Peradeniya Royal  Botanical Garden


Peradeniya Botanical Garden is located in front of the University of Peradeniya in the beautiful city of Peradeniya, 5.5 km from Kandy in the Kandy District of the Central Province via Colombo.

The viewing distance from Katunayake Bandaranayaka International Airport is now 98 km and those coming from Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport can reach Peradeniya Park after passing 227 km.

Peradeniya Botanical Gardens can be considered as the largest botanical garden in Sri Lanka.  The Mahavali Ganges, the longest river in Sri Lanka, bends in the U-shape and borders the park on all three sides, making it one of the coolest highlights of the park. Covering an area of 147 acres (59 ha) , this botanical garden is approximately 200 years old and has over 4500 species of plants.   Different types of rose flowers, orchids, Palm-tree varieties and Dipteracarbus species can be found in this park.   You can find different types of domestic and foreign Orchid flowers in the specially designed existing Orchid flowers assembly.

 

  The path order is found in the planned layout for getting inside the park. Many people walk on the suspension bridge every day as the suspension bridge is considered to be one of the most fascinating things. A special feature of this botanical garden is that it has been set up in a charitable setting that will appeal to the minds of domestic and foreign tourists a like. You can visit this Peradeniya Park from 8.00 am to 5:30 pm by paying and receiving a receipt.

The park consists of lawns, suspension bridge, flower garden, training center and sales outlet. The park is well connected to the research site of the University of Peradeniya This botanical garden is supervised by the Department of National Botanic Gardens, Sri-lanka and also comes here through the Kannoruwe Agricultural Research Station. There is also a planned lane system.