Indonesia Reopens Bogor Botanical Gardens to Visitors

The Bogor Botanical Gardens located at Bogor in Indonesia, will reopen and set to welcome the local visitors again, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mr. Hendrian, head of the gardens’ Plant Conservation Research Center (PKT), has confirmed on Friday (July 24) that the Bogor Botanical Gardens will reopen to all visitors and all public health protocols and preventive measures against coronavirus will be strictly implemented.

To minimize the risk and spread of COVID-19, the tourist destination has decided to implement cashless transactions within the facility. The gardens will also limit the number of visitors to avoid overcrowding and garden members will be given priority. Group access is allowed but the number of members will be limited.

Moreover, the ticket counters at the tourist destination will remain closed till further guideline. Visitors will be required to purchase the tickets in advance. Tickets to the gardens are available on the website where they will be able to choose visiting date and time.

All visitors will be required to wear face masks, wash their hand frequently, maintain hygiene and maintain a social distance from other visitors and staff, at all times during visiting the attraction.

Other public spaces in Bogor such as parks, restaurants, malls and places of worship have also been reopened with implementation of health protocols in place.

The Bogor Botanical Gardens are famous for their large number of plants, landscapes, historic buildings and landmarks. It has almost 400 species of palm trees, 5000 trees and an orchid house, which contains 3000 kinds of flowers.

In January, a rare corpse flower bloomed in the Plant Protection Research Center. It was 1 m in diameter and 1.94 meters tall. In the same month, a bamboo orchid also bloomed. Bamboo orchids are one of the rare species and tiny white flowers that live on bamboo thickets. It is famous for heralding the end of the dry season.

The gardens have been closed for almost three months since mid of April as the country had imposed a nation-wide lockdown, in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. However, the country is now gradually removing the restriction to resume economic activities.

In regard to COVID-19 transmission, Indonesia has reported a total number of 93,657 confirmed cases and 4,576 deaths caused by virus. However, 52,164 patients tested positive to COVID-19 have completely recovered, as of Friday (July 24).