Les Jardins Exotiques de Bouknadel- Travel Tips
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- 5 Reviews
Reviews of Les Jardins Exotiques de Bouknadel
Yassine Gaimes - 4
The Cons: - lacking a souvenir shops with a large choice of what visitors can buy and keep to remember their amazing experience at the garden (they only sell basic hat and t-shirt) - lacking food options, it would have been better if a restaurant was available in the garden from which visitors can get at least cold sandwiches. (Especially that it’s prohibited for visitors to bring their own food from outside) - No dedicated Parking area (visitors park on the streets by the main road) Pros: + Amazing chill gardens with diverse species of plants from all over the world + Good service from the staff at the entrance and the staff that are in the museum + Family friendly spot where visitors can spend 4 hours without boredom + Clean fresh air in the garden and plenty of resting bunches throughout the garden + Affordable prices (20 dhs access fee for adults - Moroccans and Foreigners - and 12 dhs for kids)
M Robin - 5
Vast and intersting, full of water features, bridges and labyrinths. Nice day out of the sun.
Mr. DM - 5
The Bouknadel Exotic Gardens are open public gardens located north of Salé, Morocco. It was created in 1949 by the French horticulturist Marcel François.
Imane & Tarik - 5
I can't give a 6/5 but I would. Before I talk about my experience, I think I should address the reviews giving 1 star, had I listened to them I wouldn't have experienced this true wonder of nature. Most of the people complain about the fact that it looks "not well maintained". The goal of these gardens is to immerse you into the wild, and replicate the same conditions you would find in the wild. The wild isn't curated, cut and cleaned. The wild is WILD. And this garden is wild. It does it so well that the deeper you dive in, the more you forget that you're actually in civilization and very close to a main road that is busy 24/7. The uncut leaves of palm trees and dead branches serve as habitat for the thousands of birds, insects and other living things. It's what makes this garden as close to the real thing. With that said, here's what I think of this garden: Visit it if you can, if not, visit it all the same. Visit it if it's cheap because you're a local, if it's expensive because you're a foreigner visit it all the same. If you've got the knees and the sneakers take the red path, not the green or the blue, take the red one and explore every single corner of it. I paid only 20dh to get in, but I would've paid 100. Go, walk, feel nature, cross the bridges and immerse yourself in the different biomes the garden has to offer. Some places look like Egypt and the Nile, some like China, some like Japan, Mexico, Peru, Polynesia and Andalusia. Enjoy the sound of bamboo creaking, with its leaves moving to the wind. Close to Peru there's a small open space with a couple of trees and a bamboo bench, sit there, breathe and meditate. There's a path walking downward close by, I stood there for close to 15 minutes in the shades of a humongous ficus robusta. Biggest I've ever seen.
Cecile B - 5
Beautiful garden with a lot to see. Our 19 month old really enjoyed it. We took the pram, don't ! It's amazing but if you want to see all the gorgeous paths and feel like you're on an adventure you can have either older children or have them in baby carriers. We really loved it, if you are around Rabat it totally worth it.
