Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens
Kirstenbosch is a botanical garden nestled at the eastern foot of Table Mountain in Cape Town. The garden is one of 10 National Botanical Gardens covering five of South Africa's six different biomes and administered by the South African National Biodiversity Institute.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Garden
- Description: botanical garden
- Also known as: “Kirstenbosch” and “Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Table Mountain National Park and Newlands Forest.
Table Mountain National Park
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Table Mountain National Park is a 221-km² park in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It protects the natural environment of the Table Mountain Chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation.
Newlands Forest
Forest
Newlands Forest is a conservancy area on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, beside the suburb of Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. It is owned and maintained by the Table Mountain National Parks Board, along with the City Parks Department of Cape Town, and includes a Fire Station, Nursery and Reservoir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newlands and Bakoven.
Newlands
Suburb
Photo: Andresdewet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newlands is an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is located at the foot of Table Mountain in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, and is the wettest suburb in South Africa due to its high winter rainfall. Newlands is situated 2½ km east of Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens.
Bakoven
Suburb
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bakoven is a small residential suburb in the Atlantic Seaboard region of Cape Town, South Africa. It is positioned between Victoria Road and the sea. South of Bakoven and Camps Bay the coastline is protected, with thousands of acres of mountain Nature Reserve. Bakoven is situated 5 km northwest of Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens.
Rosebank
Suburb
Photo: Rotsee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rosebank is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa, located between the suburbs of Mowbray and Rondebosch. Rosebank is situated 5 km northeast of Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens.
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens
- Category: botanical garden
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Tamil—“Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kirstenbosch- Nasionale Botaniese Tuin”
- Afrikaans: “Kirstenbosch”
- Armenian: “Կիրստենբոշ ազգային բուսաբանական այգի”
- Armenian: “Կիրստենբոշ”
- Bulgarian: “Ботаническа градина „Кирстенбош“”
- Bulgarian: “Кирстенбош”
- Chinese: “基斯滕博斯國家植物園”
- Dutch: “Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden”
- French: “Jardin botanique national de Kirstenbosch”
- French: “jardin botanique national Kirstenbosch”
- French: “Jardin botanique national Kirstenbosch”
- German: “Botanischer Garten Kirstenbosch”
- German: “Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden”
- German: “Kirstenbosch”
- Japanese: “カーステンボッシュ国立植物園”
- Kinyarwanda: “Ubusitani bwa Kirstenbosch”
- Korean: “커스텐보쉬 식물원”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kirstenbosch botaniske hage”
- Norwegian: “Kirstenbosch botaniske hage”
- Romanian: “Grădina Botanică Națională Kirstenbosch”
- Russian: “Кирстенбош”
- Spanish: “Kirstenbosch”
- Swedish: “Kirstenboschs botaniska trädgård”
- Tamil: “கிர்சுடென்போட்சு தேசிய தாவரவியல் பூங்கா”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bishopscourt and Wynberg Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cecilia State Forest and Skeleton Gorge.
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