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Bogor Botanical Gardens Listed Among 10 Best Botanical Gardens in the World

Saturday, 17 January 2026 | 17:00

Author: Arif S

Kebun Raya Bogor
Bogor Botanical Garden is included in the list of the World's Best Botanical Gardens.
Source: Antara/Riza Harahap

For Travelers who enjoy exploring green open spaces with lush landscapes and calming air, botanical gardens offer experiences beyond mere recreation. Among the world's best botanical gardens dominated by Europe and America, Bogor Botanical Garden captures global attention.

More than just a Conservation space, botanical gardens have evolved into educational Tourist Destinations offering tranquility, natural beauty, and Cultural Experiences

Across various parts of the world, botanical gardens have transformed into Tourism icons attracting millions of visitors annually.

Forbes documented the list of the world's top 10 botanical gardens based on Google Maps searches throughout 2025. 

In this prestigious list, Bogor Botanical Garden stands alongside legendary global botanical gardens.

Bogor Botanical Garden ranks third among the most-searched botanical gardens on Google Maps in 2025. 

As one of the oldest botanical gardens in Southeast Asia, Bogor Botanical Garden houses tropical plant collections and contributes to complex tropical botanical research.

Quoted from its official website, Bogor Botanical Garden was established by the Dutch East Indies government on 87 hectares of land in 1817. Today it contains approximately 15,000 species of trees and plants.

The inclusion of Bogor Botanical Garden in this list affirms its position as the heart of global tropical Conservation

This green landscape stretching through Bogor City serves not only as an urban escape but also as a witness to the long history of botanical science development.

In this ranking, Bogor Botanical Garden shares the stage with India's Lalbagh Botanical Garden as the most searched on Google Maps 2025.

England's UNESCO World Heritage-listed Royal Botanic Gardens Kew placed second, while Singapore Botanic Gardens—the world's first tropical garden on UNESCO's list—ranked fourth.

Equally iconic, Cornwall's Eden Project (England) took fifth place, followed by Brooklyn Botanic Garden (USA), Jardin Botanique de Montréal (Canada), New York Botanical Garden (USA), Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden (Thailand), and Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (Australia).

Bogor Botanical Garden's inclusion among the world's top 10 botanical gardens reminds us that Indonesia possesses world-class green heritage. 

Amid global climate change and environmental crises, botanical gardens represent not just tourist spaces but vital symbols of cross-generational Conservation efforts, education, and research.