Bali Botanical Gardens

Bali Botanical Gardens (Kebun Raya Eka Karya) is a large, purpose-built botanical garden in the Bedugul highlands of central Bali that combines public displays with plant research and conservation.

Visitors find extensive themed collections, conservatories for orchids and succulents, lakes and shaded walking routes across roughly 150 hectares of upland garden. The garden is often used for botany education, guided walks and horticultural displays.

The gardens were developed in the mid-20th century to conserve and study Indonesia’s tropical flora and have been expanded and maintained by national and regional botanical institutions. They operate both as a public park and as a site for botanical research.

Located in the Bedugul area of central Bali, the gardens sit at a cool, montane elevation around the island’s inland lakes and are accessed by road from Denpasar and the southern tourist areas.

• Upland climate: Sits at a cool, upland elevation near Bedugul, offering markedly lower temperatures than coastal Bali and making it a center for montane plant species.
• Collections: The garden is organized into specialist collections and conservatories, useful for visitors interested in orchids, ferns and succulents as well as general tropical botany.

What to See #

• Specialist plant collections: Houses an orchidarium, cactus and succulent greenhouses, and a fern collection among its themed plots and conservatories; these collections support both display and research functions.
• Research and trails: Contains lakes, walking trails and a central research and administration area that coordinate plant conservation and educational programs.