family with natural beauty. Cold weather, wind and the chirping of birds will take you to the ivory tower previously unimaginable. gurgling fountain that comes out with the swift will welcome visitors through the gates so that Cibodas Botanical Garden. Dozens of large carp that inhabit the pond just across the gate, as if he invites you to enjoy the content of the heart Cibodas Botanical Garden. To explore the entire contents of Cibodas Botanical Garden, a walk would be more fun. However, given the contours of the rise and fall, otherwise the drive. Unless you are physically strong.
Apart from presenting the green trees, in the garden behind you can see the river where the water is clear. Because splitting the road, you have to cross a river filled with these stones. This river is situated at altitude, so when you see the scenery around, as it will be at the top of the mountain. In the vicinity of this river, if by chance, you can meet with the monkeys and even wild boar. Cibodas Botanical Garden is located in the village Rarahan, Cimacan, Cianjur. The distance is about 85 km from Jakarta. Or, about 90 minutes via toll road perjalnaan Bogor-Puncak-Cianjur. From the road we still have to walk or climb the vehicle approximately 4 km longer to get there. The park is situated at an altitude of 1,500 m, the climate is cool 18 degrees Celsius. That said, the opening of the Botanical Garden Cibodas associated with the entry of quinine in Indonesian history. At first, the Dutch botanist Johannes Elias Teysmann prepare the land that is now the Botanic Garden Cibodas quinine plantations.
Cinchona seed brought from the Netherlands to Batavia on 11 April 1852 that made the day of birth Cibodas Botanical Garden.
FACILITIES
Various facilities are available at the facility Cibodas region, ranging from parking space to accommodate dozens of four-wheeled vehicles and buses, equipped with documentation of spatial information Wana Wisata Cibodas, children's play areas, rooms, public toilets, shelters, pavilions, outdoor theater, and camping ground area of 3 hectares which can accommodate 200 tents. At the Botanical Garden there Cibodas Campgrounds Mandala Kitri. There is also a golf course, Mulya Asri Bandung. At the campground looks a dinosaur statue, which give an idea or a warning for the preservation of forests are not disappearing like the ancient animals that lived this history.
PLANT COLLECTION
Cibodas Botanical Garden (CBG) is intended as a set of ex situ (outside the habitat) to tropical wet upland vegetation. Included in his collection is a wide range of protected species such as tusam and conifers, ferns mountains, forests calothyrsus, there are natural forests and waterfalls. From the entrance to the location of the waterfall is 750 meters. Moss Park Cibodas Collection of the most distinctive of KRC is Cibodas Moss Park which features 216 types of moss and lichen hatidari various parts of Indonesia and the world. With an area of 2500m square, the park is claimed as the only one in the world that lies outside the room and has the largest collection.
