Royal Botanic Gardens,
Peradeniya are about 5.5 km to the west of the city of
Kandy in the Central Province of
Sri Lanka. In 2016, the garden was visited by 1.2 million locals and 400,000 foreign visitors.
[1] It is near the
Mahaweli River (The longest river
in Sri Lanka).
[2] It is renowned for its collection of
orchids. The garden includes more than 4000 species of plants, including orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palm trees.
[3] Attached to it is the "
National Herbarium of Sri Lanka". The total area of the botanical garden is 147 acres (0.59 km
2),
at 460 meters above sea level, and with a 200-day annual rainfall. It
is managed by the Department of national botanic gardens.
