Durban Botanic Gardens
The Durban Botanic Gardens is situated in the city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is Durban's oldest public institution and Africa's oldest surviving botanical gardens. The gardens cover an area of 15 hectares in a subtropical climate.Photo: Michaelwild, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 7:30 AM—5:45 PM
- Type: Garden
- Description: gardens’s from South Africa
- Address: 9A John Zikhali Road, Durban, 4001
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Curries Fountain and Greyville Racecourse.
Curries Fountain
Stadium
Curries Fountain Sport Ground is the name of a notable sports facility that was established for the Durban Indian community in 1925. This sports facility was more than just a soccer pitch, cricket grounds, cinder track and tennis court. Curries Fountain is situated 370 metres southeast of Durban Botanic Gardens.
Greyville Racecourse
Stadium
Hollywoodbets Greyville Racecourse is a Thoroughbred horse race track in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The 2,800 metre pear-shaped turf track consists of several gradient features: it is run uphill from the 2,400 metre mark to the 1,800 metre mark, after which it slopes gently downward for approximately the next 800 metres then uphill again into the nearly flat 500 metre homestretch. Greyville Racecourse is situated 1 km northeast of Durban Botanic Gardens.
Sastri College
School
Photo: Nicky.777, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sastri College is a co‑educational public secondary school located on the edge of Durban's central business district. Originally founded in 1929 by V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, the school has played a pivotal role in increasing the number of Indian university students. Sastri College is situated 520 metres southeast of Durban Botanic Gardens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berea and Greyville.
Berea
Suburb
Photo: Akidjoh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Berea is a ridge above the city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on the northern side which overlooks the city centre and the Indian Ocean. Berea is also used as a collective designation for the suburbs in the area.
Greyville
Suburb
Greyville is an area in Durban, South Africa. It is on the flat land west of the Durban city centre, at the foot of the Berea. It includes the Greyville Racecourse.
Musgrave
Suburb
Musgrave is a central suburb of Durban, South Africa. It is situated inland and north-west of the Durban CBD, and forms part of the suburban belt known as the Berea.
Durban Botanic Gardens
- Categories: botanical garden, arboretum, and recreation area
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.84694° or 29° 50′ 49″ southLongitude
31.0067° or 31° 0′ 24″ eastOperator
Botanic Gardens TrustOpen location code
5G2H5234+6MOpenStreetMap ID
way 1168490191OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenWikidata ID
Q5316277
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Russian—“Durban Botanic Gardens” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Durban Botaniese Tuin”
- French: “Durban Botanic Gardens”
- French: “Jardins botaniques de Durban”
- German: “Botanische Gärten Durban”
- Portuguese: “Jardins Botânicos de Durban”
- Russian: “Дурбанский ботанический сад”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lily Pond and Sunken Garden.
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