Viña del Mar National Botanical Garden — Attraction in Viña del Mar

Lovely park to spend a couple of hours. My favorite part was the cactus garden, with lots of different varieties of spiky plants, and an adjacent succulent garden. The park also has a great greenhouse with bromeliads and other tropical plants. We came in winter, so the rose garden was not blooming, but we heard it is great in summer. There is also a nice lake with swans, ducks, and very loud geese, and a little cafe that had awesome blackberry cheesecake. In addition, there is a turtle pond, and several big picnic areas. Entrance was Ch$2000 per person, and an additional Ch$ 2000 for the car. The park is pretty big, so it was nice to drive the car into the park and go to different areas for...

Sadly, it burned almost completely in the wildfires of February 3-4, 2024. Four lives were lost there. Over 1.300 different plant species, lost, including toromiros, a rare species original from Easter Island, where it is extinct. There's no word about when it could reopen, if ever. It took a century to plant and build. Edit. In an interview, the director said it will take from 6 months to two years to clean and maybe reopen. The centenary trees burned; reforestation is possible, but it will take a long time for the Garden to be like it was. The Garden also performs scientific research; they hope to restart that as soon...

A very interesting and scenic place to visit at excellent value. Highly recommended to any nature or plant enthusiasts. Entrance for only 2000 CLP

The collection is wide and varied sprawling across what amounts to a very large park. I highly recommend the Valdivian Rainforest. There are informational panels available for each zone. The access within the site is by car, bike, foot. It is very impressive the amount of watering they have done to keep rainforest specimens growing in the desert.

There is a small café at the back end by the lake.

Recommended 2+ hours...