botanical garden of guayaquil

A beautiful spot. Cool, well shaded and relaxing. A great collection of Bromeliads. Beautifully well maintained by enthusiastic staff and much enjoyed by local people as well as tourists like usThoroughly enjoyed it

Flowers, trees, wild life a free gem just outside the main city it was beautiful and peaceful we lived it

The gardens run along the Malecon are positioned perfectly to provide shade and places to sit and just reflect on the nice weather. Only drawback is the noise and exhaust fumes from the parallel street. The display of flowers and plants is colorful and varied as anything we have ever seen. They are well tended by their gardeners. Expired blooms or leaves are few and far between. Being a camera bug I got many beautiful photos.

This lovely area runs parallel to the Malecon. A beautiful walk in the early morning or late afternoon. Landscaping is just perfection with an incredible array of trees, plants and flowers. Birds abound for those who appreciate our feathered friends.

Our tour guide took us to the Botanical Gardens. It offers a great introduction to the plants and animals found in Ecuador. Lots of interesting plants. We saw some unusual animals including a harpy eagle, tapir, sloth, raccoons and parrots. There is also an area where guides were showing how the workers lived compared to the owners of the farm. There are restroom facilities and snack trucks. The blackberry juice is very good.

If you like tropical plants and flowers, you would enjoy this garden as much as we do. We had a leisure day in the city and decide to check out this garden and totally enjoyed the experience.

This was one of the highlights of the trip. If you only have a short time, make sure you stop in. Early morning was the beys time, not many people around. Making it like your own private garden. AWSOME.

Guayaquil has a reputation for being unsafe. However, the botanical gardens and well cared for and a place that many of the locals visit. Apart, from the various plants, it has many species of animals and birds, which are native to Ecuador. The gardens are well kept, many of which may be viewed from a raised walkway. The Orchid Houses are of particular interest. Well worth a visit, if you are in that part of Guayaquil.

Was so lovely we could have spent hours there. It's a "must see" in Guayaquil. Plenty of romantic corners.

We were so excited to see these botanical gardens. There were so many mosquitos and the place was a bit muddy. There were some nice animals and nice plants. However, I don't think it was worth the expensive taxi right there.

What a great way to learn about the old Guayaquil. History is all over this area, plus you get to see the local vegetation and wildlife. A must if you are anywhere near the Botanical Gardens. People are extremely fun and funny. We had a great time and you will too!

We really wanted to see the orchids but who know, in December, only one variety was in bloom. We were LITERALLY the only visitors to the gardens on the day when went which was honestly a little unnerving. Our cab driver had to keep calling on his radio to see where it was (I showed him our guide book and told him where it was, in my pretty broken Spanish). He had to pull over at one point to ask some guys on the street where it was. You drive through SUCH a sketchy part of town (abandoned building, TONS of garbage, no sidewalks...) that it made us nervous. I made the mistake of not asking the cab driver to come back in an hour or so (who knows if he would have, anyway). Thankfully when we were done, we found a woman who took our entry fee and asked if she could call us a cab which she did. We were very worried we'd have to walk down the hill and through a nasty neighborhood before we could find a cab. You're not missing anything if you don't come here but it was a pleasant walk. The little monkeys and parrots they had were cute, though. The parrots said "Hola!"

This small botanical garden gives a good overview of the plants and animals of coastal Ecuador. It is a pleasant, quiet setting and a nice two hour stroll. Food stalls provide some idea of the local street food and there were some vegetarian options.

I{m a huge nature geek, so no matter how average, I get something out of places like this. It seemed to grow out of the Ecuadorian or Guayaquil Orchid Society, and it used to be well out of the city, but the city has grown to join it to some degree, but it's on top of a hill, and its pleasant enough once you get there, about a half hour north of downtown. When the cab driver turns off the main street that takes you most of the way to it past the airport area, you might think he is about to perform a stick up, but it's OK, after you get down a way, the neighborhood will end, there will be a noticeable pile of trash on your right, but then you will start climbing a hill past kids mountain boarding, and hit the entrance to the gardens after a few jungly curves. There is also a highway that goes a bit north of it, and you can hook back to it. This is if the cab driver knows where it is. I talked to about 6 cab drivers before I found one who did, and even some of the reviewers here on trip advisor were in either a city park or the historical park over in Puntilla and thought it was this place. Cab drivers in Guayaquil were not terribly aware of their surroundings I found out more than once. Anyhow, It's a mediocre Botanical Garden, no Kew Garden, my last being in Medellin which was a more professional affair, Rio de Janeiro still being my favorite in Latin America and supposedly the one in Quito is better as well, but I learned a bit, had a nice outing with a friend and his family, and then I found the monkeys and birds in the Amazon area, and I figured out I could play tug of war with them through the doors ont he corner of the cage with a stick, and my trip was satisfied.. there are good views as well, and it{s a nice escape from the city, but it's not edifying.. worth about 2 hours, 3 with the drive from El Centro. It{s not a pretty area of Guayaquil, but it's an excuse to see a bit more of what is a well managed town by South American standards.

It was a sunny day and the sky was beautiful is a great place for family. the flowers were all open and shaining their special colors I recommend this place we spend 2 hours that day.