National Botanic Gardens Shah Alam | |
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Type | National botanic gardens |
Location | Shah Alam, Selangor |
Coordinates | 3°05′46″N101°30′40″E / 3.0961469°N 101.5110537°E Coordinates: 3°05′46″N101°30′40″E / 3.0961469°N 101.5110537°E |
Area | 817 hectares |
Created | 24 April 1986 |
Visitors | 383,329 (2016) |
Open | Every Tuesday to Sunday |
Parking | 500 |
Website | www |
National Botanic Gardens Shah Alam (Malay : Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam or TBNSA) is a national botanic garden in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. [1] It is incorporated in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries. With area of 817 hectares, it is the habitat of flora and fauna, also a recreational destination in the Klang Valley. [2] As of August 2021, the director of TBNSA is Siti Zubaidah binti Mohamad.
National Botanic Gardens Shah Alam (TBNSA) was constructed on 24 April 1986, known as Taman Pertanian Bukit Cerakah (the Bukit Cherakah Agricultural Park). It is located in the Bukit Cherakah Forest Reserve that was constituted in 1909. [3] In the year of 1991, the name was changed to Taman Pertanian Malaysia Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam. In the year of 2007, TBNSA has finally got its current name, Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam. The garden was established on the forest reserve area of Bukit Cerakah which served as a reservoir for the water for the people of Shah Alam.
The forest is a red meranti-keruing forest, consist of various Dipterocarpaceae such as Seraya and Meranti. There's also a few hill that can be hiked along the paved trail. The highest point is the Bukit Sapu Tangan (200m asl), on top of the hill, there's a lookout point that provide the view of the city of Shah Alam.
TBNSA is developed to provide a national scientific education centre and also act as a natural resource conservation centre for the development of botanical, horticultural, floricultural, agriculture and other related field in Malaysia. TBNSA also functions as a community awareness centre that aims to create excitement and induce the community to appreciate the beauty and benefit of our own local plants variety which is also our national heritage. [4]
Park & Garden
Dams & Lakes
| Village & Chalet
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Unit | Tuesday - Sunday | Monday |
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Park and gardens | 7.30 am to 5.00 pm | * Park is closed on Mondays except during school holidays or public holidays [6] |
Four Seasons Temperate House (RISEM) * Temporarily closed | 7.30 am to 4.30 pm | |
Ticketing counter & payment counter | 7.30 am to 4.30 pm | |
Bus | Tuesday to Sunday:
Friday:
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Category of visitor | Charge per visitor |
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Adult (12 to 54 years old) | RM 3.00 |
Children (6 to 11 years old) | RM 1.00 |
Senior citizen (Above 55 years old) | RM 1.00 |
Visitors under 6 years old, Orphans and People with Disabilities | Free Admission |
Conservation fee | Other seasons | Winter season |
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Adult (12 years old and above) | RM 3.00 | RM 5.00 |
Children (4 to 11 years old) | RM 1.00 | RM 3.00 |
Visitors under 4 years old, Orphans and People with Disabilities | Free Admission [7] | |
Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam,
Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam,
40000 Shah Alam,
Selangor Darul Ehsan. [8]
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