The Kuching North City Hall Orchid Garden also known as Kuching Orchid Park, is a unique place that nature lovers should come and visit this Garden for amazing collection of Orchid species that can be found in Sarawak and Borneo Island. This Orchid Park house a total collection of more than 75,000 plants of 82 genera.
The main entrance lobby of the orchid park.
The Orchid Garden is located strategically at the tourism hotspot of Kuching City. It is surrounded by other major tourism area including the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building and The Astana fort , and it is a walking distance from Kuching Riverfront via Darul Hana Bridge and Pengkalan Sapi habour. Visitors can also park at the car parks that is provided in the Orchid Park. There are many photographic opportunity around this area.
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The signature signage of the Orchid Garden marks the official opening of the garden in year 2010.
This Orchid Garden is officially open on 5th March 2010, and it is well maintained garden. Visitors can see many well blooming orchids in this big orchid garden of 15.4 acre area.
Opening Hours : Year round, Daily including public holiday, except closed on Monday, 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM
Entrance Fee : Free
Activities : Relaxation and casual walk in the park, Education for kids on diversity of Orchid species, Photography opportunity, Vlogging
This Orchid Garden is a good place to relax and amaze by the diversity of orchid species that is available in Borneo. It is best to bring friends and family to the tour in the garden and it will be a eye opening and education trip for everyone.
The small orchid garden at the front of the park.
The orchid garden is fill with tall trees that is optimized for the grow of the orchids.
The things to bring for the visit in the Orchid garden may include :
- Phone or camera to capture the amazing orchid blooms. Preferable camera with macro lens for amazing macro photography of the orchid flowers.
- Ample amount of water as weather can be hot.
- Suitable and cool clothing.
- Sunblock and a hat if plan to go during the hot afternoon.
- Mosquitoes repellent as the orchid garden is full of natural trees and shrubs.
When visiting the orchid garden it is always advice not to destroy or pluck the orchids, and ensure not to litter around, to ensure everyone have a fair chance to enjoy the amazing view of the orchids.
The outdoor Orchid Garden
The Orchid Garden is divided into two major section, the indoor nursery and the outdoor garden section. There is various walking paths in the outdoor display where visitors can walk between rows and rows or orchid plants of different genre. The outdoor garden is partially equipped with walkway canopy to have a good shades for the visitors and the orchids. It is best to visit the park in the morning or in the evening.
One of the entrance walkway in the orchid garden.
Multiple well path walkways are available in the park. Not all of the orchids have information signage on the name and description of the orchid plants. For normal visitors who just wants to photograph the amazing plants, this is the best place to photograph different types of orchid blooms in Kuching City.
Different species of orchid is each orderly placed in a well demarcated orchid plantation row.
Visitors can see different types of orchid plants on display, many of the orchid plants do looks weird.
Some of us do have simple potted orchids at home, but the displays of orchids in the Orchid Garden is just beyond the orchids that we normally seen at home. The plants comes in different forms, shapes and sizes. Many of the orchid species are not found in normal flower shops.
Occasionally visitors can see blooming orchids in the park.
The outdoor orchid garden featuring different types of plants and trees.
Different rows of orchid plants.
There are various wooden bridges and walkways in the orchid garden.
Specially designed canopy allow the comfortable of the visitors walking in the park during the hot sun and provide shades to the orchid plants.
Rows of orchid plants hanging beside the walkway canopy.
Enjoying the surrounding with blooming orchids.
The design of the walkway is unique according to the area of the orchid garden.
It is fun to see blooming orchids in the orchid garden.
Rows of orchid plants in the orchid garden.
The open walkways with rows of blooming orchid plants beside the walkway.
It is a nice walk along the walkways in the orchid garden.
It is a enjoyable trip to walk around the outdoor orchid garden.
The indoor Orchid Garden
Other than the outdoor orchid garden, there are also a indoor orchid garden in the orchid park. It is a specially temperature, moisture and climate controlled greenhouse that allow more fastidious orchid to grow and bloom. In the indoor garden there are also different species of ferns and shrubs. During our visit there are many blooming orchids here.
The orchid blooming in the indoor orchid nursery.
The orchid nursery is cool and filled with blooming orchid flowers.
There is a feeling of trolling in the rain forest while walking in the indoor garden as there are many different fern trees and hanging plants along the path. There are many young orchid plants too and hence also known as a nursery for orchids.
It is easy to spot many blooming orchid plants in the indoor orchid nursery.
The orchid is pretty to be having a casual photo shooting
It is cool and soothing environment in the indoor garden. Kids and family sure likes the environment here.
The photos of the Orchids from the Kuching Orchid Garden Tour
It is a great experience in the Kuching Orchid Garden tour and we manage to take some of the many blooming orchid flowers in the garden. Orchid do have specific requirement for weather condition and season of the year to bloom and we manage to see many of them blooming during our tour.
Let’s enjoy the beauty of the orchid flowers that we have captured. Sit down, relax and enjoy the flowers.
We had a great tour around the Kuching Orchid Garden, and we recommend this place for everyone to have a visit. Remember to bring your friends and family here some day.
