seychelles national botanical gardens

植物园是一个寻找发现各种塞舌尔特有植物的好去处:COCO DE MER,水果蝙蝠,陆龟。美丽的花朵,壮观的大树。您可以轻松地在这里度过1或2小时。

这1-2个小时的行程还是很不错的,你可以看见乌龟,走近类似雨林的地方,这样不用去Praslin就能看见著名的海椰子。这里停车方便,花园在山脚下,修有登山的道路到半山腰。缺点,乌龟区很小,没什么意思。还有就是最好能有更多的讲解牌介绍这里的植物。

这里没有什么可以观赏的。场地很小,但是如果你想穿过这里还是需要花上一个小时。很难看到果蝠,但是这里的乌龟很有意思,我们看了半天。

这里有大乌龟,还有各种奇花异草,值得一来,从市中心走着就可以到了,这里还有很多长椅供人休息。

这是一座非常好的小植物园。我们来此时正在下雨,但景色还是很美,而且我们玩得很愉快!这里有你所想看的所有植物,而且还有海龟和Coco de Mer……

The garden is on the outskirts of Victoria and is set on the slope of one of the hills. It seems well maintained and we were able to see a good range of local and introduced tropical trees, including the coco de mer. Not a lot of signage or explanatory info. Lots of mosquitoes under the trees, so be warned. A large colony of fruit bats in the larger trees.We'd already seem more than enough tortoises elsewhere, so didn't worry about visiting the ones here.

As we were on a cruise, we had limited time so it was good to visit these gardens and see the local plants all in one place. Very pleasant. The giant tortoises are interesting and for an extra 50R you can go into the pen and feed them. As the money is put toward their conservation it is money well spent.

quite and very relaxing atmosphere, nothing to do with the street noise or hot beach... If you can not go to Praline, then poi will see there the famous Coco de Mare... and many other unique things...

Locals enter for free, tourists must pay! OK place, quite beautiful, but not quite up to expectations. I am quite interested in the plants/nature, so I could easily be more thrilled by a place like this.

I was a bit surprised by the Rs.100 fee for a National Park, but with few other tourist attactions in the capital, I duly coughed up and was handed my site-map, on which the attendant helpfully used her pen to indicte where the closed-down cafeteria, along with the locations of their famous Coco-de-Mers, Giant Tortoises and toilets were located. She also pointed out where I could find the their famous fruit bats, which I naively thought reffered to some enclosure where some we kept for the benefit of foreign tourists.Within moments of entering a bird the size of a crow flew past, flapping it's wings rather erratically, and that was when the penny dropped....the huge Bats were all around me, not appearing to be in the least bit aware of their apparent nocturnal habits. In full sunlight they filled the skies above, which I found exhilirating. Not just above my head, but in the branches I saw hundreds of them landing and taking off. They land upside down and cant stand up...very strange landing procedure, and worth the entrance fee alone.The next big draw were the rude Palms, which formed an essential stop for every visitor with a camera.The Giant Tortoise were the last must-see for anybody with just a passing interest in botany. You can see them for free, but to enter their enclosure to feed them costs another Rs.50, which I declined, as my hotel (Chez Batista) had a dozen identical ones in their garden, and feeding them was free.The memory of those huge Bats will be my most treasured. Where the garden ends and the hills begin is where they flocked in their greatest numbers, and lying on the immaculate lawn, in the bright sun watching them going about their business was a wonderful experience.

A small, but very pleasant, botanic gardens located on the outskirts of Victoria where you can get a flavour of the Seychelles fauna and flora. There are a mixture of paved and non paved paths throughout the gardens with plenty of seats to take a break. Some may find the lack of plant labelling frustrating, but we were happy just strolling amongst the vegetation and taking in the tropical atmosphere. It’s within easy walking distance from the centre, or you can take a bus and alight at the Victoria Hospital stop.Probably a sign of the times, but on our last visit in the 90's entry was free but now it cost 100 rupees (just under £5).

Although not all parts of the Gardens are finished, it offers visitors breathing space especially for those who want and admire the wide grassy open spaces and the airy breeze filtering through the trees. It also serves as a wonderful and safe gathering space for families that would want a bit of a picnic or running around!

It is not the size of the garden that lets this place down, but the seeming indifference to actually giving the tourist something for their money. People go to botanical gardens for a variety of reasons, one of those is to be informed. There were a few trees with obvious plaques listing the species, there were a few trees with less obvious 'plaques', these being plastic covered paper labels that had clearly seen better days (many were illegible). I don't think guided tours are ever offered and sadly this would go some way to correcting the dearth of information. A four sided brochure issued on entry listing all the species there doesn't really cut it. As it is it is a pleasant, slow stroll around for about an hour, amidst some pretty gardens. Hiking many of the trails about the island was more interesting.

I've been to a lot of Botanical Gardens around the world, and this one is a bit of a let down. It's quite costly to enter and somewhat limited. I feel this is the case because everything you might want to see in the Seychelles your can see around the island (maybe minus the Coco de Mer Palm but you can see that if you're visiting Praslin). If you have limited time in the islands, it might be worth the visit, otherwise get a good guide book and have a self guided botanical experience.

Must visit once if you are in Mahe', Seychelles, many different types of trees to know about. It will take about 2- 3 hours time to see.