Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya, showcasing a variety of plants and flowers
ORCHID COLLECTIONPhoto by PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ on Wikimedia Commons5 km west of Kandy

GARDEN

A Garden of Diverse Flora

Royal Botanical Gardens · Central

Built

1821

Visit

2-4 hrs

Best

Morning

Region

Central

Sri Lanka's largest botanical garden — best visited in the morning before tour buses arrive, with the orchid greenhouse and 200-year-old Javan fig as the two reasons to actually go.

A sprawling botanical garden established in 1821, located just outside Kandy. It features over 4,000 species of plants, including a notable collection of orchids and a giant Javan fig tree.

18212-4 hrsMorning
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