Queen Sirikit Botanical Gardens - Chiang Mai
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Now this place is about 25 km to the North of Chiang Mai. If you have an interest in hoticulture it is a fine way to spend a day away from the hustle of Chiang Mai. Take Route 105 T Mae Rim, just through the town hang a left and follow the signs to the Mae Sai Elephant camp. About 2 km past the camp you come to the gardens on your left.
Entrance is 20 baht per person and 30 baht for the car. The picture above is showing the greenhouse section in the gardens. Some of the pictures may not be of high quality as they have been taken from the video that I took.
The gardens were established in 1993. It has 4 walking routes taking between 30 to 60 minutes to complete each one. They are Thai plants and local medicinal herbs, The Arboreta, the climber collection and the Rock Garden and Thai Orchid Nursery. Then of course there is the glasshouse complex - I was in this area for over 2 hours. The pictures I shall post will be of the glasshouse area as it was too hot to go walking around. Hope to do the walks next visit in cooler December, main problem about that though is to get g/f to walk - anything more that 100 yards and she wants a Tuk Tuk!!!
