Rio Botanical Garden

Photo review of my visit to Rio Botanical Garden

A botanical garden is a place that mantains plant collections for the purpose of display, education, research, conservation, and enjoyment. In Rio, one of the major attractions of the city is the Botanical Garden, part of the National Tijuca Forest (Floresta da Tijuca).

The main fountain of the garden depicts the central plaza.

There are some fountains where you can come over and drink fresh water.

Something cool I saw was a reserved area of the garden for a Japanese garden imitation.

Nearby Rio's Botanical Garden it's Parque Lage, (Lage Park), another park complex similar to Botanical Garden but it is smaller and maybe with less administrative attention.

The main attraction of the park is a small but cool aquarium.

More pictures are in my Flickr set here.