Nature Conservation of Bedugul Botanical Garden

Wed, 15 Jun 2011

Bedugul Botanical Garden for Nature Conservation

The first pictures show the gate from the street and the second one is inside gate after the ticket check.

Bedugul Botanical Garden or Kebun Raya Eka Karya is the huge tropical garden located in Bedugul, plateau area in Bali. It is situated in the cool atmosphere with rain forest and hill surrounds it. The name of Eka Karya mean the first botanical garden as result of hard work after an independent of Indonesia. The location of the garden on Baturiti district, Tabanan regency, northwestern part of Bali. If you start from the city center of Denpasar or Kuta tourist area, you would travel for 1.5 hours to the north. The Garden is located at 1,250-1,450 meters above sea level. That is why Bali’s tropical climate doesn’t reach this area. During the daytime the temperature is around 17-25° C, and as the evening falls, the temperature can drop to 10-15° C. The Bedugul Botanical Gardens is the natural beauty of the unspoiled mountains; high place which always makes this area is always foggy and cold air. The weather in this area is unpredictable. Hence, arm yourself with some warmth clothes, umbrella and raincoat.

These are the view of Bedugul Botanical garden enriched with green plantations and wide area for relax and explore the floras inside.

Bedugul Botanical Garden is close to the beautiful lake which is called Beratan Lake and Ulun Danu Temple.  We can also meet the rose garden with the collection of various rose from rust colored until green chromatic. About 154 hectares of garden on the lower slopes of Mount Pohen, boasts an extensive collection of trees and flowers. Right after the entrance, you’ll come upon a vast green grass area, where people usually spread-out their mats and un-wrap their picnic baskets. Here you can get a booklet which provides all the botanical names of all the plants and flowers in Bedugul Botanical Garden.

What we can find in Bedugul Botanical Garden?

Huge number of world plants species.

In this garden, you are able to find to find more than 1187 plant types and multifarious of floras. In this area, there is orchid garden with the collection of 320 orchid types from Bali, Java, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Sulawesi and also Irian Jaya. Bedugul Botanical Garden or Kebun Raya Eka Karya is also completed by 524 birches which are still in its original forest. In this place we can meet the collection from  some foreign countries such as America, South America, China, Japan, Australia, Africa and also Netherlands.

Cyathea Garden is one of the specific gardens owning the various collections of Paku-pakuan (tropical vegetable) which can be eaten as vegetable by Balinese and some of them are used for decoration. The tree from this nail Cyatheas are often exploited as growth media of various orchid types. Cactus collections are consisted of 104 types. This cactus is obtained from Africa, America, Germany, Switzerland and also Indonesia. The crop season at botanical garden is taken 94 types plants that are the collection from the exploitation for Balinese life ceremony, temple ceremony, devoting/offering and others purpose. It also owns the collection of drug crop with 84 types/species.

Favorite site for spending vacation

Beside of the numerous of crop collections, Bedugul Botanical Garden or Kebun Raya Eka Karya also owns the traditional Balinese houses and it function as guest house for scientist who is doing observation. In addition, there is also activity for tree-toop or make short trip inside the garden .It is also opened for public including tourists and to be one of the favorite destination in Bali especially for foreign tourists. The most crowded visitors at this place are Public Holiday, Balinese Holidays, National Holidays and New Year period. You can visit this place by joining Bedugul Tour with some of optional or you can contact H.I.S Tour and Travel to arrange you trip.

Rise up your adrenalin to fly high among the green trees in the garden. Your heart will get beat fast. This such kind of Tree-Top activities in the Bedugul Botanical garden.