Thursday, March 26, 2009

Botanical Garden - R & R

Place to rest and relax

Penang Botanical Garden has forested hills and wide collection of lush green tropical trees, plants like the Cannon Ball Tree, Candle Tree, Baobab Tree, Argus Pheasant Tree, Ebony Tree, various flower plants and ferns. There are also many plant houses, nurseries, waterfalls and lily ponds. The 30ha. garden is famous for its numerous mischievous Rhesus monkeys roaming freely in the Garden. The garden is popular with the locals who use it for jogging, picnics, wedding shoots, Tai Chi, Xi Gong and line dancing.The Botanical Garden of Penang is a popular destination for locals and tourists alike.

And the Waterfall stream still run through the garden.Already in the early days of Penang, the Waterfall has been a tourist attraction. The stream was one of the important water sources for Georgetown. But nowadays the Waterfall is out of bounds for securities reason due to the location of the waterfall is in a water catchment area.