"If there were still a paradise on earth, a part of it would be Cibodas", so said Dr. Frist W. Went, a Dutch plant physiologist , when he described his rapture of Cibodas Botanical Garden.

Dr. Frits W. Wents description must have been right. The Beauty of Cibodas Botanical Garden is really beyond description. There are Spectacular meadows and deep groves of trees.

The 80 - hectares Cibodas Botanical Garden is located down the slopes of Gede Pangrango Mount and has been well known for its tourist attractions. It is so beautiful that it is called " A Paradise in Asia " There is a collection of hundreds of trees with different types and ages. There have been about 5,831 example plants out of 1,206 varieties existing here so

As one of gates to climb Gede Pangrango Mount, Cibodas, botanical garden was visited not less than 400,000 visitors per year. Some interest places, which often visited such as green house, Arnucarua Avenue, Cibodas waterfall and landscape location with spring water. At green house, places 4000 kinds of cactus from 350 varieties and 360 orchids.

Cibodas Botanical garden is located at   Rarahan village, Cimacan Cianjur. The distance is  about 85 km from Jakarta or about 90  minutes tour through Bogor Puncak Cianjur  main road.

They said the opening of Cibodas Botanical garden was connected to the history of coming quinine to Indonesia. At first, a Dutch Botanist  Johannes Elias Teysman wanted to plant it this  area, but the land did not suitable for quinine  growing. Finally, he decided to plant the seeds in Pangalengan, West Jawa. The date of coming the seed of quinine at, April 11, 1852, stated as  Cibodas Botanical garden anniversary.