- Location: d., Panamá, Panama
- Phone: +507 6105-1418
Panama - almost the only capital in the world, which can boast a truly huge number of botanical gardens and national parks within the city limits. High skyscrapers and shopping centers interspersed with green lawns and palms, forming the most unique and unique urban landscape that you can see on the photographs. Probably, Panamanians are happy people, because they do not need a lunch break to get out of the stuffy office and soak up the lawn of the park or relax in the shade of a tree on a bench. And to taste even a fraction of this life - go to the Botanical Garden Summit, where you are waiting for both amazing plants and unique animals.
More about the park
In the entire city it is impossible to find a place to rest better than the Botanical Garden Summit. Located just 20 minutes from the center of Panama , it seems to envelop you with silence, detaching from the worldly vanity. Most of its territory is designed specifically for resting visitors, so no one will look at you askew, if you enjoy the sun's rays on a local lawn.
Nevertheless, the Botanical Garden Summit was conceived as a field for experimentation, and was founded in 1923. No, no one here has conducted terrible experiments and sprayed plants with toxins. In this park, you could clearly see how this or that plant behaves in typical climatic conditions for Panama. This already served as a prerequisite for "diluting" representatives of the local flora with plants from other continents and climatic zones. This idea was so successful that in the 1960s. there was organized a small zoo in which the same reaction was tested for local climate, but already in animals. However, with respect to animals, the administration of the zoo pursued a somewhat different goal. In this park, American soldiers were introduced to the exotic fauna so that they could later identify it in the jungle.
Flora and fauna in the Botanical Garden Summit
Dropping all the historical vicissitudes, it's time to get an idea of what the tourist is expecting when visiting this park. If we talk about the flora, then most often you can find the most common palm trees. They were not planted specially, they are typical plants for Panama. But here dilutes the habitual species of a considerable number of plants from the subtropics.
Quite interesting is the fact that there are many representatives of the flora that humanity uses for food or as medicines. In addition, special greenhouses for those plant species that can not grow in the open ground are built in the park. And, of course, where without bright colors on flower beds! In the garden there is even a special nursery for orchids, and the pond in the center of the park is an invariable part of the general exposition.
The zoo will delight you with a variety of animals, including alligators, jaguars, monkeys, cougars, coyotes, foxes. Here lives a considerable number of birds, among which the national pride of Panama is the eagles-harpy.
As a result, it can be concluded that the Botanical Garden Summit is an ideal option for those who do not have the opportunity to leave the capital and go round all the reserves of Panama. This park will be a great place to introduce children to exotic flora and fauna. Moreover, for small visitors there are even educational programs that help to better understand new information. Also, the infrastructure of the Botanical Garden Summit includes a small restaurant and specially equipped recreation areas for adults and children.
The park is regulated by the period from 8.00 to 17.00. The admission fee is one dollar, children under 6 years of age are free of charge. It is also possible to book an excursion . Its price varies from ten cents to one dollar depending on the chosen route.
How to get to the botanical garden?
To get to the park will not be very difficult. There are regular buses that depart from the SACA terminal in Panama. In addition, you can reach the train from Balboa station.
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