Travel Indonesia: Mexican Garden in Bogor, Indonesia

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Mexican Garden in Bogor, Indonesia

Mexican Garden in Bogor, Indonesia

Bogor. After a quite tiring experience in a complex city of Jakarta, visiting a place like the Mexican Garden here in Bogor is a huge diversion from a busy city to a more natural scenery.

Roaming around an enormous garden offers a refreshing feel and a way to re-energize for your next trips.

There are several ways to reach Bogor from Jakarta. It can be by bus or by train. I took the train for about an hour and a half. The first train leaves at around 5:30am. The train station at Jakarta Kota opens at 5am.

The ticket can be purchased there for 15,000 IDR. There are several trains at the station with their designated destinations. You have to check for the train leaving for Bogor. It should be easy to find Bogor as it is the last train station from Jakarta.

Arriving in Bogor

Upon arrival in Bogor, you can choose to take a meal first as there is a KFC in a mall right across the road when you get out of the train station.

Mobil or cars are parked outside for you to take to get to the Botanical Garden. They are colored either blue or green right outside the Tourist Information Center. It would be about 15 minute ride depending on traffic. At Bogor, you can check out the wet market, too. Surprisingly, a Robinsons Mall is also operating at Bogor.

There are several entrance gates to the Botanical Garden. You can choose to enter from Gate 1 or 3. It is designated as Pintu 1 or Pintu 3.

The entry ticket covers all the things you have to see inside the garden which starts at 30,000 IDR. A bike can be rented if you like as the garden is quite huge.