A walk through the Botanical Garden of Caracas
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Another Wednesday, and time to share a walk. I did this one last week. Maybe some of you have read my post about the first part of my visit to the Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas. I will tell you about the rest of my visit to the University in the next days, but today I will share how we finished our tour that day.
When we planned the visit, we asked the guide if we could finish it by visiting the Botanical Garden of Caracas, which is technically part of the University and adjacent to the Ciudad Universitaria.
Many of us who live in Caracas have passed by it so many times and have never been inside. I was one of them until last Thursday.
The garden is currently closed to the general public for the holiday at the University, but since we were with the Copred guide, she arranged to let us in. We were allowed an hour inside the garden and that was better than nothing, so we took advantage of it.
The afternoon was beautiful, and the garden paths were inviting.
There were a few workers doing maintenance in some of the areas. And the place looked much more well-kept than I expected, to be honest.
But the buildings of the greenhouses that we passed by did look a bit neglected.
Shortly after starting to walk, we found a detour to the building where the administrative headquarters of the garden is located. And that's where we headed first.
This building houses the Botanical Institute and the National Herbarium. It has a library and an auditorium.
In front of the building, there is a huge tree with a bust of Tobias Lasser next to it. He was the founder of the botanical garden and the faculty of sciences at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV).
We went inside the building to look around. But all the places were closed. However, we saw this mural on one of the walls. Here too, art is integrated into the spaces as in the rest of the Ciudad Universitaria. The author of the mural is the artist Wilfredo Lam.
On the way out, we turned back to the main road and then walked through the Arboretum towards the Venezuela Lagoon. We didn't make it to the lagoon though, as we only had an hour, and we didn't have enough time.
But we did enjoy the walk through the trees.
We saw some magnificent trees, and one thing I missed was information about the species of trees we were seeing.
Some were huge and imposing.
Some of the side paths to the main path looked beautiful. Hopefully one day I will be able to visit again with more time to walk through the garden.
And do you remember at the beginning I said that I have passed by the garden thousands of times but without entering? And the fact is that this garden is adjacent to the main highway of the city.
What a contrast! A haven of nature and peace right next to the urban chaos.
It was getting late and we had to go back. On the way back we noticed that part of the road still had the original stone floors from the time when it was all part of a colonial hacienda. Hacienda Ibarra, on whose land the Ciudad Universitaria was built.
We did not reach the Laguna Venezuela, but we did pass by a small pond.
These trees seemed curious to me. I saw some inside the University too. They are known as Coco de Mono. Their fruits look like taparas, but they are not and they break easily.
We arrived at the entrance area again, but I didn't want to leave without taking a picture of this magnificent tree.
It was my first time at the Botanical Garden of Caracas, and I hope to go visit again soon.
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Awesome you visited it now.
Crazy to think people just pass by and never visit.
So many different trees 🌳let’s hope you can visit it soon again.
Beautiful captures.
Have a wonderful evening @coquicoin 👋🏻😊
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It's kind of crazy that I've never been there before. The place is so beautiful to walk around.
Have a great day, Jackie 🤗🌸
Sounds like you have to visit it more often 😉
Thanks a lot @coquicoin 👋🏻🌺 happy weekend!
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What a lovely weather to walk. Makes everything vibrant. The place reminds me of my colege university too. It's full of trees and nature like this.
Goshhh, it's green everywhere, It's lovely. Its a perfect place to have a walk, with the green surrounding and the fresh air in that place that anyone can enjoy, it'll surely a lovely experience.
It's a lovely place indeed 😊🌱
Lovely place to visit, surprised you have not been in before. Most botanical gardens are well kept with such a huge variety of plants to be seen which is special, to break from the city and enjoy this a treat!
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I wouldn't have thought it was a botanical garden if you didn't mention it. It looks like a vast park hehe. The place looks refreshing to walk along into, sis. I love that it has a lot and a variety of trees too.
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! help(no space) to get help on Hive. InfoThe variety of trees is immense and I know there are a lot of species, and I would have loved a little more information about it.
Thank you, sis 🤗🌱
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It's amazing indeed. Most of those trees I have not seen in person :)
This makes me want to visit the Botanical Garden here.. I'll be there on weekend hehe..
Enjoy the visit :)
Garden? This is a giant park it seems.
Wonderful. Simply wonderful.
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! help(no space) to get help on Hive. InfoIt's wonderful indeed 😄
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! help(no space) to get help on Hive. InfoA lovely place for a walk Eli 😍 Great to see you’re keeping up your walking habit 💙
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I'm trying to keep it. And to be honest, I'm enjoying my walkings 💙
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! help(no space) to get help on Hive. InfoThat’s good to hear Eli. For me sometimes I enjoy them, other times I just push myself in the rain cause I know I have to, but I try to keep it up too ☺️💙
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Qué fotos tan espectaculares. Dan cuenta de la grandiosidad de la naturaleza. Vaya que parece increíble el tamaño de esos árboles, pero ahí están en todo su esplendor y con sus años. Saludos.
Gracias @aurodivys :)
Realmente hay unos árboles increíbles allí y algunos seguro tendrán montones de años.
Saludos 🤗🌱
A thousand memories, I'm glad to see it with green foliage... As a child, my aunt Ligia (who lived in Dos Caminos) took me to the Botanical Garden, or else to the Parque del Este... That Caracas of my school vacations, with that climate that made it so special... Beautiful post, thanks for sharing!
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these looks so wonderful, i had to keep staring at the pictures because i haven't seen an environment like this before. from the trees to the building and how clean the roads are, it's just awesome.
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It's good that you finally got to know this beautiful botanical garden, you were also able to enjoy a quiet place without the presence of the public, they had all this beauty just for you
I loved the park signage, being so big and the first time you visit you can get lost.
Beautiful place, ideal for an excellent Wednesday walk
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Beautiful walk especially with these trees... Always cool to have a garden like that in a city, it's like a "lung" for the city and its residents.
Have a lovely day
glad you got to visit the gardens and share them with us they look so beautiful
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Thank you, sis @ifarmgirl. Very much appreciated ♡
La naturaleza y su hermosura
Beautiful botanical garden in Venezuela. Beautiful photos. Congratulations. Good post.
The trees, the plants and the lush green surroundings are giving an aid of relaxation.🥰 Great photos!
Beautiful botanical gardens. Thanks for your post