A Walk Around the Botanical Garden of Bogota, Colombia

After going to La Catedral de Sal I decided to do a “bus to nowhere” and ended up at the Botanical Garden of Bogota.

The full name of Bogota’s botanical garden is Jardín Botánico de Bogotá José Celestino Mutis. I had actually planned to go here anyway but was just lucky to stumble upon it on the way back from Zipaquira.

Cost(s): 2,700COP per adult.

Address: Ac 63 #6895, Bogotá, Colombia. jbb.gov.co. +57 1 4377060

Botanical Garden of Bogota

The Botanical Garden of Bogota is a nice place to stroll around to get out of the hustle and bustle of Bogota, and it is a good size for spending an hour or two.

As you enter there is this nice lake with a bridge and stuff.

There are a number of different gardens including herbal, exotic, fragrance, etc. There is also useful signs. Some of them rotate and have English on the back, although I didn’t discover this until I was on my way out.

I think this is the exotic species garden.

The place was not crowded when I went (a Thursday afternoon) but there was still quite a few people with there “professional” cameras taking close-ups of flowers and portraits of their girlfriends and/or children.

Here’s one of some orchids with my phone.

The pathway circles the boundary of the gardens and you can also walk through the middle on these smaller “jungle” pathways.

Here’s another close-up of a flower. I’m not sure what it is.

The pine tree garden on a cloudy day.

Getting to the Botanical Garden of Bogota

On the way back from Zipa I decided to skip getting off at the stop I was supposed to and just see where the bus would take me. After about 30 minutes I checked my map and sawy I was under a km from the botanical garden so I got off and walked there.

To get back to town I caught the #128, but I think any bus going towards “centro” will get you back within walking distance to La Candelaria. The buses do not accept cash, only the cards which you can get from a Transmileno station. I had one but it had no money on it. Luckily some guy tapped me in and I just gave him the fare (2,000COP).

Have you been to the Botanical Garden of Bogota before? Share your thoughts in the comments